Friday’s News & Notes
Team | Yesterday | Today | Pitching Probables |
Rochester | Won, 12-7 | vs. Worcester, 6:45 p.m. | Ureña (0-1, 15.00) vs. Murphy (1-1, 7.88) |
Harrisburg | Lost, 11-2 | vs. Bowie, 7 p.m. | Cuevas (1-0, 5.75) vs. Stallings (0-2, 7.23) |
Wilmington | Lost, 2-1 | vs. Brooklyn, 6:35 p.m. | Luckham (0-0, 1.29) vs. Suarez (0-2, 6.91) |
Fredericksburg | Lost, 4-3 | @ Carolina, 7 p.m. | Aldonis (0-1, 2.81) vs. Maldonado (0-2, 3.77) |
Rochester 12 Worcester 7
• Espino (W, 2-1) 5⅓ IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 6K, 3HR
• Danish 1⅔ IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• C. Wilson 2-3, 3R, 2HR, 6RBI, SAC, SB
• Martin 2-3, 2R, BB, 2-2B(5), RBI, CS
• W. Garcia 2-4, R, 2B(5), 2RBI
• Downs 1-2, 3R, 2B, 2BB,
The Red Wings scored in five of eight “ups,” including four-spots in the 3rd and 8th innings as they outslugged the (ugh) Woo Sox, 12-7. Paolo Espino gave up four runs on three homers and seven hits total over five and a 1/3rd innings to get the Jack Morris win. He walked one and struck out six. Cody Wilson homered twice, including a grand slam as he drove in six and scored three runs to lead Rochester’s ten-hit parade.
Bowie 11 Harrisburg 2
• Troop (L, 2-2) 3IP, 5H, 5R, 5ER, 1BB, 3K, 3HR
• Lee 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 3K
• Harris 2-3, RBI, HBP, E
• Valera 2-4, RBI
• 1-11 RISP; 11 LOB
Three homers within the first 11 batters faced was the undoing of Alex Troop and Harrisburg fell to Bowie, 11-2 in Game Three. The 26-y.o. southpaw also gave up a triple and a double and five runs total over three innings while losing for the second time. The BaySox also had their way with Malvin Peña (4R) and Odalvi Javier (2R) before Evan Lee settled things down with two scoreless innings. Trey Harris and Leonel Valera both singled twice and drove in a run as the Senators managed eight hits and four walks while leaving 11 runners on base.
Brooklyn 2 Wilmington 1
• Saenz 6IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 6K
• Pogue (L, 2-1) 2⅔ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 4K
• Farmer 1-4, R, HR, RBI
• De La Rosa 1-3, BB, SB
The Blue Rocks outhit the Cyclones 8-5 but fell short in the run column, 2-1. Dustin Saenz turned in his second straight quality start, giving up the first Brooklyn run on three hits and two walks over six innings. He struck out six. Tyler Schoff let in the deciding run on two hits with two out in the 9th to wear the “L,” his first of ’23. Caleb Farmer’s HR in the 7th broke up the shutout. In the 8th, Jordy Barley doubled and was sacrificed to 3rd but Jacob Young’s flyout to RF was apparently not deep enough to plate the run. Wilmington went down in order in the 9th.
Carolina 4 Fredericksburg 3
• Cornelio 2IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 5BB, 0K
• L. Young (L, 0-1) 3IP, 6H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 2K, HR
• Lawson 1-4, 2B, 2RBI, E(6)
• House 1-4, 2B
Fredericksburg fell short of its second chance to win three in a row as Carolina took the one-run contest, 4-3. Riley Cornelio threw 12 strikes to 10 batters, as he issued five walks over two innings while somehow only giving up one run. The loss went to Luke Young, who gave up three runs on six hits (one HR) over three innings. He walked one and struck out two. Branden Boisserie singled in one while Cortland Lawson doubled in two as the FredNats were held to six hits and four walks, with Daylen Lile and Brenner Cox the only two batters to reach base twice.
Looking at arms. Dustin Saenz (4th rd 2021) has a nice ERA. He’s about to turn 24. Luckham is scheduled to pitch tonight.
ERA (20 IP mininum)
1. Luckham WMT 1.29 (21 IP, 4 BB, 31 K)
2. Bennett FBG 2.05
3. Saenz WMT 2.22
4. Alvarez WMT 3.04
5. Rutledge HRB 3.21
6. Huff WMT 4.50
7. Troop HBG 4.61
Special mention:
A. Willingham HRB 0.00 (9.2 IP)
J. Sinclair WMT 1.80 (15 IP)
N. Pogue WMT 1.84 (14.2 IP)
You should add Pablo Aldonis (2.84 ERA in 4 starts) and Marlon Perez (2.03 ERA, 24 K in 13.1 IP) to the special mention list
Thanks guys for the lists.
Humidity rising
Taters flying out across the chain
Saenz soon bumped to Sens ?
Seems there were a few unannounced transactions, as Trey Harris has returned from exile (and reached base 3 times). Donovan Casey seems to have taken his place, as he’s listed on the “Temporary Inactive List” which is different from the “Development List” on which Omar Meregildo currently sits.
Casey is hitting a comical .113/.254/.189 across three levels. He’s 27 years old. Not sure what more needs to be said.
To see all the minor league transactions within the Nats system in one spot, I bring up any of the rosters on the website for one of the minor league teams (say Rochester) and click on the box that says “WSH transactions”. You’ll see all those transactions there. (Maybe you meant that they weren’t mentioned on this site).
https://www.milb.com/rochester/roster/transactions/washington-nationals
He may have. Unfortunately, MiLB likes to back-date transactions so, for example, Harris may not have been listed when I did the post on the 10th but was there yesterday or today and by then I’m looking for stuff dated the 10th or the 11th. I tend to go with what I get from the three affiliates with PR folks first and then add what I see the morning of the post. S!@# happens.
Troop gave up a HR on the first pitch he threw and it went downhill from there. Trey Harris had a tough day. He was HBP in the helmet and had a missed fly ball that appeared to hit him in the face/head.
We all have days like that , Trey Harris !!
Get away day always has some players hearing the buses warmed up ready to hit the highways .