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Saturday’s News & Notes

Team Yesterday Today Pitching Probables
Rochester Won, 10-4 @ Buffalo, 6:35 p.m. Lord (2-1, 3.72) vs. Bloss (0-0, 0.00)
Harrisburg Lost, 17-8 @ Bowie, 5:05 p.m. Theophile (2-2, 2.25) and Stuart (3-7, 3.79) vs.
Bright (0-10, 4.48) and Brnovich (6-2, 3.88)
Wilmington Won, 4-3 vs. Jersey Shore, 5:05 p.m. Cornelio (6-9, 5.83) and Shuman (0-0, 4.64) vs.
Chace (2-3, 3.72) and Tucker (0-1, 5.79)
Fredericksburg Won, 7-1 vs. Carolina, 5:05 p.m. Clemmey (1-5, 5.01) and Sthele (5-6, 5.42) vs.
Timmerman (4-0, 3.78) and Rivera (0-0, 4.50)
DSL Nationals Won, 5-0 @ DSL Phillies Red, 10 a.m.

Rochester 10 Buffalo 4
• Alvarez 5⅓ IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 7K, 2WP
• Medina (W, 6-2) 1IP, 2H, 2R, 2ER, 0BB, 1K
• R. Garcia 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Millas 2-3, R, 2BB, 3B, RBI
• Crews 2-4, 2R, HR(5), 2RBI
• Dunn 2-4, R, BB
• Alu 2-4, 2RBI

Rochester broke out for six in the 7th to break a 2-2 tie and went on to a 10-4 win over Buffalo. Andrew Alvarez pitched into the 6th for the second straight start, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk. He struck out seven. Adonis Medina was credited with the win despite being charged with two runs on two hits while getting the last two outs of the 6th and the first of the 7th. Four Red Wings had multiple hits, led by Dylan Crews with a homer and two RBI and followed by Drew Millas with a triple, an RBI, and two walks.

Bowie 17 Harrisburg 8
• Lara (L, 7-5) 2IP, 6H, 8R, 8ER, 3BB, 4K, HR
• Acosta 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Lile 2-4, R, BB, RBI
• Pineda 1-4, R, BB, RBI, PB(14)
• Witt 1-5, R, HR, 3RBI; 1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 1K

The BaySox didn’t score in only two “ups” as they pounded the Sens, 17-8. Andry Lara took the loss and the brunt of the beating, giving up eight runs on six hits (one grand slam) and three walks over two innings. He struck out four while losing his fifth AA game. Daison Acosta was the only Harrisburg pitcher not to give up a run. Paul Witt ended the shutout bid with an Earl Weaver Special in the 7th and mopped up on the mound in the 8th. Daylen Lile led the Senators hit column with two singles and a walk.

Wilmington 4 Jersey Shore 3
• Susana (W, 3-0) 5IP, 7H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 9K
• L. Young (H, 1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 1K
• M. Gomez (SV, 2) 1IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 0K, 0HR
• White 3-3, R, BB, HR(10), RBI
• Glasser 2-4, BB

Wilmington got four in the 5th and made it stand up to edge Jersey Shore, 4-3. Jarlin Susana won for the third time in five starts, letting in one run and scattering seven hits over five innings with nine whiffs. Miguel Gomez gave up the other two runs in the 9th on three hits and a walk but was nevertheless credited with the save. Jared McKenzie and T.J. White hit back-to-back HRs with two out to highlight the Blue Rocks offense that collected 10 hits but only one in 11 RISP chances.



Fredericksburg 7 Carolina 1
• Sykora (W, 3-3) 6IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 10K, 18BF, 75-49 PIT-K
• Roman 2IP, 0H, 0R, 1BB, 4K
• Baldo 1IP, 0H, 1R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K, WP
• Vaquero 2-4, 3R, BB, 2B(15), HR(5), RBI, SB
• Pimentel 2-4, R, BB
• Cruz 2-4

Travis Sykora was perfect for six frames and combined with two FredNats relievers to no-hit the Mudcats, 7-1. The 20-y.o. Texan tied his career high with 10 strikeouts while evening his won-loss record at 3-3. Angel Roman lost the perfect game with a walk in the 8th while Merrick Baldo lost the shutout with an unearned run let in during the 9th. Cristhian Vaquero led the nine-hit, five-walk Frederickburg offense with walk, double, and homer and three runs scored, followed by Brandon Pimentel with two singles and a walk.

DSL Nationals 5 DSL White Sox 0
• Lunar (W, 2-1) 5IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 6K
• Gimenez 2IP, 1H, 0R, 1BB, 2K
• Requena 2-3, BB
• Tavarez 1-3, R, BB, 2B(5), 2RBI
• Liriano 1-2, R, 2BB

The DSL Nationals shut out the DSL White Sox, 5-0 on two hits. Darrel Lunar went the first five and allowed one hit, no walks, and struck out six. Greyson Gimenez finished the game with one hit, one walk, and two whiffs over the last two frames. The D-Nats broke the 0-0 tie with four in the 5th and added one one more in the 6th. Angel Requena led the hit column of six with two singles and a walk while Feldi Tavarez doubled in two and drew one of the seven walks by the DSL Nationals.

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  1. I guess I haven’t watched Sykora for a while as he is now working out of the stretch 100%, ditching that funky step back and rock delivery. still with the big leg kick, working in more splitters and having his way with the Carolina League hitters.

    1. Sandy Martinez shaking his head at his kids now
      3 errors only two hits today on the island .

    3. Crews warming up in August
      Bullpens getting their reps work
      That’s good for competition

  2. Sykora must have gotten tired of hearing that he still has things to work on at this level. No he doesn’t. case closed. Either that, or he got something really cool for being Carolina League pitcher of the week last week and wanted it again.

    In looking at his numbers, the one that jumps out at me is 4.7 hits per nine innings. Susana’s number at the same level was 7.5, which still isn’t bad. In general, Sykora’s 4.7 seems to indicate that he not only has velocity, but movement too.

  4. Nice little write up (and some video clips) here: https://www.milb.com/news/nats-prospect-travis-sykora-leads-combined-no-hitter

    Looking at the video….. now, I’m the furthest thing away from a pitching coach you’ll ever see, but those pitches don’t look “deceptive” or “dominating”. They’re not flashy, velocity seems to be 95-95mph on the fastball, break on the off-speed doesn’t seem huge….

    … but they sure as hell must be effective, as based on the perfect performance through 6 on just 75-odd pitches last night.

    Is it the release point? That looks very similar for all pitches, and the arm speed looks pretty consistent – so there’s a lot of deception prior to the release point that has the batters guessing?

    I’d love to know from those with a hell of a lot more knowledge than me “What It Is That Makes Him So Good”?? As I haven’t been this excited about a Nats pitching prospect (Strasburg apart) since maybe JZimm….

  5. A question begs to be asked : how much does Sykora take away from meeting Nolan Ryan
    Ok , Will, another stat deep dive break down : Sunday Sthele vs Saturday Sthele vs weekday Sthele
    Ernie Banks loved to say : it’s a great day for baseball let’s play two .
    Let’s see how Theophile follows the football score on Lara last night .
    We are digging the CV-Green table setting in Fred with Pimentel
    Lurking on deck .
    Well maybe Alvarez can get two more starts in to join the Nats farm century mark in IP
    Ty Will for your deep dive stats grabbing

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