Monday’s News & Notes

Worcester 5 Rochester 4
• Cavalli 5IP, 2H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Pilkington ⅓ IP, 0H, 4R, 0ER, 3BB, 0K
• Powell (BS, 1; L, 0-1) ⅔ IP, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 3BB, 0K, WP, 3-3 IR-S
• Chaparro 2-5, R, HR(5), 3RBI
• Lile 1-3, R, BB, RBI, 2HBP, OF assist @ HP

Rochester busted out for four in the 5th, highlighted by an Earl Weaver Special off the bat of Andrés Chaparro. Cade Cavalli answered with his fifth goose egg and left with a 4-0 lead. Konnor Pilkington handed over his beer and walked three of five batters faced. Holden Powell came on with a 4-1 lead to protect and, but for Daylen Lile throwing out a runner to end the 6th, blew the save. He completed the meltdown with an assist from Phil Dunshee as the two combined to walk five and let in the winning run, 5-4 to complete Worcester’s six-game sweep.

Harrisburg 3 Reading 1
• Cornelio (W, 1-1) 6IP, 2H, 0R, 4BB, 6K
• Acosta (SV, 1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• DeShields 2-4, RBI
• Naranjo 1-2, R, 2BB, RBI, SB

The Senators got single runs in the 4th, 5th, and 7th innings and took the game, 3-1, and the series, 4-2 from the Fightins. Riley Cornelio walked four and gave up two hits but also struck out six and kept Reading off the board for his first AA win. Daison Acosta struck out two in the 9th to earn the save, his first of ’25. Delino DeShields Jr. singled twice and drove in one as did Joe Naranjo, who reached base three times on a single and two walks and stole a base to pace the Harrisburg offense.

Wilmington 5 Brooklyn 4 (10 inn.)
• Lara 3IP, 3H, 1R, 0ER, 0BB, 2K
• Simpson (BS, 2) 2IP, 1H, 2R, 0ER, 1BB, 3K
• Vasquez (W, 1-1) 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Farmer 1-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• Cruz 1-4, 2B, E(5)
• Brown 1-3, R, 2BB, RBI, SB, E

Caleb Farmer’s two-out, two-run HR in the bottom of the 9th tied the game at 4-4 to force extras. Marcus Brown singled on the 5th pitch he saw in the 10th to send in the free runner and seal the 5-4 win. Andry Lara emerged from witness protection to throw three innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits with no walks and two whiffs. Jared Simpson gave up two unearned runs to lose a 2-1 lead while Austin Amaral gave up a run to push the Brooklyn lead to 4-2. Samuel Vasquez retired the side in both the 9th and the 10th and picked up the win, his first of the season. Roster moves: RHP Andry Lara assigned from Rochester for MiLB rehab.

Fredericksburg 3 Delmarva 1
• Meckley 6IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 7K
• Bruni (W, 3-1) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 2BB, 0K
• Cranz (SV, 5) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• R. Diaz 1-3, BB, E(12)
• Vaquero 1-3, BB, RBI, 2K

Frederickburg snapped a 1-1 tie with two runs in the 7th and held on for a 3-1 victory, which clinched their first series win since April. The rally came too late for starter Andrew Meckley, who notched his first career quality start with six innings of one-run ball on three hits, no walks, and seven whiffs. Frank Bruni, Merritt Beeker, and Robert Cranz each put up a goose egg with Bruni earning his third win and Cranz garnering his fifth save while extending his scoreless innings streak to 16 across 13 appearances. Nick “Power to the” Peoples tied the game with an RBI single in the 4th, Yoander Rivero broke the tie with a sac fly and Cristhian Vaquero got the insurance run with another RBI single to cap off the FredNats scoring.

FCL Nationals, 14-10, 2nd place FCL East, -.017% Pct.
The F-Nats took two of three in a four-game week that was shortened by a rainout. This week, it’s another four games in seven days with home games today and Wednesday, and road games on Thursday and Saturday.

DSL Nationals, 3-2, T2nd place, DSL South, 1GB
The DSL Nationals are above .500 but the run differential is the minimum of one (28-27). The D-Nats are home today, tomorrow, and Friday, off on Wednesday, and on the road on Thursday and Saturday.