Nationals Farm Authority

Syracuse

• Friday: Swept a doubleheader from Lehigh Valley 4-0 (box) & 7-1 (box) – In the first game, RHP Garrett Mock moved to 4-1 on the season with six shutout innings, allowing four hits and a walk while striking out five. RHP Jason Bergmann earned a three-inning save, giving up a hit and striking out one. RF Jorge Padilla was 3/5 with a triple, run scored & two stolen bases; 3B Mike Morse was 3/4 with a stolen base & run scored; 2B Seth Bynum was 2/5; LF Mike Vento was 1/4 with a double, RBI & two runs scored; and SS Pete Orr was 1/3 with a triple & RBI. In the second game, LHP Horacio Ramirez earned his first win for the Chiefs, scattering five hits and three walks over seven scoreless innings while striking out four. Morse, this time at 1B, was 2/4 with a run scored; RF Kory Casto was 2/3 with a double & two runs scored; Bynum was 2/3 with a run scored & three RBI; and CA Jhonathan Solano was 2/4 with a run & RBI.
• Saturday – The Chiefs outlasted the IronPigs 3-2 in twelve innings (box). RHP J.D. Martin gave up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and two walks over 8IP while striking out three. RHPs Jorge Sosa, Logan Kensing, and Saul Rivera pitched four combined shutout innings, striking out four with Rivera picking up the win. Padilla was 2/4 with a double & triple; Morse was 1/4 with a double & run scored; Casto was 2/5 with a homer & two RBI; Bynum was 2/5 with a double, triple, & RBI; and Orr was 2/4.
• Sunday – Lehigh Valley blanked Syracuse 2-0 (box). RHP Marco Estrada took the loss, allowing a run on six hits and three walks over 6IP. Morse was 2/4; RF Elijah Dukes was 2/4 with a double; and Casto was 1/3.
• Today – Lehigh Valley LHP Brian Mazone (0-1, 4.50) at Syracuse RHP Shairon Martis (NR)  7PM

Harrisburg

• Friday – The Senators slugged their way past Connecticut 9-2 (box). 3B Ofilio Castro (3/5 with 4RBI) & CA Luke Montz (1/4) each hit two-run homers for Harrisburg. SS Ian Desmond was 1/4 with a stolen base & two runs scored; LF Joel Guzman was 2/5 with a double, two runs & two RBI; and 2B Michael Martinez was 2/4. LHP Cory VanAllen earned the victory, allowing two runs on eight hits and a walk over 5IP while striking out four. LHPs Justin Jones & Yunior Novoa along with RHPs Andrew Kown & Clint Everts pitched the final four scoreless innings of relief, striking out a combined five.
• Saturday – Harrisburg fell in the series opener against Akron 7-5 (box). RHP Luis Atilano made the start for the Senators, allowing five runs on ten hits and a walk over 6IP while striking out three. RHP Josh Wilkie took the loss allowing a run on four hits over two innings of relief and LHP Jack Spradlin gave up a solo homer in his one inning of work. Desmond was 2/3 with a double, two-run homer, stolen base & two runs scored; RF Leonard Davis was 2/5 with a solo homer; Guzman was 3/5 with one RBI; and Martinez was 3/3 with a triple & run scored.
• Sunday – Harrisburg was swept by Akron in a doubleheader, losing game one 6-2 (box) and game two 2-0 (box). In the first game, RHP Carlos Martinez allowed five runs (three earned) on six hits over 5IP. LF Marvin Lowrance was 2/3 with a double; Martinez was 1/3 with a run scored; RF Edgardo Baez was 1/2 with a run scored; and Desmond was 1/3. In the second game, the Senators managed only four hits, a double by Castro and singles by Davis, Guzman & Baez. RHP Adrian Alaniz came off the DL to make the start, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks over 4IP.
• Today – Akron LHP Ryan Edell (2-1, 2.62) at Harrisburg LHP Justin Jones (3-10, 4.95) 7PM

