Friday’s News & Notes
| Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
| Rochester | Won, 10-9 | vs. Syracuse, 7:05 p.m. | Je. Rodriguez (1-1. 6.63) vs. Cahill (0-0, 7.36) |
| Harrisburg | Lost, 8-2 | @ Akron, 7:05 p.m. | Fuentes (1-4, 4.37) vs. Curry (4-3, 4.04) |
| Wilmington | Won, 1-0 | @ Aberdeen, 7:05 p.m. | Parker (3-0, 1.96) vs. Van Loon (7-0, 2.66) |
| Fredericksburg | Lost, 3-2 | @ Salem, 7:05 p.m. | Caceres (3-3, 4.55) vs. Sana (0-0, 2.35) |
| FCL Nationals | Won, 11-6 (10 inn.) |
vs. FCL Marlins, 12 p.m. | |
| DSL Nationals | Lost, 11-4 | @ DSL Cardinals, 11 a.m. |
Rochester 10 Syracuse 9
• Abbott 3IP, 2H, 0R, 3BB, 6K, WP
• Brill (W, 1-0) 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Weems (SV, 10) 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Palacios 3-4, 2R, 2B, RBI
• Stevenson 3-5, R, HR, 4RBI
• Meneses 2-5, 2R, 2B, RBI
Rochester scored six times in eight innings as they outslugged Syracuse, 10-9. Cory Abbott led the brigade of relievers with three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks while striking out six. The “W” went to Matt Brill with two goose eggs in the 6th and 7th while Jordan Weems earned his 10th save by working around a hit in the 9th. The veteran trio of Josh Palacios, Andrew Stevenson, and Joey Meneses combined for eight hits, five runs, two doubles, a HR (Setvenson), and six RBI as the Red Wings racked up 15 hits total.
Roster moves: RHP Cole Henry placed on 7-day I.L.; UT Adrián Sanchez reinstated from 3-Day T.I.L.; OF Nick Banks reinstated from 7-Day I.L.
Akron 8 Harrisburg 2
• Herrera 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Peguero (L, 1-3) 2⅓ IP, 6H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 1K
• A. Young 2-4, R, HR, RBI
• W. Garcia 1-4, R, HR, RBI
The Senators bullpen was ravaged for eight runs over five innings in an 8-2 loss to the RubberDucks – the sixth straight for the second time this season. Ronald Herrera got the starting nod and faced the minimum over three innings, allowing a hit but no walks and striking out three. The loss went to Francys Peguero, who let in five runs on six hits and a walk over two and a 1/3rd innings. Wilson Garcia homered in the 2nd and Andrew Young homered in the 9th to account for the two Harrisburg runs. Young also singled as did Brady Lindsly to round out the Sens’ hit total of four (4).
Roster moves: RHP Dakody Klemmer placed on Developmental List; Ronald Herrera reinstated from 7-Day I.L.
Wilmington 1 Aberdeen 0
• Cate 7IP, 3H, 0R, 2BB, 8K
• Knowles (W, 2-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• M. Peña (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Ydens 2-3, R, SB
• Jo. Sánchez 1-4, RBI
Wilmington eked out a run in the 8th to secure the 1-0 shutout and a four-game winning streak to close out the first half. Tim Cate tossed seven scoreless innings with three hits and two walks allowed. He struck out eight while registering back-to-back quality starts. Lucas Knowles and Malvin Peña both struck out two while pitting up a zero on the scoreboard to earn the win and save, respectively. Jeremy Ydens singled, stole second, and came around on José Sanchez’s RBI single for the one hit in seven RISP chances. The Blue Rocks tallied eight hits, one walk, stole three bases on offense and turned two double plays on defense.
Salem 3 Fredericksburg 2
• Saenz 4IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 5K
• Davis (L, 0-1) 1⅔ IP, 3H, 3R, 3ER, 3BB, 2K, 2HR
• White 2-4, R, 2B, HR, 2RBI
• De La Rosa 2-4, 2B
The FredNats led the C.L. North by 3½ games after 26 games but finished the half at dead even 33-33 with a 3-2 loss to the Red Sox. Dustin Saenz made his second start after a month-long layoff and spun four scoreless with three hits and a walk allowed and five whiffs. The reigning Carolina Pitcher of the Week will be deposed after two Salem batters homered for three runs in the 6th to hand him his first loss. T.J. White doubled in the first Fredericksburg run in the 2nd and homered in the 7th but grounded into a double play to end the game in the 9th.
Roster moves: SS Brady House placed on 7-Day I.L.
FCL Nationals 11 FCL Mets 6 (10 inn.)
