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Two Doubledays Named To NYPL All-Star Game

August 9, 2014

Rosters for the 2014 New York-Penn League All-Star team were announced this week and will include two Auburn Doubledays — Jose “Orange” Marmolejos-Diaz and Mario Sanchez.

Diaz was selected as a first baseman and has posted a line of .266/.344/.373 with one home run and 24RBI in 47 games. He’s a 21-y.o. from the Dominican Republic in his fourth professional season, having spent last year in the GCL and his first two seasons in the DSL.

Sanchez is a 19-y.o. Venezuelan who skipped the GCL after spending the 2012 and 2013 campaigns in the D.R. This season, his third, he’s 5-0 with three saves in 13 relief appearances. Over 28⅓ innings he’s allowed 12 runs (eight earned) on 22 hits (one HR) with eight walks and 22 strikeouts for a 2.54/3.38/1.06 line.

Brooklyn is the host of the 10th annual exhibition, which will pit players from the American League against players from the National League on Tuesday, August 19th.

Saturday’s News & Notes

August 9, 2014

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-4 (10 inn.) vs. Louisville, 7:00 p.m. Treinen (7-1, 3.09) vs. J. Smith (9-4, 4.42) Harrisburg Won, 2-1 vs. Binghamton, 6:00 p.m. Simms (2-3, 3,98) vs. Lara (5-4, 4.68) Potomac Postponed @ Salem, 3:05 p.m. Silvestre (1-0, 3.55) and Bacus (4-6, 4.49) vs. Gunkel (2-4, 3.83) and Light …

Good, Bad, Interesting – Vol. 17

August 8, 2014

Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 66-51, 1st place I.L. North, 2 games ahead Good Manny Delcarmen 0-1, 1.26 ERA, 0.63 WHIP in last 10 appearances Bad Josh Johnson .043 ISO Interesting 803 batting K 3rd fewest in 14-team I.L. HARRISBURG SENATORS 47-70, 6th …

Friday’s News & Notes

August 8, 2014

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 4-1 vs. Louisville, 7:00 p.m. McGregor (1-6, 6.34 in PCL) vs. Holmberg (1-6, 4.90) Harrisburg Lost, 3-0 vs. Binghamton, 7:00 p.m. Voth (0-2, 4.50) vs. Ynoa (2-0, 5.23) Potomac Won, 6-4 @ Salem, 7:05 p.m. Silvestre (1-0, 3.55) vs. Gunkel (2-4, 3.83) Hagerstown Won, 8-1 vs. Kannapolis, 7:05 …

Last Night In Woodbridge

August 7, 2014

Randolph Oduber homered twice, while Matt Spann put on just two baserunners over six shutout innings as Potomac rolled to its fifth straight win, 10-2 over Winston-Salem. The Groovin’ Aruban drove in six runs total with a three-run blast off the scoreboard in left-center to highlight Potomac’s five-run 3rd, an RBI groundout in the 4th, …

Thursday’s News & Notes

August 7, 2014

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse OFF DAY vs. Louisville, 7:00 p.m. Lively (1-2, 5.74) vs. Marshall (0-7, 8.62) Harrisburg Lost, 9-2 @ Reading, 7:05 p.m. Espino (5-3, 5.07) vs. Bootcheck (2-3, 6.06) Potomac Won, 10-2 vs. Winston-Salem, 12:05 p.m. Dickson (3-8, 5.27) vs. Rodon (0-0, 6.00) Hagerstown Lost, 7-2 vs. Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Lopez …

Nats Affiliate Playoff Chances

August 7, 2014

The regular season is now less than a month away, which means it’s time for the annual assessment of seeing minor-league baseball past Labor Day [insert Philadelphia Phillies joke here]. Since this site took off in 2010, the Nats have had multiple affiliates make the playoffs in each season — two in 2010, three in …

Last Night In Woodbridge

August 6, 2014

Literally, the lights went out in the 8th. But figuratively, Brian Rauh was lights out for most of the night as Potomac tripled up Winston-Salem, 6-2. The 23-year-old has had an up and down season thus far for Potomac, missing nearly two months from late April to late June, while shifting between starting and relieving …

Wednesday’s News & Notes

August 7, 2014

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 4-1 OFF DAY N/A Harrisburg Lost, 5-1 @ Reading, 7:05 p.m. Kroenke (2-4, 5.72) vs. Nola (AA Debut) Potomac Won, 6-2 vs. Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Spann (7-5, 4.65) vs. Dykstra (2-0, 2.70) Hagerstown Won, 10-6 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. Estevez (0-1, 7.04) vs. Heredia (1-4, 4.53) Auburn …

Tuesday’s News & Notes

August 6, 2014

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-6 vs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7:00 p.m. Hill (9-5, 2.58) vs. Tracy (1-4, 3.62) Harrisburg Lost, 5-1 @ Reading, 7:05 p.m. Simmons (2-1, 6.11) vs. Milner (6-5, 4.57) Potomac OFF DAY vs. Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Rauh (1-1, 5.18) vs. Wendelken (6-8, 4.79) Hagerstown Lost, 5-2 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. …