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Tuesday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester OFF DAY @ Lehigh Valley, 6:45pm Alvarez (0-6, 5.24) vs. Rangel (4-1, 5.20)
Harrisburg OFF DAY vs. Binghamton, 6:30pm Stuart (0-1, 9.82) vs. Thornton (3-1, 2.49)
Wilmington OFF DAY vs. Asheville, 6:35pm Sthele (3-2, 4.52) vs. Pinto (0-0, 7.71)
Fredericksburg OFF DAY @ Salem, 11:05am Roman (1-4, 9.00) vs. Cohen (2-1, 3.86)
FCL Nationals Lost, 1-0 OFF DAY
DSL Nationals Winning, 7-0
(suspended, Top 4th)
vs. DSL Cardinals, 11am

Rochester Red Wings, 22-45, 10th I.L. East, 23GB
Rochester still has a week to go before the season resets next week, but there is little reason to believe the current 12-game losing streak is merely bad luck. Even a MASN Commenter can figure out why this team sucks: It’s hard to win giving up more than 6½ runs a game. The Red Wings close out the first half with six against the IronPigs with no matinees until Sunday. Roster moves: OF Daylen Lile recalled to Washington; 3B Brady House added to 40-man, recalled to Washington; OF Robert Hassell, IF José Tena optioned from Washington; Juan Yepez designated for assignment.

Harrisburg Senators, 31-32, 3rd E.L. Southwest, 10GB
Conversely, the Senators could make a run in the second half if the Nats don’t raid the team for replacements for the Red Wings (and the Mets, Tigers, and Guardians do for their AAA teams; all three teams have won 40+ games). The team has been averaging 4.4 runs a game, but that’s third-best in the league. For some strange reason, Harrisburg always seems to have a fair amount of pitching and that alone usually makes a team a contender. This week, Harrisburg hosts the Rumble Ponies for six with a nooner on Thursday.

Wilmington Blue Rocks, 30-33, 4th Sally Lg. North, 13GB
Wilmington is currently riding a seven-game win streak that has them in position to finish at .500 but they’d have to win the next three as the second half begins on Friday. It’s been all pitching during the streak as the Blue Rocks are dead-last in the Sally League in hitting at a measly 3.52 R/G, which more than a run below the Lg. Avg. (4.60 R/G). This week, the Asheville Tourists come to town for six with the usual complement of five night games and a day game on Sunday.



Fredericksburg Nationals, 29-33, 4th C.L. North, 11½ GB
The FredNats are in the same position as much of the teams above them on the organizational ladder: pitching? Yes. Hitting? Not so much – even with the additions of Luke Dickerson and Enmanuel Ramirez, who are already 1st and 2nd in OPS among the current hitters. Fredericksburg remains on the road this week with seven against Salem, including a late-morning start today and a doubleheader tomorrow, presuming it’s not reduced to a single game with both teams out of contention.

FCL Mets 1 FCL Nationals 0 (10 inn.)
• J. Feliz 5IP, 4H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, PO @ 2B
• Kane (L, 5-1) ⅓ IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, IBB, 0K
• Soto 1-3, BB
• Green 1-4, BB, 2B, 1K, OF assist @ 2B

A passed ball scored the only run, as the FCL Mets edged the FCL Nationals, 1-0. Jose Feliz went the first five and allowed four hits while allowing neither run nor a walk while striking out three. Four relievers put up a goose egg before Tommy Kane took over in the 10th and got a flyout and issued an intentional walk before Feldi Tavarez let one go past him for the loss. Elijah Green had the sole extra-base hit for the F-Nats while drawing one of two and only accounting for one of the 13 whiffs.

DSL Nationals 7 DSL Mets Blue 0 – SUSP.
• Reyes 3IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 4K
• Obispo 1-2, 2B, 2RBI

The D-Nats scored in each of the first three innings before (preumably) the rains came and suspended play. They’ll shoot to finish this one when the two teams meet again on June 26. Roster moves: RHP Greider Colina assigned from Washington (MLFA, released by Boston in Sept. 2024).

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