Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 4-3 vs. Pawtucket, 6:00 p.m. Maya (1-1, 4.50) vs. Germano (1-1, 3.60) Harrisburg Lost, 5-2 vs. Altoona, 7:00 p.m. Mandel (0-1, 1.54) vs. Colla (0-1, 7.00) Potomac Won, 6-4 (11 inn.) @ Frederick, 7:00 p.m. Winters (0-1, 4.09) vs. Simon (0-1, 7.20) Hagerstown Lost, 5-4 @ Delmarva, 7:05 …
As is usually the case, the news of some transactions is trickling in. Here’s a recap: • Xavier Paul was placed on the restricted list yesterday. Further details have not surface, but the suspicion is that it may be related to the leave absence he was granted last month during spring training. • Andrew Shay …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Won, 7-2 vs. Pawtucket, 6:00 p.m. Roark (0-2, 6.30) vs. Ohlendorf (1-0, 0.00) Harrisburg Lost, 9-3 vs. Altoona, 7:00 p.m. Demny (0-0, 4.15) vs. Poreda (1-0, 0.00) Potomac Lost, 13-2 @ Frederick, 7:00 p.m. Swynenberg (1-0, 6.43) vs. TBD Hagerstown Lost, 7-4 @ Delmarva, 7:05 p.m. Dupra (0-2, 3.86) …
Until Wade Moore appeared to pull up lame to end the 8th, the best that could be said was that nobody got hurt. With runs in seven of the nine innings, Lynchburg dismantled Potomac by a 13-2 count this afternoon. The Atlanta farmhands plowed the P-Nats pitchers for 21 20 hits, 10 of which were …
Sometimes you need to be reminded that this is still just A-ball. Don’t get me wrong: There are flashes of brilliance, like Kevin Keyes turning on a 95+ mph first-pitch fastball and knocking over the light tower in left field, or Randolph Oduber ripping a double to left with two outs in the 9th. Then …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 6-3 @ Scranton/WB, 2:00 p.m. Atkins (0-1, 0.00) vs. R. Ortiz (6-3, 4.26 in ’11) Harrisburg Won, 4-3 vs. Reading, 2:00 p.m. Gilliam (1-1, 3.75) vs. Pettibone (0-1, 2.84) Potomac Lost, 6-4 vs. Lynchburg, 1:05 p.m. Grace (1-0, 1.80) vs. Northcraft (1-0, 1.59) Hagerstown Lost, 14-4 @ Lakewood, …
With four walks and five runs in the first inning, Potomac took advantage of Lynchburg’s wildness to score five runs and built a 7-0 lead as the P-Nats cruised to an 11-4 win in the home opener. The worry, of course, is that when a pitcher struggles like Ronan Pacheco did at the start is …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 8-6 @ Scranton/WB*, 4:00 p.m. Duke (0-1, 1.50) vs. Warren (0-1, 18.00) Harrisburg Won, 6-3 vs. Reading, 7:00 p.m. Ballard (0-1, 11.57) vs. Rodriguez (1-0, 3.60) Potomac Won, 11-3 vs. Lynchburg, 6:35 p.m. Olbrychowski (0-1, 5.40) vs. Graham (1-0, 3.60) Hagerstown Won, 5-1 @ Lakewood, 4:05 p.m. McKenzie …
Team Yesterday Today Probable Pitchers Syracuse Lost, 5-4 @ Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m. Lannan (0-1, 22.50) vs. Cochran (1-0, 3.60) Harrisburg Lost, 4-1 vs. Reading, 7:00 p.m. Rosenbaum (1-0, 1.50) vs. Buchanan (1-0, 0.00) Potomac Lost, 1-0 vs. Lynchburg, 7:05 p.m. Hansen (0-1, 18.00) vs. Pacheco (0-0, 0.00) Hagerstown Lost, 8-1 @ Lakewood, 7:05 p.m. …
Multiple online sources are reporting that Anthony Rendon’s injury includes a partial fracture — technically, it’s known as an incomplete fracture — and he has been immobilized in a boot*, scheduled to see a specialist tomorrow. No timetable was given for his return, but most estimates for the timeframe to heal place the minimum at four weeks.
*No Canadian jokes, please.
As previously noted, this is Rendon’s left ankle; not the one fractured twice previously, a.k.a. his right. Nationals GM Mike Rizzo has been on record as stating that this is good news because a break like this “probably heals quicker than a bad sprain,” and is not considered season-ending. Much, of course, depends on the type of fracture (lateral, medial, or posterior), whether it’s the result of an inversion (turned inward) or eversion (turned outward), and the degree of ligament damage (if any) — which is why Rendon will be seeing a specialist.
Further details will be passed along as they become available.