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Chris Rahl Named International League Batter of the Week

June 24, 2013

Syracuse OF Chris Rahl kept the I.L. Batter of the Week award in Syracuse for the second straight week, earning the weekly honors for the period of June 17-23.

Rahl went 16-for-28 with four doubles, a triple, and HR for a .571/.571/.893 line with four RBI and two stolen bases. His current seven-game hit streak, which is has raised the batting average of the 29-year-old to .299 from .257.

After a slow start in April (.211, 1HR, 4RBI), Rahl has batted .318 with 5HR and 20RBI and 29 runs scored in 43 games played. Last month, he had a streak of 17 games that was ended with an unsuccessful pinch-hit appearance.

Rahl was originally drafted by Arizona in 2005 as a 5th round pick out of the College of William & Mary and played in the Diamondbacks system, maxing out with 87 games played for AAA Reno in 2010. He signed with Washington as a minor-league free agent and played 2011 and 2012 for Harrisburg before returning to AAA this season.

Last Night In Woodbridge

June 24, 2013

It wasn’t pretty, but the Potomac Nationals completed the sweep of the Carolina Mudcats with a 7-5 win on Sunday evening. Kevin Keyes’s three-run blast in the bottom of the fifth broke open a 4-4 game and made a winner out Robbie Ray despite his pitching poorly for the second time in as many starts. …

Monday’s News & Notes

June 24, 2013

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-1; Won, 1-0 OFF DAY N/A Harrisburg Lost, 7-0 vs. Akron, 7:00 p.m. Jordan (6-0, 0.73) vs. Brach (4-3, 4.76) Potomac Won, 7-5 vs. Myrtle Beach, 7:05 p.m Cole (4-2, 4.16) vs. N. Martinez (5-4, 2.84) Hagerstown Won, 6-0 @ West Virginia, 7:05 p.m. TBD vs. Creasy (2-0, …

Last Night In Woodbridge

June 23, 2013

The bullpen came through for Potomac with four and 1/3rd scoreless innings and a bases-loaded escape in the 5th as the P-Nats fileted the Mudcats, 7-5. The offense wasn’t too shabby, either, scoring six times with two outs to give Ivan Pineyro, the newest member of the rotation, a cushion to work with. Adrian Nieto …

Sunday’s News & Notes

June 23, 2013

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 9-8 @ Gwinnett, 2:05 p.m. Rosenbaum (5-3, 3.76) and Roark (3-3, 4.47) vs. Martin (1-0, 0.00) and Loe (2-1, 4.19) Harrisburg Lost, 4-1 vs. New Hampshire, 2:00 p.m. Demny (5-4, 3.33) vs. Walden (4-7, 3.58) Potomac Won, 7-5 vs. Carolina, 6:05 p.m Ray (5-2, 2.84) vs. Pasquale (0-4, …

Last Night In Woodbridge

June 22, 2013

Good pitching and timely hitting were the keys to the 5-1 win Potomac posted to open the second half of the 2013 campaign. Taylor Hill picked up where he left off prior to the break with seven strong innings, allowing one run on a homerun and five hits total. He walked none and struck out …

Saturday’s News & Notes

June 22, 2013

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 8-4 @ Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. Tatusko (1-2, 3.08) vs. Poveda (5-4, 3.08) Harrisburg Won, 7-6 vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. Treinen (6-6, 3.74) vs. Nolin (3-2, 3.09) Potomac Won, 5-1 vs. Carolina, 6:35 p.m Pineyro (1st start at A+) vs. Peoples (0-2, 6.35) Hagerstown Won, 5-1 @ Greenville, …

Good, Bad, Interesting – Vol. 10

June 21, 2013

Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 28-43, 6th place I.L. North, 15½ games behind Good Zach Walters .382/.417/.836, 6HR in June Bad Mike Crotta 0-4, 4.87 ERA, 2.00 WHIP since May 1 (17 appearances) Interesting .973 Fielding Pct. – dead last in I.L. HARRISBURG …

Friday’s News & Notes

June 21, 2013

Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-3 @ Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m. Maya (2-4, 4.81) vs. TBA Harrisburg Lost, 5-3 vs. New Hampshire, 7:00 p.m. Gilliam (2-2, 4.94) vs. Stroman (3-1, 4.15) Potomac OFF DAY vs. Carolina, 7:05 p.m TBD vs. TBD Hagerstown Won, 14-1 @ Greenville, 7:05 p.m. Lee (1-2, 5.32) vs. Montas (1-5, …

Shuffling The Deck: A-ball Edition

June 20, 2013

While not as pronounced as in years past, the traditional realignment of players for the second half continues with the latest set of transactions today (well, that and the Hagerstown Suns start back up tonight, natch). As the headline suggests, the majority of the movement is between the “A” teams — Potomac, Hagerstown, Auburn. As …