If you’re looking for video of Dante Bichette Jr.’s first (and only) homer of the season from earlier this week, well here it is. (h/t Danny)
Triple-A Empire State Game One (3-1 loss to Norfolk in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rain out
CF Kevin Russo, 2B Corban Joseph, 3B Brandon Laird & C Frankie Cervelli: all 1-3 — Russo struck out … Cervelli drove in a run
DH Jack Cust: 0-2, 1 BB
LF Ronnie Mustelier: 0-3
1B Russell Branyan: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B — as expected, he took over first base following the trade of Steve Pearce
RF Colin Curtis: 0-2
RHP Nelson Figueroa: 6 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 6/5 GB/FB — 59 of 98 pitches were strikes (60.2%) … also picked a runner off first
Triple-A Empire State Game Two (5-1 loss to Norfolk in seven innings)
RF Kevin Russo & 3B Brandon Laird: both 0-4 — Laird struck out once, Russo twice
2B Corban Joseph: 1-4, 1 K, 1 CS
DH Jack Cust & 1B Russell Branyan: both 1-3 — Branyan struck out
LF Ronnie Mustelier & SS Ramiro Pena: both 2-3 — Pena drove in a run
C Gus Molina: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K — four straight starts with exactly one hit, and they’ve all gone for extra bases
CF Colin Curtis: 2-2, 1 BB
LHP Mike O’Connor: 4 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 4/1 GB/FB — 47 of 69 pitches were strikes (68.1%) … he’ll be 32 in August, and for some reason that really surprises me … I feel like he was in the Nationals’ rotation like two years ago, but that was 2006 (!!!)
RHP Chase Whitley: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 30 of 47 pitches were strikes (63.8%), though one of those walks was intentional
Double-A Trenton Game One (3-2 win over New Hampshire in 14 innings, walk-off style) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the middle of the eighth
CF Abe Almonte: 0-6, 1 BB, 3 K, 1 SB — ouch
LF Jose Pirela: 3-7, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 E (fielding) — walk-off solo dinger
2B David Adams: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 BB — he’ll finally get the play the field every day with Joseph in Triple-A
DH Cody Johnson & 1B Luke Murton: both 0-5, 1 BB — Murton struck out three times, Johnson four times
RF Zoilo Almonte: 1-6
3B Kevin Mahoney: 3-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K — very quietly has ten hits in his last 17 at-bats (.588)
C Jose Gil: 1-5
SS Addison Maruszak: 1-6, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SB
LHP Vidal Nuno: 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 Balk, 8/6 GB/FB — 49 of 76 pitches were strikes (64.5%) … dynamite performance, but he couldn’t keep going because he just moved out of the bullpen and is still being stretched out
LHP Lee Hyde: 0 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K — only four of 11 pitches were strikes … took him all of three batters to blow Nuno’s potential win before the it started raining
RHP Preston Claiborne: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — only five of 12 pitches were strikes (41.7%), but the walk was intentional
RHP Ryan Flannery: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 4/0 GB/FB — 11 of 21 pitches were strikes (52.4%), but one of those walks was intentional
RHP Kelvin Perez: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 3/1 GB/FB — 28 of 42 pitches were strikes (66.7%)
RHP Ryan Pope: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — ten of 17 pitches were strikes (58.8%)
Double-A Trenton Game Two (6-5 win over New Hampshire in 15 innings, walk-off style)
CF Abe Almonte: 2-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 2 K, 1 SB
3B Kevin Mahoney: 0-7, 1 R, 1 K
RF Zoilo Almonte: 1-7, 1 R, 1 K, 1 SB
DH Cody Johnson: 1-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 K, 1 HBP — third homer in his last four games and fifth in the last nine games
1B Luke Murton: 1-5, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 K — Shane Brown pinch-ran for him late but didn’t come to bat
PH Addison Maruszak: 2-2, 1 RBI — pinch-hit for Brown late and got the walk-off single
LF Damon Sublett: 2-5, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB — first homer of the year, of course he’s only played four games
