Tuesday’s slate brings a full mix of road trips, roster moves and a few results that ranged from tidy to messy across the Nationals’ system.
Rochester heads to Worcester after dropping four of six against Lehigh Valley, a stretch that pushed the Red Wings 2½ games farther back in the International League standings. The bullpen has taken the brunt of the recent slide, and the club now makes the trip east on the NY thruway and the Mass Pike for six games against the Woo Sox, including a matinee on Sunday. On the roster front, RHP Cole Henry was recalled to Washington, while RHP Eddy Yean was optioned from Washington.
Harrisburg is also on the road, visiting Erie for six after winning three of five but still losing 2½ games off the pace of the SeaWolves, who have won nine straight. The Senators will see Erie’s return of the Moon Mammoths identity, and the series includes day games tomorrow and Sunday. OF-1B Branden Boissiere was activated from the injured list.
Wilmington stays away from home as well, moving into Brooklyn after splitting with Hudson Valley. The Blue Rocks remain in the city for this one, and C Matt Suggs was placed on the 7-day injured list, effective 7/5.
Fredericksburg comes off a split with the FireFlies and now heads to Myrtle Beach for a one-and-only series that is all night games. The FredNats sit 1GB in the Carolina League North and enter the week at 54-27 overall.
The FCL Nationals had the kind of game that turns fast: a three-run homer in the top of the first, then four runs allowed in the bottom half and another in the second before rain cut things short. M.
Medina went 1⅔ innings and allowed six hits and five runs, four earned, with one walk and two strikeouts. B.
Martinez finished 1-for-3 with a run, a homer and three RBI. The teams will try to complete the suspended game on Friday when they meet next.
RHP Maximin Medina was reassigned from the DSL.
The DSL Nationals lost 9-5 and have now dropped four straight, though they did not lose any ground because the D-Padres also lost for the fifth straight time. Jhoan Thomas made his second start and gave up two runs on one hit, one walk and two wild pitches over two innings.
Ranger Sarit took the loss after allowing four runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four across the next two innings. Juan Duran, 16, stretched his hit streak to eight games and raised his average to .418 after going 2-for-4 with an RBI and two stolen bases.
Samil Serrano reached base three times with a single and two walks, while also scoring twice and stealing a base. An.
Ramirez went 1-for-3 with a run, a homer and an RBI.
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