Wednesday’s News & Notes

Rochester 3 Syracuse 2 (6 inn.)
• Dubin 1IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 2K
• Cornelio (W, 3-1) 4⅔ IP, 3H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 5K
• Penrod (SV, 1) ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Hassell 1-2, RBI, SB
• Chaparro 1-3, R, RBI

Red Wings put up three in the 4th and got an assist from the rain as they edged the S-Mets, 3-2 in six innings. Shawn Dubin was the opener was was dinged for a run on two hits and a walk in his lone inning pitched. Riley Cornelio came on in the 2nd and gave up the second Syracuse run over the next four and 2/3rds omn three hits and two walks while striking out five. That turned out to be the win while Zach Penrod was credited for a save for getting the last out of the 6th. Robert Hassell made his first appearance since April 26 and had an RBI single as did Andrés Chapparro as Rochester squeezed three runs out of four singles, two walks, and a hit batsman.

Erie 10 Harrisburg 4
• D. Garcia 4⅔ IP, 4H, 2R, 1ER, 3BB, 3K, HBP
• Gaston (L, 1-3) ⅔ IP, 2H, 4R, 4ER, 1BB, 2K, HBP
• Thomas 2-4, R, HR, 2RBI
• Pineda 2-4, R, 2B, OF assist @ 2B
• King 1E (8), Lomavita 2E (9)

Harrisburg ralied from deficits of 2-0 and 3-2 to take a 4-3 lead after four. Alas, a run in the 6th tied the game and the wheels came off the bus in the 8th as the Seawolves sent ten men to the plate in the 8th and six of ’em came ’round to score to hand the Sens a 10-4 loss. Davian Garcia didn’t make it out of the 5th as he was lifted with two outs and two runs let in on two hits, a walk, and an HBP. He struck out two. Sandy Gaston gave up four runs for the second straight appearance to lose for the third time. Johnathon Thomas singled and homered while Leandro Pienda had a safety and a two-bagger to lead the Harrisburg offense. Roster moves: OF Elijah Nunez promoted from Wilmington.

Wilmington 14 Hub City 8
• Polanco 3IP, 6H, 7R, 7ER, 3BB, 5K, HR, WP
• Montero (W, 3-0) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Fitz-Gerald 2-3, 4R, 3BB, 3B, HR, RBI
• R. Diaz 2-4, 2R, BB, 2RBI, SB(5)
• Green 2-5, R, HR, 3RBI, 2K
• Banks 1-3, 2BB, SB, E

The Blue Rocks rallied from a 7-1 deficit with five in the 4th and two in the 7th before putting the game away with another five-run outurst in the 8th. Bryan Polanco dug the seven-run hole over the first three innings with six hits (one HR) and three walks. Euri Montero was the pitcher of record when Wilmmington took the 8-7 lead and got the win. Devin Fitz-Geralsn tripled, homered, and walked three times while Randal Diaz reached base three times on a pair of singles and a walk to lead the Blue Rocks’ ten-hit, ten-walk offense. For those wondering, Ronny Cruz was hit in the face with a catcher’s pickoff throw while diving back to first.

Hill City 4 Fredericksburg 3
• Sime 2⅓ IP, 3H, 3R, 2ER, 3BB, 3K, 60-35 PIT-K
• Sullivan 3IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 2K
• Beck (L, 0-2) 4BF, 1H, 1R, 1ER, 2BB, 0K, HBP
• Cabrera 1-2, 2R, 2BB, SF, HR, 2RBI, SB(15)
• Willits 2-5, R, CS

Fredericksburg battled back from a 3-1 deficit to tie it at 3-3 in the 8th, but were walked off an inning later for a 4-3 loss to Hill City. Miguel Sime Jr. needed 60 pitches to get seven outs and was knocked for three runs (two earned) on three hits and three walks. Jared Beck loaded the bases on two walks and a hit batsman before giving up the game-winner to the fourth batter he faced. Yeremy Cabrera walked twice, homered, hit a sac fly, and stole his 15th base while Eli Willits and Luke Dickerson both went 2-for-5 on a night where the FredNats had zero hits in 10 RISP chances and left on ten baserunners. Roster moves: LHPs Ben Moore, Bryant Olson placed on the 7-Day I.L.

FCL Cardinals vs. FCL Nationals – PPD
The F-Nats were postponed again with no explanation or information about the makeup date on the FCL website, though it’s the same bat-time, same bat-channel on the 11th for the two teams. Roster moves: RHPs Colby Frieda, Baron Stuart assigned from Washington.