2B Jose Pirela: 3-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 SB
SS Yadil Mujica: 0-6, 3 K, 1 CS
C Jeff Farnham: 0-5, 1 BB, 4 K
RHP Mikey O’Brien: 6 IP, 10 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 0 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 6/2 GB/FB — 59 of 90 pitches were strikes (65.6%) … picked a runner off second
LHP Francisco Rondon: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 Balk, 4/2 GB/FB — 17 of 29 pitches were strikes (58.6%)
RHP Preston Claiborne: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 3/0 GB/FB — 11 of 16 pitches were strikes (68.8%) … he didn’t pitch in the first game, that was part of the game that was played yesterday before the rain caused the suspension
LHP Lee Hyde: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 2/2 GB/FB — 12 of 18 pitches were strikes
RHP Michael Dubee: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 2/0 GB/FB — seven of 17 pitches were strikes (41.2%)
RHP Shane Brown: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 0/1 GB/FB — 19 of 36 pitches were strikes (52.8%), though the walk was intentional … this is already the third time we’ve had a position player pitch this season, seems like an awful lot compared to a typical year … he got the win, by the way
High-A Tampa Game One (2-0 loss to St. Lucie in seven innings) makeup of yesterday’s rain out
LF Ramon Flores, RF Rob Segedin & 3B Zach Wilson: all 1-3, 1 2B — Wilson committed a fielding error in his return from the DL
C J.R Murphy, DH Neil Medchill & CF Eduardo Sosa: all 0-3 — Sosa struck out once, Medchill twice
1B Tyson Blaser: 1-3, 1 K
SS Jose Mojica & 2B Jose Toussen: both 0-2, 1 K
RHP Zach Nuding: 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 2/2 GB/FB — seems kinda odd that he came out after three innings, he wasn’t pitching that poorly … hopefully he’s not hurt
LHP Aaron Dott: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 4/2 GB/FB
High-A Tampa Game Two (6-5 loss to St. Lucie in seven innings, walk-off style)
LF Ramon Flores: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K, 1 HBP, 1 E (fielding)
2B Kelvin Castro: 3-4, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 E (throwing) — 15 errors in 51 games in the field
RF Rob Segedin & 1B Kyle Roller: both 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 K — Segedin doubled and got caught stealing … Roller hit a solo jack
DH Neil Medchill: 0-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
C Kyle Higashioka: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 E (throwing) — his previous three hits had all been homers
3B Zach Wilson: 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K
CF Eduardo Sosa: 1-3, 1 R
SS Jose Mojica: 2-3, 1 CS, 2 E (throwing, missed catch)
RHP Caleb Cotham: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HB, 6/5 GB/FB — second straight rough start
RHP Branden Pinder: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 1 HB, 2/0 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (10-4 loss to Greenville)
CF Mason Williams: 1-5 — back after missing two games following a hit-by-pitch
SS Cito Culver: 1-5, 2 K
3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 0-5, 1 E (fielding)
RF Tyler Austin: 2-3, 2 R, 1 BB — 18 hits in his last 35 at-bats (.514) with five doubles and a triple
C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — 11 hits in his last 25 at-bats (.440) with three doubles and five homers … dude’s en fuego right now
DH Angelo Gumbs: 1-4, 1 R, 1 3B, 1 K
1B Rey Nunez: 1-3, 2 RBI, 1 BB
LF Kelvin DeLeon: 0-4, 3 K
2B Ali Castillo: 1-4, 1 K
RHP Scottie Allen: 6 IP, 8 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 4 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 6/5 GB/FB — left in to take the pounding with a taxed bullpen
RHP Phil Wetherell: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 2/3 GB/FB
Special Dominican Summer League Update
RHP Rafael DePaula: 3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 4/0 — apparently he’s starting in the DSL because of a family issue … this is his first game action in a long time, he wasn’t allowed to pitch in games while waiting for his visa … here’s the box score
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