Potomac

• Friday – Potomac jumped out to an early 5-0 lead and held on to defeat Frederick 6-5 (box). RHP Jeff Mandel won his seventh game of the season despite surrendering five runs on six hits and a walk over 5 2/3IP. RHP Dan Leatherman earned his second save with two innings of shutout relief, striking out two. LF Boomer Whiting was 2/5 with a double; CA Sean Rooney scored and drove in a run; SS Danny Espinosa was 1/3 with a double, run scored, & two RBI; and DH Chris Marrero was 2/4 with a double.
• Saturday – RHP Brad Meyers picked up his sixth win of the season as the P-Nats defeated Frederick 4-1 (box). Meyers worked six shutout innings, allowing five hits and two walks while striking out five. RHP Adam Carr earned a three-inning save, giving up a run on one hit with two strikeouts. Rooney was 2/4 with a two-run homer; LF Dan Nelson was 2/2 with a stolen base & RBI; Espinosa was 1/4 with a double & run scored; and Marrero was 1/4 with a double.
• Sunday – Potomac defeated Frederick 4-3 (box). LHP Will Atwood picked up his fourth win of the season, holding the Keys to one run on four hits and two walks over 5IP while striking out eight. LHP Atahualpa Severino picked up his eleventh save witht wo scoreless innings of relief. 2B Dan Lyons was 1/2 with a double & RBI; Rooney was 1/3 with a double & run scored; Espinosa was 1/3 with one RBI; and Marrero was 1/2 with two RBI.
• Today – No game scheduled

Hagerstown

• Friday – The Suns were swept in the series with Kannapolis falling 6-2 in fourteen innings (box). RHP Marcos Frias made the start, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk over 7 2/3IP with 6 strikeouts. RHP Justin Phillabaum threw four shutout innings of relief, allowing two hits and striking out five. Hagerstown hitters struck out seventeen times in the fourteen innings. 2B Stephen Lombardozzi was 2/6 with one RBI; SS Steven Souza was 1/6 with a run scored & stolen base; LF Robby Jacobsen was 2/4; and CA Derek Norris was 1/5.
• Saturday – The Suns were battered 13-5 by Hickory (box). LHP Pat McCoy was torched for eight runs on ten hits and three walks over 4IP, RHP Chris Lugo gave up three runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks over 3IP, and LHP Austin Garrett allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in 1IP. Norris was 1/2 with a two-run homer; CA Travis Reagan was 1/2 with a triple, run & RBI; and Lombardozzi was 1/5 with a run scored.
• Sunday – Hagerstown lost their eighth game in a row (and 12th of the last 13) falling 9-7 to Hickory (box). Norris was 3/5 with a pair of solo homers; Souza was2/5 with a  run & RBI; 1B Tyler Moore was 2/5 with a double, run & RBI; and 3B James Keithley was 1/3 with a run & two RBI. LHP Ricardo Pecina was torched for seven runs on seven hits and four walks in just 1 2/3 innings of work. RHP Patrick Arnold provided 4 1/3 innings of scoreless relief, giving up one hit and one walk while striking out seven. RHP Drew Storen allowed two runs on two hits in his one inning of work.
• Today – Hagerstown at Hickory 7PM (pitchers TBA)

