Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 56-37, 1st place I.L. North, 4½ games behind Good Matt Grace 15⅔ scoreless innings in 9 appearances since promotion to AAA Bad Will Rhymes 1-for-27 (.037) in last 10 games Interesting 12 team pitching shutouts leads I.L. HARRISBURG …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 11-6 @ Charlotte, 7:05 p.m. Laffey (11-3, 2.82) vs. Heath (5-1, 3.22) Harrisburg Lost, 11-1 vs. Altoona, 7:00 p.m. Dupra (1-3, 5.01) vs. TBD Potomac Won, 4-3; Tied 1-1 (susp.) @ Frederick, 7:00 p.m. Voth (1-0, 0.47) vs. Kline (5-3, 3.83) Hagerstown Won, 6-4 @ Lexington, 7:05 p.m. …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 8-4 @ Charlotte, 7:05 p.m. Treinen (4-0, 2.20) vs. Hill (1-2, 4.80) Harrisburg Won, 2-0 vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m. Kroenke (2-2, 4.74) vs. Vasquez (3-5, 4.98) Potomac Postponed vs. Wilmington, 3:30 p.m. Bacus (3-4, 3.76) and Schwartz (2-0, 4.74) vs. Manaea (2-7, 4.75) and Finnegan (pro debut) Hagerstown …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-3 @ Gwinnett, 6:35 p.m. Cole (0-0, 2.53) vs. Northcraft (0-1, 6.10) Harrisburg Won, 7-0 vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m. TBD McGregor (0-1, 38.57) vs. Rodriguez (3-5, 4.81) Potomac Postponed vs. Wilmington, 5:00 p.m. Rauh (1-1, 5.08) and Bacus (3-4, 3.76) vs. Manaea (2-7, 4.75) and Finnegan (0-0, 0.00) …
Yesterday, the Harrisburg Senators announced three of their players were named to the 2014 Eastern League All-Star Game. Cutter Dykstra, Neil Holland, and Michael Taylor were selected for the Western Division squad. Holland will obviously not be playing due to his recent move to AAA to join the Syracuse Chiefs. Dykstra is currently posting a …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 5-3 @ Gwinnett, 6:35 p.m. Hill (9-2, 1.90) vs. Schlosser (4-4, 4.33) Harrisburg Won, 5-1 vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m. Simmons (0-0, 5.88) vs. Pettit (4-6, 6.40) Potomac Lost, 5-1 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Rauh (1-1, 5.08) vs. Manaea (2-7, 4.75) Hagerstown Won, 8-4 vs. Lakewood, 7:05 p.m. Johansen …
The good news is that if this series is indeed a preview of the 2014 Mills Cup, we’re in for some good baseball. The bad news is that that it wasn’t as close as the 2-0 win by Myrtle Beach would otherwise suggest. This, of course, is not discredit the effort that Matthew Spann did …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 6-1 @ Gwinnett, 6:35 p.m. Roenicke (3-4, 5.09) vs. Maya (yes, that Maya) Harrisburg Lost, 6-5 vs. Bowie, 7:00 p.m. Simms (1-0, 1.35) vs. Davies (4-4, 3.69) Potomac Lost, 2-0 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Dickson (1-6, 6.11) vs. Santos (1-1, 7.06) Hagerstown Lost, 12-7 vs. Lakewood, 7:05 p.m. …
After pummeling the Pelicans for eight runs in the completion, the second game of the de facto doubleheader proved to be a pitcher’s duel that ended in the first “extra inning” as Steve Perez’s two-out single in the bottom of the 8th drove in Tony Renda for a 1-0 win. Starter Austin Voth can’t quite …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-6 @ Gwinnett, 6:05 p.m. Laffey (10-3, 2.93) vs. H.D. Rodriguez (4-10, 4.79) Harrisburg Lost, 7-4 @ Altoona, 6:00 p.m. Dupra (1-3, 5.04) vs. Rodriguez (4-7, 4.38) Potomac Won, 11-6 (comp.); Won, 1-0 (8 inn.) vs. Myrtle Beach, 6:05 p.m. Spann (5-3, 4.45) vs. Faulkner (6-1, 2.35) Hagerstown …