Thursday’s News & Notes

Buffalo 9 Rochester 2
• Pilkington 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 0K, WP
• Cranz (L, 1-2) ⅔ IP, 1H, 4R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K, WP
• House 1-4, R, HR, RBI
• Glasser 1-4, 2B

Rochester’s four-game win streak was an afterthought as the Red Wings ‘pen was no match for the Bisons bats in a 9-2 stampede. Some guy name Max Scherzer threw five perfect innings for Buffalo. Robert Cranz took the loss with four unearned runs let in on a hit, two walks, and an error whule getting two outs in the 2nd. Joey Weimer broke up the perfect game with a leadoff walk in the 6th. Brady House ended both the no-no and the shutout with his 8th AAA home run. Weimer later singled and Phillip Glasser doubled to ccount for Rochester’s three-hit tally. Roster moves: OF Leandro Pineda reassigned from Harrisburg.

Harrisburg 12 Reading 2
• Maddox (W, 2-0) 5IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 6K
• Shuman (H, 2) 3IP, 3H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K
• Farmer 2-3, 2R, 3B
• Thomas 2-4, 2R, HR, 2RBI
• Boissiere 2-5, R, 2B(5), 3RBI
• Petry 2-5, R, HR, 2RBI, 2E

The Senators put up crooked numbers five times in eight “ups” as they floored the Fightins, 12-2. Riley Maddox tossed five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks to earn his second AA win. He struck out six. Johnathon Thomas, Ethan Petry, and T.J. White all homered while Devin Ortiz was the beer man on a 15-hit afternoon.

Hudson Valley 3 Wilmington 2
• L. Sullivan 5IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 4K, HR
• Huizi (BS, 2; L, 4-4) 1IP, 4H, 4R, 0ER, 0BB, 0K
• Walsh 3-4, R, HR, 2RBI, E
• Green 3-4, R, 2B, CS(5)

Two errors and a passed ball led to four unearned runs as Wilmington blew a 3-2 lead to lose the series opener 6-3. Liam Sullivan turned in five innings of two-run ball—his fourth start of five or more innings with two or fewer runs out of twelve—with four hits (one HR), no walks, and four K’s. The would-be win went South like Sherman in the 7th as Eiker Huizi let in the aforementioned four runs on four hits in his single inning thrown for the blown-save-loss. Jacob Walsh and Elijah Green combined to go 6-for-8 with two runs, a HR (Walsh), a double (Green), and two RBI (Walsh). Eli Willits rounded out the Wilmington hit column with a single, his seventh in July.

Fredericksburg 9 Fayetteville 6
• Sthele 5⅓ IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K
• Beeker (BS, 1) ⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 0BB, 0K, 1-1 IR-S
• L. Johnson (W, 5-1) 3IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 3K
• Fien 2-4, 2R, BB, 2B(10), RBI, SB(5)
• Peoples 1-3, 2R, BB, HR, 3RBI, SB(10)
• James 1-2, BB, SF, RBI, E(10)

The FredNats jumped out to a 5-0 lead early only to see the Woodpeckers tie it with four in the 6th. Nick “Power to the” Peoples delivered the game-winner with an Earl Weaver special in the last of the 8th, which made a winner out of Luke Johnson, who let in an unearned run over the last three frames on three hits, no walks, and three whiffs. Travis “Sunday” Sthele pitched into the 6th for the first time this summer and left with a 5-1 lead the Merritt Beaker coughed up with three hits in the space of six batters for the blown save.

Fredericksburg’s offense was clicking on all cylinders with four hits in nine RISP chances, which included two sac flies. Gavin Fien led the FredNats hit column with single, double, and a walk followed while Peoples drew one of six walks on the night and Coy James singled, walked, and drove in a run.

Nats Sign 18 of 20 Draft Picks, Eight NDFAs
As noted in the comments, two HS picks are still holding out for a hero ’til the end of the night and FWIW, the signing deadline is till four days away. They were all signed to the FCL, just in time to watch some of their future teammates play their last game of the season! All eight NDFAs were collegiate pitchers.