• An. Sánchez 3IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K, HBP
• Otanez 4IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3K
• Marquez 2IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 0K
• De La Cruz 3-6, R, 3RBI, CS
• Tejeda 2-4, 2R, 2B, BB
• Witt 2-4, R, 3B, BB, 3RBI
The F-Nats rallied for three in the top of the 9th to take a 6-4 lead, gave two back to go to extras, then pounded out five runs in the 10th for an 11-6 win that took nearly four hours to play despite no broadcast. Anibal Sánchez got the starting nod as the MLB rehab and let in a run over three innings. The presumptive starter Johan Otanez gave up two on seven hits and a walk over the next four. Franklin Marquez picked up the win as the pitcher of record despite giving up three runs in the last two frames of regulation. Christopher De La Cruz led the F-Nats offense with three singles and three RBI, followed by Erick Tejeda with a walk, single, and a double and two runs scored.
DSL Angels 11 DSL Nationals 4
• Polanco 2⅓ 4IP, 4H, 4R, 3ER, 1BB, 1K, HR, 2HBP
• Acevedo 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 3BB, 2K
• W. Diaz 2-3, BB, RBI, SB
• Mojica 1-4, RBI
The D-Nats pitchers walked 13 batters in seven innings. The D-Nats batters had three (3) hits and six walks.
What Cole Henry and Brady House share is their last game was June 11 and now they are put on the IL. Go figure.
Not sure why Tim Cate was demoted to High A in the first place but he showed yesterday he needs stiffer competition.
Interesting to note that Cate out-dueled Matt Harvey (I guess his suspension is over now?)
Agreed, Cate has nothing left to prove. He was already pitching really well in A+ three years ago. Why he’s still there doesn’t make sense to me. I’d expect a more aggressive development path for a 3rd round, relatively polished college arm.
Would Dr Watson double barrel promote Parker and Cate ??
Just asking out loud
Alou’s (is that you, Jeff?) comment yesterday got me thinking, has any batter in the farm system been promoted this year? I can’t think of any, and I don’t mean the likes of Taylor Gushue, who was shuttled around from AA to AAA for catching depth reasons.
That seems extraordinary to me to be nearly three months into the season that there’s been no movement yet, especially contrasted with the relatively active movement of our pitchers.
Yes it’s Jeff. Why the f.o. promotes pitchers but refuses to promotes position players is a dumb mystery.
Yes Will patience is a virtue must be wallpaper on Watson and Rizzos laptops .
Good Will hunting …
Good to see Tejada playing on the complex and getting hits to fall .
Draft on the 7th and 8 th .
Quite possible draft and signees could be on the plan .. farm .. tation by July 30?
How’s our guy doing ? Keven Panada?
Here is a thought about DSL schooling of young pups especially the bonus babies
The DOMREP environment more conducive to the gradual transition from amateur mindset to the “ Zen way “ of each org . Sound right ?
Don’t tempt the young kids with the wiles of Florida so quick off the field ?
Let them get strong on local cooling versus Crack – er Barrel and Taco Bell .
Our guy T. J. White continues to rock June: .328/.414/.639, with 20 hits, 4 homers, and 9 walks. Still a relatively high 16 Ks, but better than his season average. He doesn’t turn 19 until a month from now, so he’s doing this in full-season ball in his age-18 season.
It will be interesting to see if the so-called gurus start to consider him a real “prospect.” Regardless of that “status,” he looks like the real deal. I never understood why he was a 5th round guy anyway. Just glad we’re the ones who finally seem to have gotten a steal.
I’ll be less concerned with his Ks as long as he continues to walk 10-12% of the time. he looks like a real prospect to me
Let’s hope he evolves into Milton Bradley minus the head case profile
Just a quick reminder that “I can’t think of a good reason for [x]” (x = something that you feel the organization should or shouldn’t be doing) doesn’t automatically mean that there isn’t a good reason for what they’re doing/not doing.
Looking at the pitching matchups at the top – Abbott pitched last night. JRod is starting pitcher according to Rochester website.
Other than Jeremy DeLaRosa, what should I be happy about right now?
Nattering, how about Mitchell Parker and his 1.96 ERA. Thats 2 years in a row the 5th round pick has been a home run.
Cole Henry and his brilliant but very fragile arm is sad. The ray of hope I can offer is I’m old enough to remember all trouble Nolan Ryan had his first couple of years staying on the mound.
Yes, Nolan had challenges with the Mets, but from ages 21 through 24 (in MLB), he pitched in 134, 89, 131 and 151 innings before moving to the AL and stardom. In the minors before then, he had already logged many innings. The Ryan Express was amazing!!
Henry has yet to pitch much in the minors or before that, in college.
I sure hope he gets healthy, but……..