Saturday’s News & Notes

^{* Maybe – still going off the Blue Rocks media notes published on April 31.}

Buffalo vs. Rochester – PPD
Rochester had its eighth game postponed on Friday, forcing a twi-night doubleheader this afternoon. IF Trey Lipscomb optioned from Washington; LF-DH Joey Gallo MLB Rehab ended.

Harrisburg 9 Erie 3
• Lara (W, 1-0) 6⅓ IP, 3H, 3R, 1ER, 3BB, 5K, HR, WP
• Sinclair 1⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 2K, WP, 3-2 IR-S
• Morales 1-3, 2R, BB, HR, RBI
• House 1-3, 2R, BB, HR, RBI
• Arruda 2-4, R, 2B, 2RBI

The Senators hit three HRs and scored nine runs for Andry Lara, who pitched into the 7th and won his AA debut, 9-3. Lara was perhaps pushed an inning too far as he walked the last two batters he faced in the 7th. He finished with three runs allowed (one earned) on three hits (one HR) and three walks over six and a 1/3rd innings. He struck out five. Yoyo Morales, Brady House, and Dérmis Garcia each went deep while J.T. Arruda drove in two with a single and a double to power the Harrisburg offense. Dylan Crews’s modest 10-game on-base streak ended while playing five consecutive games for the first time this season.

Wilmington 6 Aberdeen 4
• Cáceres 5⅓ IP, 6H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 6K, HR, WP
• M. Gomez (W, 1-0) 1⅔ IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 1K, 2-1 IR-S
• Zinn (SV, 2) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Lile 1-4, R, 2RBI
• Harris 1-4, 2RBI
• White 1-3, BB, RBI

The Blue Rocks capitalized on a dropped third strike to extend the 7th, score four times with two out, and steal this one from the IronBirds, 6-4. Bryan Cáceres gave up all four Aberdeen runs on six hits (one HR) over five and a 1/3rd innings. He walked three and struck out six. Daylen Lile delivered two runs with a single while Terone Harris doubled in the last two Wilmington runs. Miguel Gomez got the win in relief while Jaren Zinn struck three while throwing two perfect innings to earn the save. The Blue Rocks squeezed six runs out of six hits and five walks and left on six baserunners. RHP Miguel Gomez reassigned from Harrisburg.

Myrtle Beach 6 Fredericksburg 3
• Susana (L, 0-5) 3⅓ IP, 5H, 4R, 4ER, 3BB, 3K, 2E, 74-51 PIT-K
• M. Diaz 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Green 2-4, R, RBI, 2SB
• Quintana 1-4, R, 2B

Myrtle Beach put up three in the 1st and three in the 4th and cruised to a 6-3 win over Fredericksburg, evening the series at 2-2. Jarlin Susans lost for the fifth time in seven starts, charged with four runs on five hits and three walks over three and a 1/3rd innings. The FredNats got all three of their runs in the 7th, taking advantage of an error and a wild pitch while stealing three bases. Two of those swipes came from the legs of Elijah Green, who singled twice and notched the only RBI while Roismar Quintana connected for the only extra-base hit, a one-out double in the 7th.

FCL Mets 5 FCL Nationals 1
• Portorreal (L, 0-1) 3⅔ IP, 5H, 5R, 2ER, 2BB, 4K
• Dowdell ⅔ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K, 1-0 IR-S
• Rombach 2-3, E, PB
• Ju. Garcia 1-3, BB, RBI

The F-Mets broke open a 1-0 game with a four-run 4th to hand the F-Nats their seventh loss in nine games, 5-1. Watchlister Leuris Portorreal was charged with five runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks over three and 2/3rds to lose his first game of ’24. The Nats’ 2023 18th Rd. pick Nate Romback singled twice but also comitted an error and allowed a passed ball while Juan Garcia singled, walked, and drove in the lone FCL Nationals run.