Thursday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 4-3 | vs. Worcester, 6:45pm | Shuman (1-4, 6.85) vs. Stock (5-3, 3.05) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 3-2 (5 inn.) |
vs Erie, 12pm | Cornelio (2-1, 2.58) vs Serwa (4-2, 4.02) |
| Wilmington | Lost, 13-0 | @ Brooklyn, 6:40pm | Sthele (5-3, 4.30) vs. Díaz (4-2, 3.56) |
| Fredericksburg | Won, 4-2 | @ Carolina, 6:30pm | Y. Tejeda (3-2, 3.41) vs. Smith (1-4, 4.02) |
| FCL Nationals | Won, 5-2 | vs. FCL Astros, 10am | |
| DSL Nationals | OFF DAY | @ DSL Tigers 1, 11am |
Rochester 4 Worcester 3
• Solesky 4⅓ IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, 2K
• Pilkington (W, 4-3) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K, 2-0 IR-S
• Loutos (SV, 3) 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Cluff 2-4, R, 2SB
• Nuñez 1-4, R, 2RBI, SB
The Red Wings left 14 runners on base but were able to edge the (ugh) Woo Sox, 4-3 to even the series. Chase Solesky didn’t make it out of the 5th, lifted with one out and two runs in on three hits and three walks. He struck out two. Following three outs by Zach Brzkycy, Konnor Pilkington cleaned up Brzkycy’s mess in the 5th and pitched a scoreless 6th. Rochester rallied for three to take a 4-2 lead to put Pilkington in position to get the win on three singles, a walk, a wild pitch, and two steals. Ryan Loutos got the last four outs to pick up his third save.
Harrisburg 3 Erie 2 (5 inn.)
• Luckham (L, 4-5) 5IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 3K, 2HR
• Naranjo 1-2, R, HR, RBI
• King 1-2, R, BB
Erie outhomered and outscored Harrisburg, 2-1 and 3-2 respectively to win this rain-shortened game. Kyle Luckham will get credit for a complete-game loss with all three Seawolves runs allowed on four this and a walk while striking out three. Joe Naranjo homered for the Senators while Seaver King, Max Romero Jr., and Phillip Glasser each had a single. Roster moves: RHP Travis Sykora placed on the 7-Day I.L.
Brooklyn 13 Wilmington 0
• Cáceres (L, 2-4) 2IP, 4H, 6R, 2ER, 4BB, 2K, HR, PO @ 1B
• Dugas ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 2-0 IR-S
• Boisserie 2-3, BB, 3B
• Ross 1-3, BB
• Lomavita 0-4, 2K, E(14), PB(5)
Bryan Cáceres started in place of Alex Clemmey—the replacement for Travis Sykora in the Futures Game—and dug a 6-0 hole for the Blue Rocks batters. They weren’t equipped with shovels, but perhaps should have been as the Cyclones pitchers shut them out, 13-0 on three hits. Cáceres was smoked for four hits, including a two-run HR, and four walks while striking out two over two innings. The most effective Wilmington reliever? Gavin Dugas, who got the last out of the 8th while stranding two runners. Branden Boisseire and Jackson Ross accounted for all three hits and both walks by the Blue Rocks.
Fredericksburg 4 Carolina 2
• Da. Garcia 5IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 4BB, 5K
• Beeker (BS, 1) 2IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 3K
• Baldo (W, 5-1) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, 2HBP
• R. Diaz 2-3, R, BB, SB(20)
• Mota 2-4, 2B, RBI
• Rombach 2-4, 2B
With its second win in as many games, Fredericksburg took over first place from Carolina with a 4-2 decision. Davian Garcia weht the first five innings and let in one run on three hits and four walks while striking out five. Merritt Beeker let in the tying run to earn a blown save (and hand Garcia his fifth no-decision) but Merrick Baldo cordero’d around two baserunners in the 9th to get the “W.” Nick “Power to the” Peoples’s two-run HR in the top of the 9th was the killshot. Randal Diaz reached base three times with two singles and a walk while Jorgelys Mota and Nate Rombach both had a single and double to pace the FredNats offense.
FCL Nationals 5 FCL Marlins 2
• Portorreal 5IP, 4H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 5K, HR, E
• Colon (W, 2-0) 2IP, 1H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K
• Luis (SV, 1) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• Green 2-4, BB, 1K, 2SB(5)
• E. Soto 2-4, RBI, CS
• D. Tejeda 1-3, 2R, 2SB
With the help of a wild pitch and a passed ball, the F-Nats busted out for three in the 6th to take a 4-1 lead and held serve to win, 5-2. Leuris Portorreal turned in five innings of one-run ball on four hits, no walks, and five strikeouts, but came came away with a no-decision. Leodarlyn Colon gave up the second F-Marlins run but came away with the win while Andy Luis worked around two baserunners in the 9th to get the save. Elijah Green reached base three times on two singles and a walks and swiped two bags while Elian Soto had two safeties and an RBI to lead the FCL Nationals offense.
Roster moves: SS Rafael Ramirez Jr. assigned from Fredericksburg for MiLB rehab.
Lomavita’s defense is clearly a work in progress. 14 errors this early in the season feels unprecedented for a catcher. Those are shortstop numbers…
But is working on his defense a good excuse to keep him in Wilmington? Are the baserunners and pitchers’ game calling and command of a different quality to those in AA? Basically, why is the Sally League a better place to learn catching skills than the Eastern League?
I totally understand the arguments from a batting perpsective, the pitchers get better with each level, but presumably the defensive differences are basically nonexistent, right? Or is there something I’m missing?
Hand Riley Cornelio a Coors gold banquet label .
Clean five IP vs a very good Erie lineup
How about a promotion to Rochester ?
Lomavita’s error numbers are crazy.
Last season, in MLB the most errors by a catcher was 11 (Austin Wells). No other catcher had more than 9. Lomavita has 14 in 50 games behind the plate for Wilmington. Also, the 5 passed balls is poor, and the 23% caught stealing rate is below average too.
His numbers would be something that you might expect by someone making a position change. Was unaware that Lomavita’s defense was a weakness when he was taken, but regardless of his bat, his defense has to improve to be a viable MLB prospect.
“Was unaware that Lomavita’s defense was a weakness when he was taken.” Same here. So I looked at Law’s 2024 draft board:
“Lomavita can catch and throw well enough that he’s going to remain behind the plate, with solid contact skills despite an unusual approach. . . . He’s a solid receiver who will almost certainly remain a catcher for the long term, so he doesn’t have to hit a ton to profile as a soft regular, but if you can’t tell a ball from a strike, we have some problems.”
So yeah, I was unaware that we had drafted the second coming of Raudy Read.
On a positive note, he’s hitting quite well in general and not striking out nearly as much as Law feared he would.
I would imagine that “ brass” in Nats park or in WPB get a daily roll call of reports from each affiliate daily action
Elijah (3) double (1)K yet again
Sir Jamison struck out (2) times
Ne-Farias pads his K totals
Again , what is Tommy Kane doing in the complex still?
Pitching Sthele during the week brings better karma than weekend at Bernie’s with T.S.
How ironic : my hotel room ended in 33 last night as Lowe33 cranked his 3 run Busch bomb
Liam Sullivan timetable progressing well .
He should materialize at Fred
Soon
7 games for Liam
Good K totals