On a night the Washington Nationals get back to winning, the minor league affilitaes all get swept in losses, an exact opposite of yesterday.
Jesus Flores hit his first career grand slam homer in the first inning to set the tone for a 6-4 Washington win over San Diego last night. Flores blast came when he fell behind 1-2 in the pitch count. He finished 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and lifted his batting average to .344. Flores has not hit safely in 5 of his last 6 games. (Paul Lo Duca and Johnny Estrada who?) Seriously, the front office really needs to begin to think what they want to happen when Lo Duca and Estrada get healthy, because the Nationals are simply not going to get the production they get out of Flores, out of those two. Bottom line is, there is no excuse to either sit as a backup or option Flores to the minors. he is not the future, he is the NOW.
Christian Guzman has another big night with the bat going 3 for 5. The worthy All Star is now hitting .470 in his last 4 games. Felipe Lopez was 2 for 5 while Lastings Milledge extended his hitting streak to 5 games, with a solo homer.
Odalis Perez pitched 6.1 innings of a quality start, yielding 3 runs to earn the win. He is now 2-4 with an ERA of 4.14. Luis Ayala in relief pitched 1.2 scoreless innings,. Ayala, after struggling during a horrific stretch, has not yielding a run in his last 7 appearances. Jon Rauch pitched the 9th to earn his 11th save.
Player of the Game: Jesus Flores, 2-4, Grand Slam, 4 RBIs, and a Run
Today: 3:35PM EST game. Nat’s John Lannan against the Padres’ Wilfredo Ledemza
Nats Farm System Roundup:
The farm system got swept in losses last night, from AAA to Low A.
Columbus (AAA) dropped a nail-biting 2-1 decision to Louisville. Garrett Mock pitched an outstanding game, going 7 innings, allowing only two hits and striking out 9. Mock lowered his ERA to 3.05, showing signs he may be ready soon as well in DC. Jim Ed Warden, recently promoted to Columbus, took the loss and is 0-2 with an ERA of 4.63. The Clippers offense managed just 4 hits, including an RBI single by Ed Rogers that scored the Clippers only run.
Corey Van Allen, the stud of prospect pitchers for the Nats so far this season, got humbled last night by Akron. Van Allen pitched 1.2 innings for Harrisburg (AA) and gave up 7 hits and 5 runs. Akron finished in a blowout, pounding Harrisburg 10-1. Luke Montz was 3 for 4 and lifted his average to .347. Ian Desmond was 2 for 2 and knocked int he only Senators run.
After running up 25 runs in two games on Lynchburg, Lynchburg put a smacking on Potomac (A) last night with a 13-5 win. Jhonny Nunez dropped to 0-5, giving up 6 runs on 3 innings. Carlos Martinez, having a super strong year out of the bullpen, got clobbered for 4 runs in 1 inning of work. Combined pitching, the Nationals gave up 18 hits in the loss to Lynchburg. Leonard Davis was 1 for 3 with a double, run and RBI.
Hagerstown (Low A) got walloped by Delmarva 9-3. Bradley Meyer got shelled for 7 runs and 11 hits in 2 innings. Aaron Suess continued to swing a hot bat for the Nationals going 2 for 5 with 2 doubles, a run, and an RBI. Suess raised his average to .304.
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