Thursday’s News & Notes

• Champlain (W, 5-1) 5IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 7K, HR, HBP
• Yean (SV, 9) 1IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 0K
• Pinckney 3-4, R, SB, CS
• King 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2K
• Barrera 1-1, 2R, 3BB, 2RBI

The Red Wings scored all their runs in the 2nd but got enough pitching to beat the IronPigs, 5-3. Chandler Champlain picked up his fifth win with all three Lehigh Valley runs allowed on four hits (one HR) and a walk. He struck out seven. Four relievers each put up a goose egg, with holds going to Andre Granillo, PJ Poulin, and Seth Shuman, and the save going to Eddie Yean. Andrew Pincknew led the Rochester hit column with three singles, followed by Seaver King with a single and a double.

Somerset 4 Harrisburg 2
• Luckham (L, 3-5) 7IP, 10H, 3R, 3ER, 1BB, 2K
• E. Mejia 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 3K
• Wallace 3-5, R, 2B
• S. Brown 2-5, R, HR, RBI

Harrisburg got 13 runners on base but was only able to push across two as Somerset doubled ’em up, 4-2. Kyle Luckham scattered ten hits but let in three runs over seven innings. He walked one and struck out two in his fifth loss. Sam Brown homered to break up the shutout and singed while Cayden Wallace had two safeties and a two-bagger to lead the Senators offense, which went 1-for-10 with RISP and left ten men on base.

Bowling Green 3 Wilmington 1
• Maddox (L, 3-5) 5IP, 3H, 2R, 2ER, 2BB, 6K, BK, WP
• Biven 2IP, 1H, 0R, 0BB, 1K
• Petry 2-4, 2B(10)
• A. Feliz 2-4

The Blue Rocks’ slide extended to five games with a 3-1 loss to the Hot Rods. Riley Maddox took the loss despite turning in a solid five innings of two-run ball on three hits and two walks with six whiffs. Wilmington barely avoided the shutout, pushing across the long run on a two-out RBI by Ethan Petry in the bottom of the 9th. Petry and Angel Feliz both went 2-for-4 to lead the Blue Rocks’ seven-hit offense.

Fredericksburg 5 Hill City 0
• Tepper (W, 1-0) 5IP, 4H, 0R, 2BB, 4K
• Amaral 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, 4K
• Willits 2-4, 2R, HR(5), RBI, 2K
• James 2-4, R, 2RBI
• Moroknek 1-3, 3B, BB

Fredericksburg’s steamroll through the Carolina League continued with a 5-0 shutout of Hill City for their seventh straight win. Mikey Tepper pitched five full innings for the first time in his career as he picked up his first win of ’26. Led by Austin Amaral, three relievers combined for four scoreless to notch the FredNats’ fourth whitewash. Eli Willits singled and homered while Coy James singled twice and drove in two to lead the Fredericksburg offense. Roster moves: RHP Austin Amaral demoted from Wilmington.

FCL Mets 7 FCL Nationals 6 (8 inn.)
• Bothwell 3IP, 5H, 5R, 5ER, 0BB, 4K, HR
• Cerkownyk (L, 1-1) 1IP, 0H, 2R, 1ER, 0BB, 0K, HBP, WP
• Arias 3-4, 2R, 2B, HR, 2RBI
• Tavares 3-4, R, 2B, 2RBI, SB
• Cortesia 2-5, CS

The F-Nats erased an early 5-0 deficit and took a 6-5 lead in the 8th but were walked off by the F-Mets, 7-6. Ty Bothwell was dinged for five runs on five hits, including a two-run HR over three innings. The loss went to Brady Cerkownyk on a pair of sac flies after a wild pitch moved the free runner to third, a hit batsman and steal put two runners into scoring position with nobody out.