Our weekly look at the leaders, trailers, and outliers in the Washington Nationals minor leagues. SYRACUSE CHIEFS 15-25, 6th place I.L. North, 9½ games behind Good Fernando Abad 1.26 ERA/1.94 FIP/1.05 WHIP, 86.7 LOB% in 16 app. Bad Mike Costanzo 36K in 29G Interesting Zach Walters 9HR, 9E, 41K in 38G HARRISBURG SENATORS 18-22, T5th …
The offensive onslaught carried over from Wednesday as the Potomac Nationals closed out their seven-game homestand Thursday at 5-2 with a 7-4 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks. The P-Nats wasted no time getting things going. Kevin Keyes, who went 6-for-21 with eight walks during the week, blasted a two-out, two-run home run into the …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-2 (11 inn.) vs. Columbus, 7:00 p.m. Perry (1-3, 7.15) vs. D. Salazar (0-0, 0.00) Harrisburg OFF DAY @ Reading, 7:05 p.m. Karns (3-2, 4.36) vs. Smith (1-1, 4.50) Potomac Won, 7-4 @ Winston-Salem, 7:05 p.m. Schwartz (3-1, 0.82) vs. Buch (0-0, 0.00) Hagerstown Won, 10-7 @ Kannapolis, …
The Hagerstown Suns have announced that RHP David Fischer has been promoted to the Potomac Nationals. Fischer was 1-0 with three saves and a 3.65 ERA in nine relief appearances with eight walks and 28 strikeouts over 24⅓ innings for the Suns. At Auburn last summer, he was 3-3 with a 4.96/4.30/1.43 pitching line in …
After scoring just three runs in the previous 20 innings, the Potomac Nationals tripled that output in one game in a wild 9-6 win over Wilmington. The offensive resurgence featured 12 hits, including three doubles, a triple, and a Justin Miller home run that bounced halfway up the LF light tower that served as an …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 10-7 vs. Columbus, 7:00 p.m. Maya (1-4, 5.70) vs. C. Carrasco (1-0, 1.88) Harrisburg Lost, 7-6 OFF DAY N/A Potomac Won, 9-6 vs. Wimington, 7:05 p.m. Hill (3-1, 2.21) vs. Zimmer (0-2, 4.09) Hagerstown Won, 6-0 @ Kannapolis, 7:05 p.m. Turnbull (2-1, 7.07) vs. Brennan (1-5, 8.42) Columbus …
For one inning the Potomac offense broke out of its funk, but the bullpen remains offbeat, giving up six runs in five innings in a 7-3 loss to Wilmington. The bottom of the lineup did the bulk of the damage, as nos. 7-9 batters Adrian Sanchez, Randolph Oduber, and Wilmer Difo went back-to-back-to-back with singles …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 6-5 (14 inn.) vs. Columbus, 7:00 p.m. Young (1-1, 6.33) vs. Murata (0-2, 4.50) Harrisburg Won, 8-1 vs. Richmond, 10:30 a.m. Clay (3-2, 4.30) vs. Javier (3-0, 4.09) Potomac Lost, 7-3 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Cole (1-1, 3.65) vs. Zimmer (0-2, 4.09) Hagerstown Lost, 8-7 @ Greensboro, 10:45 …
About the only thing colder than the weather were the P-Nats bats, held to just six hits in a 7-0 shutout by the Dash. Coming into the game, Potomac was riding a five-game win streak and attempting its first four-game sweep at the Pfitz since 2007. With a matching of a low-2’s ERA prospect versus …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 8-7 (10 inn.) vs. Columbus, 7:00 p.m. Ohlendorf (3-4, 4.57) vs. TBD Harrisburg Lost, 4-0 vs. Richmond, 7:00 p.m. Demny (2-4, 4.62) vs. Bradley (0-3, 7.03) Potomac Lost, 7-0 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Gilliam (1st start of ’13) or Dupra (0-1, 6.55) vs. Brooks (0-3, 4.99) Hagerstown Won, …