Saturday’s slate had a little bit of everything: a blown six-game win streak in Rochester, a wild comeback in Harrisburg, a pair of one-run wins for Wilmington, and a Fredericksburg rally that finally cracked open in the seventh.
The Red Wings’ afternoon got away late in Omaha, where a 2-0 lead vanished in a 4-3 loss. Chandler Champlain was sharp through five, holding the Storm to two hits and no runs while walking one and striking out one.
Yovanny Cruz was the first to crack, giving up a seventh-inning homer, and Cole Henry absorbed the final blow in the eighth, surrendering three runs for the blown-save loss. Trey Lipscomb kept rolling at the plate, going 2-for-5 with two strikeouts and a steal, which stretched his hit streak to 17 games and pushed his August line to .357/.372/.702.
Seaver King reached base three times with a single and three walks.
Harrisburg’s game turned into a full-on roller coaster, and the Senators ended up on top, 8-7, after erasing an early 5-0 hole. Jack Cebert no-hit Akron over two innings, but four walks helped the RubberDucks scratch across two runs.
Isaac Lyon took the next four innings and allowed five runs on six hits, including two home runs, though he still ended up with the win when Harrisburg moved back in front. Robert Cranz finished with a clean ninth for his second Double-A save and his first since May 14.
Kervin Pichardo was everywhere in the box score, going 3-for-5 with three runs, a double, a homer, and an RBI, while Nick Mitchell also finished 3-for-5 with two RBI.
Wilmington needed every inch of offense it could find to win the opener of its doubleheader, 1-0, then followed it with a 2-1 victory to complete the sweep. In the first game, the Blue Rocks were no-hit through six innings before Luke Dickerson led off the seventh with a double.
Two batters later, Jacob Walsh drove him in with the game’s only run. Miguel Sime Jr. worked three shutout innings, allowing two singles and walking four while striking out six, and Eriq Swan, Austin Amaral, and Jacob Roberts finished off the shutout.
Roberts picked up the win.
Game 2 was just as tight, and Walsh came through again, this time with a two-run single in the fourth. Jarlin Susana struck out seven in 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks.
Eiker Huizi handled the third and fourth, then Baron Stuart escaped a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam in the sixth, allowing one run but protecting the lead for his third save. Yeremy Cabrera led Wilmington with a single and a double, and Dickerson drew his org-leading 96th walk.
Fredericksburg closed the day with a 6-3 win over Kannapolis, pulling away with three runs in the seventh after the game sat tied at 3-3. R.J.
Sales was tagged for all three Cannon Ballers runs in 2 2/3 innings, giving up two hits and two walks while striking out two. Noah Millikan worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings to earn the win, and Adam Boucher got the final four outs despite walking two and stranding a runner.
Sir Jamison Jones went 3-for-4 with an RBI, Rafael Ramirez Jr. was 2-for-5 with a run, and Coy James also finished 2-for-5 with a stolen base as the FredNats piled up 11 hits, all of them singles.
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