Thursday’s News & Notes

Rochester 6 Toledo 5
• Perales 4⅓ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 5K, 2HR
• Cornelio 3IP, 3H, 0R, 0BB, 5K
• Sinclair (W, 3-0) 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 3K, WP
• Glasser 3-4, 2R, BB, 2B, 2RBI
• Ortiz 2-4, R, BB, HR, RBI
• King 2-4, R, 2B, RBI, HBP

Luis Perales dug a four-run hole but the bullpen—a secret sauce of the Red Wings—held steady and enabled the offense to come back for a 6-5 win in 10 innings. With a loss by the Red Birds, the Red Wings are ahead again on percentage points. Perales coughed up two HRs and five hits total while walking two and striking out five pver four and a 1/3rd innings. The win went to Jack Sinclair, though he let in the free runner in the 10th on a wild pitch, as he finished the 10th and shut down Toledo in the 11th. Phillip Glasser led the Rochester hit column with two singles and a double, followed by Abimelec Ortiz with a single and his 12th HR. Roster moves: RHP Julian Fernández released.

Harrisburg 11 Seawolves 6
• Randall (W, 3-1) 6IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 5K, HR
• Wallace 3-4, 2R, BB, 2B, 2HR(16), 4RBI
• Petry 2-3, 3R, BB, 2HR, 2RBI, SB
• Lawson 2-3, R, BB, 2-2B, RBI

Harrisburg scored in each of its last five “ups,” including a four-run 8th for an 11-6 sportswriter’s win. Josh Randall posted his second quality start since his bump to AA, allowing two runs on seven hits (one HR) and two walks while striking out five. Plus, he won. Cayden Wallace led the Sens’ 11-hit parade and racked up ten total bases with his 14th double and HR nos. 15 and 16, followed by Ethan Petry with his second and third HRs, and Cortland Lawson with two doubles. Roster moves: RHP Shinnosuke Ogasawara released to return Japan.

Wilmington 6 Brooklyn 0
• Y. Tejeda (W, 2-4) 5IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, 9K
• Huizi 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K, HBP
• R. Diaz 3-3, RBI
• A. Feliz 3-4, R, 2-2B, RBI
• Bazzell 2-5, 2R, 2RBI

Four Blue Rocks pitchers combined to shut out the Cyclones, 6-0 on five hits. Yoel Tejeda Jr. went the first five and struck out a career-high nine batters while giving up two walks and four hits. Eiker Huizi (2IP), Jeuris Jimenez (1IP), and Brady Hill (1IP) finished the game. Angel Feliz singled once and doubled twice while Randal Diaz had three safeties and Kevin Bazzell homered to lead the Wilmington offense.

Fredericksburg 3 Salem 0
• M. De La Cruz 4⅓ IP, 2H, 0R, 4BB, 2K, HBP, WP
• Sthele (W, 3-0) 4IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 2K
• D. Tejeda 0-2, 2BB, 2K, 2SB
• Hines 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI

Three Fredericksburg pitchers combine to shut out Salem, 3-0 on five hits for win #46, a new franchise record. Marlon De La Cruz pitched into the fifth, giving up two hits, four walks, hitting a batter, and striking out two. After Kevin Davis got out of the 5th, Travis “Sunday” Sthele finished the game with three hits and a walk over the final four innings to get the win, his third of ’26. Dashyll Tejeda walked, stoled second and third, and scored on a sac fly to end the Star Trek Convention on the stadium scoreboard in the 7th. An inning later, Hunter Hines launched a two-run HR to put the game away.

FCL Nationals 6 FCL Marlins 3
• Millikan 4IP, 1H, 0R, 3BB, 5K
• C. Sanchez (W, 2-2) 1⅓ IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 1K
• Frieda (SV, 1) 1⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• F. Tavarez 1-2, R, 2BB, 2RBI
• Rojas 1-3, BB, 2B, CS
• Figueroa 1-3, R, BB

The F-Marlins kept giving the F-Nats chances to score with 11 walks in seven innings, and eventually the FCL Nationals were able to convert six of their 14 baserunners into runs for a 6-3 win. 23-y.o. Noah Millikan tossed four scoreless on one hit and three walks while striking out five. 22-y.o. Camilo Sanchez was credited with the win despite giving up all three FCL Marlins runs on four hits over an inning and a 1/3rd. 23-y.o. Colby Frieda got the last five outs for the save. Feldi Tavarez walked twice and homered while Eyeksson Rojas and Edgardo Figueroa both went 1-for-3 with a walk to lead the F-Nats attack. Roster moves: 1B-OF Branden Boissiere assigned from Harrisburg for MiLB rehab.