For eight innings, the Potomac lumber was in a slumber but awoke in the ninth for two runs. They needed three, and lost 4-3 to the first-place Wilmington Blue Rocks. Nathan Karns was tagged with his second straight loss, giving up three runs on eight hits and three walks over six innings. And it could …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-4 vs. Toledo, 7:00 p.m. Mandel (3-4, 3.40) vs. Crosby (7-5, 3.91) Harrisburg OFF DAY vs. Akron, 7:00 p.m. Pucetas (7-5, 3.64) vs. Espino (7-2, 3.03) Potomac Lost, 4-3 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Gilliam (0-1, 7.04) vs. L. Perez (3-4, 4.26) Hagerstown Won, 5-1 vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. …
Zach Duke’s complete-game shutout late in the week cinched the International League’s Pitcher of the Week honors for the period of August 6 to 12.
Duke went the distance in Syracuse’s 6-0 shutout of the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, allowing three hits, no walks and striking out seven. A week ago, the I.L. Leader in pitching wins (13) struck out eight over six frames in a 5-4 win over Buffalo.
Combined, he went 2-0 with 15 innings pitched, three runs allowed on eight hits and a walk while striking out 15.
Duke was signed as a free agent at the end of spring training following his release from the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was originally drafted by Pittsburgh in the 20th round of the 2001 Draft, making his major-league debut in July of 2005 and representing the Pirates in the 2009 All-Star game.
He is the third Syracuse Chief to win weekly honors, following Tanner Roark (July 23-29) and Corey Brown (May 21-27).
It’s the post you’ve been nagging asking for — a look at who might get sent to the Arizona Fall League. One of the things I’ve noticed is that as the parent club improves, this kind of information becomes pushed to the periphery by the mainstream media. In other words, there’s going to be a …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 3-1; Lost, 1-0 vs. Scranton/WB, 7:00 p.m. Lannan (7-10, 5.03) vs. O’Connor (2-6, 3.76) Harrisburg Lost, 7-2 OFF DAY N/A Potomac Lost, 7-0 vs. Wilmington, 7:05 p.m. Karns (8-3, 2.06) vs. Pounders (4-4, 5.43) Hagerstown OFF DAY vs. Hickory, 7:05 p.m. Rauh (1-2, 5.49) or Jordan (0-2, 5.63) …
It would be tempting to pin this one entirely on the bullpen, but it would be letting the offense off the hook. For the second time in three games, Winston-Salem shut out Potomac, this time by a 7-0 count. The P-Nats managed just five hits and drew just one (1) walk to put three (3) …
What a difference a day makes. The P-Nats bats came to life last night. The defense made the game closer than it should have been. But the pitching carried the game. It took a couple of innings, but once the hitters figured out the soft-tossing Winston-Salem righthander, the offense came to life. The P-Nats struck …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 6-0 vs. Scranton/WB, 4:00 p.m. (DH) Maya (10-8, 3.58) and Atkins (6-8, 4.78) vs. Warren (6-7, 4.74) and Whitley (8-5, 3.96) Harrisburg Won, 5-4 vs. Binghamton, 2:00 p.m. Demny (6-6, 5,29) vs. Mazzoni (4-3, 3.60) Potomac Won, 6-4 vs. Winston-Salem, 1:05 p.m. Meyer (2-0, 0.78) vs. Johnson (1-2, …
Sometimes the box score doesn’t tell the full story, but for this one, it did. The Potomac Nationals were one-hit last night by three Winston-Salem Dash pitchers in a 6-0 shutout. The one hit? A no-doubt-about-it double to the right-center gap by Kevin Keyes to lead off the second inning. That may be some consolation …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-0 @ Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m. Duke (12-5, 3.81) vs. Cochran (6-4, 4.58) Harrisburg Lost, 5-0 vs. Binghamton, 7:00 p.m. Rosenbaum (7-9, 3.79) vs. A. Rodriguez (2-2, 3.14) Potomac Lost, 6-0 vs. Winston-Salem, 6:35 p.m. Grace (6-11, 5.93) vs. Bassitt (3-2, 3.41) Hagerstown Postponed @ Charleston, 3:05 & …