Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 10-10, T3rd place I.L. North, 1 game behind Good Brian Goodwin 13BB in 20G, .388 OBP Bad Josh Roenicke 0-2, 9.00 ERA, 1.75 WHIP Interesting Syracuse pitchers, I.L.-best 42BB in 20G HARRISBURG SENATORS 4-14, 6th place E.L. West, …
Late last night, the Potomac Nationals announced that 1B Kevin Keyes has been promoted to Harrisburg. Keyes had been hitting .284/.346/.500 with four HRs and 17 RBI and was named the Carolina League’s Batter of the Week just this past Monday. He’s the first true promotion from one minor-league level to the next this season, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 5-2 @ Louisville, 6:35 p.m. Poveda (1-2, 9.00) vs. Smith (3-0, 2.18) Harrisburg Lost, 6-1 vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m. Cole (2-0, 2.63) vs. Bischoff (1-1, 3.77) Potomac Won, 8-2 vs. Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Rauh (1-1, 4.58) vs. Recchia (1-2, 4.11) Hagerstown Won, 7-5 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. …
There was a perfect game for three innings. There were four stolen bases. There were five errors and five extra-base hits. And there was a six-run inning. In other words, it was just another game of “A” baseball. The Potomac Nationals used that six-run outburst to break a 2-2 tie and even the three-game series …
On a cold, blustery night the Winston-Salem doubled up Potomac, 4-2 as the Dash’s Tony Buccifero outpitched the P-Nats’ Pedro Encarnacion. The 24-year-old Buccifero, who led all starters in affiliated baseball with an FIP of 1.74 in 2013, tossed a career-high of eight innings while scattering nine hits but walking none to limit the damage …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-0 @ Louisville, 6:35 p.m. Hill (2-0, 2.00) vs. Francis (3-1, 1.99) Harrisburg Lost, 10-9 @ Altoona, 6:30 p.m. Purke (0-3, 9.49) vs. Sample (1-0, 1.50) Potomac Lost, 4-2 vs. Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Lee (0-2, 13.06) vs. Ortiz (0-2, 4.38) Hagerstown Won, 5-3 (13 inn.) @ West Virginia, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 4-1 @ Louisville, 6:35 p.m. Laffey (1-0, 0.00) Treinen (0-0, 0.00) vs. Holmberg (0-3, 14.46) Reineke (0-0, 2.84) Harrisburg Lost, 7-0 @ Altoona, 6:30 p.m. Purke (0-3, 9.49) Gilliam (0-0, 5.63) vs. Kingham (1-1, 0.53) Potomac OFF DAY vs. Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Encarnacion (1-1, 4.05) vs. Buccifero (0-2, …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-2 @ Louisville, 7:00 p.m. Treinen (0-0, 0.00) vs. Wang (1-2, 6.75) Harrisburg Lost, 10-1 @ Altoona, 6:30 p.m. Rivero (0-3, 4.15) vs. Sampson (2-1, 1.59) Potomac Won, 4-2 OFF DAY N/A Hagerstown Lost, 4-2 @ Augusta, 7:00 p.m. Giolito (1-0, 2.08) vs. Johnson (1-1, 2.70) Rochester 5 …
As predicted this morning, Kevin Keyes has indeed been named the Carolina League Player of the Week for April 14-20. Keyes went 9-for-26 with four home runs, 11 RBI, and eight runs scored for a line of .346/.433/.846. Those four homers also represent his season total, for which he is tied for third place in …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 9-3 vs. Rochester, 12:00 p.m. Rosenbaum (1-1, 4.15) vs. Diamond (0-2, 15.00) Harrisburg OFF DAY @ Altoona, 6:30 p.m. Schwartz (0-2, 7.62) vs. Dodson (0-1, 2.53) Potomac Won, 6-5 @ Lynchburg, 6:05 p.m. Mooneyham (1-1, 2.38) vs. Parsons (1-1, 3.45) Hagerstown OFF DAY @ Augusta, 7:00 p.m. Pivetta …