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Sunday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers
Syracuse Lost, 6-3 vs. Rochester,
7:05 p.m.		 Hill (3-7, 4.99) vs.
Dean (1-5, 4.40)
Harrisburg Lost, 3-0 @ Reading,
6:35 p.m.		 Brady (1-1, 3.77) vs.
Leiter (3-0, 4.14)
Potomac Lost, 11-9 @ Myrtle Beach,
7:05 p.m.		 Reyes (4-7, 5.00) vs.
Stinnett (6-3, 3.36)
Hagerstown Lost, 8-3 vs. Delmarva,
7:05 p.m.		 Guilbeau (0-0, 4.87) vs.
Peralta (3-4, 4.04)
Auburn Lost, 7-6 @ West Virginia,
7:05 p.m.		 Ramirez (2-0, 0.90) vs.
Meyer (1-1, 5.27)

Rochester 6 Syracuse 3
• Hill (L, 3-8) 6IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 4K, 2HR, WP
• Masset 1⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 1K, HBP, 2-0 IR-S
• Turner 2-4, 2B, BB
• Severino 2-4, 2B

Syracuse once again had no answer for Rochester’s rallies in the late innings as they were doubled up, 6-3. Taylor Hill gave up HR nos. 11 and 12 and four runs total on six hits over six innings to lose for the eighth time in 16 starts. He walked two and struck out four. Syracuse totaled nine hits and four walks, leaving nine men on and going 3-for-12 with RISP. Trea Turner led the way with a single, walk, and a double while making no errors in CF.

Reading 3 Harrisburg 0
• Brady (L, 1-2) 5IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 3K, HR; 1-2
• Robinson 2IP, 2H, R, ER, 0BB, 1K, HR
• Stevenson 2-4, CS
• Kieboom 1-2, BB

Three Reading pitchers combined on five-hit shutout of Harrisburg, 3-0. Michael Brady started and lost for the second time, though he turned in a serviceable five innings of two-run ball on three hits and a walk while striking out three and went 1-for-2 at the plate. Andrew Stevenson single twice and Spencer Kieboom walked and singled; they were the only two Sens to reach base twice.

Myrtle Beach 11 Potomac 9
• Reyes (L, 4-8) 2⅓ IP, 5H, 9R, 6ER, 4BB, 1K, 0HR
• Lambert 3IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Robles 3-4, 2R, 2B, BB, 2RBI, 2SB
• Schrock 2-5, R, 2B, 2RBI
• Keller 2-5, 2R, SB

The Pelicans thrashed the P-Nats early and held off a late charge for an 11-9 win. Luis Reyes continues to struggle, as he failed to give up less than three runs for the sixth time in seven starts. He was charged with nine runs (six earned) on five hits (no HR) and four walks over just two and a 1/3rd innings to lose for the 8th time. Down 11-3 after five full, Potomac struck back with five in the 6th, one in the 7th and got the tying runs into scoring position with two out in the 8th before a groundout ended the threat. They went down in order in the 9th.

Delmarva 8 Hagerstown 3
• Guilbeau (L, 0-1) 4IP, 7H, 3R, 2ER, BB, 5K, HR, WP
• Page 1-4, R, 2B
• Reetz 1-3, 2B, BB

Delmarva failed to score just twice in nine “ups” in an 8-3 beatdown of Hagerstown. Taylor Guilbeau was charged with the loss, giving up three runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out five. The Suns were held to one hit through the first six innings but got help from the Shorebird ‘pen with two walks, a hit by pitch, and two wild pitches for two runs in the 7th. Matthew Page doubled with one down in the 9th while Ian Sagdal singled with two out to score the third and final Hagerstown run.

West Virginia 11 Auburn 5
• Y. Ramirez 4IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 2BB, 3K, HR
• Conner (L, 0-1) 1IP, 1H, 4R, 4ER, 2BB, 0K, 2HBP
• Johnson 2-5, RBI
• Banks 2-5, 2R
• Ortiz 1-4, R, HR, 4RBI

The Black Bears gashed the first man out of the Doubledays ‘pen for four runs on just one hit as they overcame a 4-1 deficit early to win 7-6. Nick Conner loaded the bases with two hit batsman and a walk before getting a ground ball to the right side for the first out. Another walk loaded the bases, and triple unloaded them. Yonathan Ramirez started but was ineffective, allowing three runs on four hits (one HR) and two walks while striking out three. Dave Johnson and Nick Banks both singled twice while Oliver Martinez drove in four runs with an Earl Weaver special in the 4th and an RBI groundout in the 7th.

GCL Update

The G-Nats took four of six in the first full week of play, capped off by two touchdowns and a field goal in a 17-0 victory yesterday, which, of course, will skew the stat leaders. Juan Soto, for example, is batting .550/.571/.750 through six games after yesterday’s 3-for-5 effort. Anderson Franco remains in witness protection active on the roster but has not yet played.

DSL Update

The D-Nats stand at 12-12 after four weeks of play, having had a 3-2 week with yesterday’s game suspended by (presumably) rain. Of course, all eyes are on the prize for next year’s entrants. Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post has the story.

9 Commments

  1. Not a good night for the organization, from the big club on down. Those nights are rarer than they used to be, though, thank goodness.

    It’s pretty bad when Schrock goes 2-for-5 and sees his average drop! It’s good to see Robles also finding his footing offensively at Potomac.

    The international spending astounds me. I get why they did it, with a CBA change coming and so many of the bigger-spending teams on the sidelines this year. But, as Luke pointed out yesterday, the track record across baseball on the big-ticket international signings isn’t good at all. These guys are all lottery tickets. I guess you improve your odds by the greater number of tickets you hold, right? But these kids are 16 years old, the equivalent of HS sophs. Yeah, I would have thrown $3.9M at Harper when he was 16, but not many others. The $3.9M essentially equals what the Nats spent to sign their two first-round picks this year.

    Oh well, it’s not my money!

    1. On the flip side, they apparently guessed right with Juan Soto, though obviously his astounding start by no means guarantees he’ll even make it to the bigs.

      In the past few years their Dominican scouts have done a tremendous job unearthing talent down there, so I’ll defer to their judgement until we see how these kids actually perform. After all, $3.9 million is merely the cost of one season for a decent middle reliever these days–and is far, far less than other organizations have wasted on numerous busts from Japan and Cuba.

  2. It was expected that the Nats would be aggressive during this international signing period. Even so, signing Yasel Antuna for $3.9 million astounds me. To state the obvious, the Nats must love him even though he was not considered among the top 10 prospects eligible to sign. We shall see how this works out, but the Nats commitment to player development is a great thing.

    1. They must see something in Antuna that the prospect gurus don’t, and there must have been at least one other team in the mix to sign him. It actually reminds me of the 2011 draft when the Nats spent a boatload of money on four top players the last year before the bonus rules changed.

      Like 2011, the sheer number of players they obtained is important. Hopefully, this will significantly increase organizational depth in the coming years and give wheeler-dealer Mike Rizzo plenty of potential trade bait to keep the Nats in contention for a long time rather than the team having to experience the dramatic ups and downs that the Braves, Mets and Phillies have all gone through in recent years.

  3. Well Austin Voth. Here is your
    MLB call with Ross on the 15 day .

    Just a thought. Conner Simonetti
    Or Ryan Ripken. Who gets call to
    Hags for playoff. Run @ 1 b???

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  5. Seeing the meat arms
    Getting raked @ Harrisburg
    , I hope some of the newly
    Signed arms rise quick
    Aka NCAA bred

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