Sunday’s News & Notes

Rochester vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre – PPD
Make that five postponements this season for the Red Wings. They’ll shift yesterday’s twinbill to today, then make up the other lost game on Wednesday, May 7. Roster moves: IF Nasim Nuñez recalled to Washington.

Richmond 3 Harrisburg 2 – G1
• Susana 5IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 6K, 2WP
• L. Young (L, 0-1) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 1K, HBP
• Glasser 3-3, R, 2B
• Morales 2-3, R, HR, 2RBI

Yoyo Morales homered to tie it at 2-2 in the bottom of the 6th but Richmond got it back in the top of the 7th to take the opener, 3-2. Jarlin Susana turned in five innings of two-run ball on four hits and three walks while striking out four. The loss went to Luke Young, who was gave up an unearned run on three hits and a Robles over an inning and 2/3rds. Philip Glasser singled twice and doubled once to lead the Harrisburg hit column of seven.

Harrisburg 2 Richmond 1 – G2
• M. Gomez 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 3K, HR, PO @ 2B
• Cuevas (W, 1-0) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 0K
• Grissom (SV, 2) 1IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Glasser 2-3, R, CS
• M. Romero 1-1, 2B, SF, RBI

In the nightcap, Max Romero’s sac fly in the 4th proved to tbe the difference as the Senators held on to win, 2-1 and split the doubleheader. Harrisburg bullpenned the game, with Miguel Gomez giving up the lone Richmond run on a home run in his two innnings as the opener while Michael Cuevase got the “W” after tossing two scoreless. Marquis Grissom gave up back-to-back singles to start the 7th but cordero’d out of the jam with a popup and a strikeout after the Flying Squirrels bunted over the tying run to third. Phillip Glasser singled twice more while Romero and Nick Schnell added doubles to pace the Sens six-hit effort.

Hub City 3 Wilmington 1 – G1
• Cornelio 5IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 10K
• Hall (L, 0-1) 1IP, 1H, 2R, 0ER, 1BB, 1K
• White 1-3, BB, RBI
• Sthele 0-0, BB, 2HBP

Riley Cornelio struck out a career-high 10 batters but came away with a no-decision in a 3-1 Wilmington loss to Hub City. The 24-y.o. allowed one run on three hits and a walk over five innings. Bubba Hall’s lead off walk combined with the second of two errors by Seaver King led two unearned runs that gave the Spartangburgers the win. Murphy Stehly reached base three times on a walk and two Robles while T.J. White was the “1” in the Blue Rocks’ 1-for-8 mark with RISP, as Wilmington left on 11 baserunners.

Wilmington 6 Hub City 0 – G2
• Kent (W, 1-1) 5IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 9K
• Arias 1IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K, WP
• Pimentel 1-2, 2B, 2R, 2RBI
• Thomas 1-2, R, BB, RBI
• Dugas 0-0, R, 3BB

The Blue Rocks grilled the Spartanburgers for five runs in the 4th en route a 6-0 shutout win?! Jackson Kent went the first five and gave up one hit, no walks, and struck out nine. Wander Arias and Samuel Vasquez both put up a goose egg. Brandon Pimentel doubled in two and scored twice while Johnathon Thomas reached base twice with a single and a walk to pace the Wilmington offense.

Fredericksburg 3 Salem 0 – G1
• Meckley (W, 1-1) 5IP, 2H, 0R, 1BB, 2K
• Mejia (SV, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Quintana 2-3, 2R
• Ross 1-3, 2B, 2RBI

Two Fredericksburg pitchers combined to shut out Salem, 3-0 on two hits. Andrew Meckley allowed a singled, a double, and a walk over the first five innings to earn his first win of the year. IF-turned-P Erick Mejia finished the game with two perfect innings to notch his first career save. Roismar Quintana singled twice and scored twice while Jackson Ross drove in two with a double to power the FredNats attack.

Fredericksburg 5 Salem 2 – G2
• Y. Tejeda (W, 1-0) 5IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 4K, HR
• Cranz (SV, 2) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Gallardo 2-3, 2R, HR, 2RBI, SB
• Quintana 1-3, 2B, 3RBI
• R. Diaz 1-2, R, BB

The FredNats completed the doubleheader sweep and got to .500 with a 5-2 win in the night’s second game. Yoel Tejeda gave up both Red Sox runs on a home run and four hits total. He walked one and struck out four while getting his first win as a pro. Erik Tolman worked around a walk in the 6th for the hold while Robert Cranz struck out the side for his second save of ’25. Roismar Quintana cleared the bases with a two-out double in the 3rd while Moises Gallardo put the game on ice with a two-run HR in the 6th.