Vermont

• Friday – Split a doubleheader with Hudson Valley, losing game one 2-1 (box) and winning the second game 4-2 (box). In game one, RHP Trevor Holder made his professional debut with three shutout innings, allowing three hits and striking out one. RHP Juan Jaime took the loss, giving up two runs on one hit and three walks in jus tone inning of work. The Monsters managed only one hit on offense, a single by 3B Jack Walker. In the second game, LHP Graham Hicks picked up his first win of the season, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks over 5IP with a pair of strikeouts. RHP Johan Figuereo earned his first save with a scoreless inning, walking & striking out one. Taking the loss for Hudson Valley was former Nationals prospect Glenn Gibson who was traded for OF Elijah Dukes. CA Ricky Nolan was 1/1 with a walk & two-run homer; 2B Sean Nicol was 1/3 with a stolen base, run & RBI; LF J.P. Ramirez was 1/3 with a double; and DH Justin Bloxom was 1/3 with a double & run scored.
• Saturday – The Monsters blanked Hudson Valley 8-0 (box). LHP Jack McGeary allowed one hit and two walks over 6IP while striking out four, RHP Pat Lehman pitched two perfect innings with two strikeouts, and LHP Evan Bronson pitched a perfect ninth. Nicol was 3/4 with a double & three runs scored; DH Dan Killian was 3/5 with a double & two RBI; Bloxom was 2/5 with two RBI; and CF J.R. Higley was 1/4 with two runs scored.
• Sunday – Vermont manage only one hit as they fell 5-1 to Hudson Valley (box). LF J.P. Ramirez hit a solo homer for the Monsters, accounting for the only hit, run & RBI. Jeff Kobernus made his debut as the DH going 0/4. RHP Kyle Morrison made the start, giving up two runs on three hits and four walks over 2 2/3 IP. RHP Jose Pinales also walked four, surrendering two runs (one earned) on one hit over 2 1/3IP. RHP Federico Tanco gave up an unearned run on two hits over 3IP while striking out a pair.
• Today – Hudson Valley at Vermont LHP Mitchell Clegg (1-0, 0.00) 7:05PM

GCL Nationals

• Friday – No game scheduled
• Saturday – The GCL Nationals bullpen & defense faltered in a 10-5 loss to the GCL Cardinals (box). LHP Josh Smoker threw three perfect innings in his start. RHP Ruben De La Rosa allowed one hit and one walk over his 3IP with five strikeouts. RHPs Julio Perez, Wanel Vazquez, & Rob Wort gave up a combined ten runs (two earned) on seven hits, three walks, one hit batter & two errors over 2 1/3IP. Stephen Englund made his debut on the mound, retiring the two batters he faced (one by strikeout). CF Eury Perez was 2/3 with two stolen bases & two runs scored. 1B Brett Newsome was 3/4 with two RBI; a rehabbing Jesus Valdez was 1/3 with a two-run homer; and CA Adrian Nieto was 1/2 with a double & run scored
• Sunday – The GCL Nationals split a doubleheader with GCL Astros, winning game one 7-1 (box) and losing game two 7-2 (box). In the first game, RHP Matt Swynenberg made his first start, allowing a run on five hits and a walk over 4IP while striking out three. Perez was 1/4 with two runs scored; LF Destin Hood was 2/4 with a double, run & two RBI; Nieto was 1/2 with a triple & run scored; 2B Hendry Jimenez was 2/3 with two RBI; and CA Ricardo Martinez was 2/3 with one RBI. Jesus Valdez homered in his second straight rehab appearance. In the second game, LHP Danny Rosenbaum allowed five unearned runs on four hits and a walk over 1 2/3IP. Hood was 2/3 with a double and Newsome was 2/3 with two double. Valdez homered for the third straight game.
• Today – GCL Nationals at GCL Mets 12PM

DSL Nationals

• Friday – The DSL Nationals doubled up the DSL Padres 12-6 (box). 17-year old 2B Estarlin Martinez was 3/6 with a solo homer, double, stolen base, two runs & three RBI; 23-year old SS Carlos Alvarez was 2/5 with a solo homer, triple, stolen base, two runs & two RBI; 20-year old RF Aridio Rodriguez was 2/5 with a run & RBI; 20-year old CA Andruth Ramirez was 2/4 with a double, stolen base, two RBI & three runs scored; and 18-year old 3B Paul Chacin was 2/5 with two doubles, a run & RBI. 21-year old RHP Antonio Guzman picked up the win, allowing two hits and walking five over 5IP with five strikeouts.
• Saturday – The DSL Nationals fell 6-3 to the DSL Indians (box). Alvarez was 3/4 and 19-year old RF Joseph Cabreja was 2/3 with a homer & two RBI. 22-year old RHP Manuel Rivera fell to 0-3, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits over 4IP.
• Sunday – No game scheduled
• Today – DSL Diamondbacks at DSL Nationals 10:30AM