Sunday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Lost, 5-2 | @ Lehigh Valley, 1:35pm | Ogasawara (1-1, 4.80) vs. Rangel (5-2, 4.82) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 8-2; Won, 6-1 |
@ Richmond, 5:05pm | Choi (4-2, 4.06) vs Lonsway (3-7, 3.31) |
| Wilmington | Won, 4-3 | vs. Aberdeen, 1:05pm | Susana (1st A+ start of ’25) vs. Forret (1-2, 1.99) |
| Fredericksburg | Postponed | vs. Lynchburg, 4:05pm | Y. Tejeda (3-3, 3.67) and Meckley (4-6, 4.74) vs. Doughty (0-5, 4.24) and Alfaro (4-4, 3.78) |
| FCL Nationals | Lost, 4-0 | OFF DAY | |
| DSL Nationals | OFF DAY | OFF DAY |
Lehigh Valley 5 Rochester 2
• Cavalli (L, 3-5) 5⅓ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 4K, HR, HBP
• Adon ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 0K, 3-1 IR-S
• Hassell 3-5, RBI
• Lipscomb 1-4, R, HR, RBI
Lehigh Valley bookended two-spots on either side of Cade Cavalli’s latest outing as they evened the series with a 5-2 win. Cavalli pitched into the 6th for just the second time in 15 starts and gave up five hits (one HR) and three walks, but lost his fifth game. Trey Lipscomb homered to break up the shutout bid while Robert Hassell plated José Tena with his third single of the game to account for the two Rochester runs. Roster moves: RHP Carlos Romero placed on the Developmental List, retractive to July 15.
Richmond 8 Harrisburg 2 – GM. 1
• Luckham (L, 4-6) 3⅔ IP, 7H, 6R, 6ER, 3BB, 1K
• L. Young 1⅔ IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 0K, 2HR, 3-3 IR-S
• Wallace 1-3, R, HR, 2RBI
• Suggs 1-2, BB
The Flyinq Squirrels sent ten men to the plate and eight of ’em came ’round to score in an 8-2 demolition of the Senators. Kyle Luckham lost his fourth straight start, giving up six runs on seven hits and three walks. Dishonorable mention to Luke Young, who allowed all three inherited runners to score by serving up a grand slam to the first batter he faced. Cayden Wallace accounted for both Harrisburg runs with a two-run shot in the 6th.
Harrisburg 6 Richmond 1 – GM. 2
• Schultz 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Vasquez (W, 1-0) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• DeShields 3-3, R, BB, RBI, SB
• Boissiere 2-3, 2R, 3-2B, RBI
• Glasser 2-4, R, SB
After waiting out the rains between games, the Senators flattened the Squirrels with a four-spot in the 3rd and took the nightcap, 6-1 to split the twinbill. Thomas Schultz was the opener and tossed two scoreless. Samuel Vasquez added two goose eggs in the 4th and 5th to earn the win. Branden Boisserie led the age-appropriate players with three doubles, followed by Phillip Glasser and Seaver King with two singles apiece.
Wilmington 4 Aberdeen 3
• Clemmey (W, 5-4) 5⅔ IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 3BB, 6K, BK
• Amarcal (SV, 1) 1IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 1K
• Petersen 1-2, 2BB, 2RBI, SB
• Cruz 1-3, R, 2RBI
Wilmington scored all four runs in the 2nd and got just enough pitching to pull off the 4-3 win. Alex Clemmey allowed an unearned run on three hits and three walks over five and 2/3rds to get his fifth “W.” Austin Amaral cordero’d around a walk and two singles to get the rulebook save, his fifth of ’25. Armando Cruz began the lone rally with a two-run single and Sam Peterson capped it off with another two-run single and walked twice to lead the Blue Rocks offense. Roster moves: OF Jeremy De La Rosa reassigned from the FCL for MiLB rehab.
Lynchburg vs. Fredericksburg – PPD
It rained hard enough to give the FredNats another day off and forcing two more doubleheaders – one tomorrow (maybe) and another in Lynchburg when the two teams play again next month.
FCL Mets 4 FCL Nationals 0
• Lunar (L, 1-3) 3IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 3K, HBP
• B. Sanchez 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• A. Feliz 2-4, CS
• Acevedo 1-3
The FCL Nationals were shut out, 4-0, on three hits by the FCL Mets. Darrel Lunar gave up two runs on five hits and two walks over three innings. He struck out three, hit a batter, and lost his third game. Angel Feliz singled twice, Andy Acevedo once to comprise the F-Nats fusillade of three (3) hits.
Here’s a detail sure to blow your mind on a Sunday morning: Jeremy de la Rosa is only a month older than Dylan Crews. They’re both 23, which Hassell will turn next month and Wood will turn in two months. I’m not trying to make a case for a guy (JDLR) who hasn’t been decent since 2022, just noting the perspective on ages, and also how much is expected of international players when they’re extremely young.
Then there’s Cavalli, who turns 27 next month and is still “working on stuff,” apparently. How long are they going to try to insist that he’s a starter? It’s hard to even claim that he’s “AAAA” as a starter when his AAA ERA is pushing 6 and he’s surrendering more than a hit an inning.
At the other end of the spectrum is Alex Clemmey, who just turned 20 two days ago and likely soon will be in AA. The world is your oyster, kid.
To be clear, part of my frustration with the Cavalli situation is that I think he can be an effective MLB reliever. It seems clear that he shouldn’t be counted on to be in the starting rotation in 2026, so let’s move on to the next logical option and find out if he can be a piece of the bullpen.
I think you’re discounting the results he had in AAA in 2022 a little too quickly. I do not disagree that something about him says reliever, maybe even closer. but letting it ride our the rest of the year will hurt nothing
Tejada Jr efficient
45 pitches in 5 IP
Hum, baby ! ( Roger Craig )
Not Elijah Craig whiskey go go
Lol
Go figure
Every time a pitcher makes an ALL star roster his first start back is a disaster especially on a same day as OgasaWAWA ( he should pitch ads for the gas station / jobber Wawa
) as we always say
Imagine that – five innings from the crafty lefty .
What a night for the table setting Fred3
CV is progressing slowly upward