Nats Minor League Wrap, Alaniz Promoted to Harrisburg (6/13)

Columbus Clippers (AAA): Game was postponed from rain.
Clippers Hot Bats: Tom Murphy is hitting .354 with 6 runs and 4 RBIs over his last 10 games. C Javier Herrera looks to keep his .304 average over his past 10 games going as he emerges from the DL.
Clippers Hot Arms: Mike O’Connor continues to dominate and deserves more than 1 chance to start that the Nationals gave him. In his last 10 games, O’Connor is 4-1 with an ERA of 2.21.
High Prospect: Colin Balestar has picked up 2 wins in his last 2 starts. Combined over those 2 games, Balestar has pitched 10.1 innings, yielded 3 runs and struck out 11. Overall, Balestar is 7-3 with an ERA of 4.19 and will likely be the next in lien to Washington.
Harrisburg Senators (AA): Binghamton Mets shut down the Senators offense, blanking them 1-0 and allowing just 2 hits on the night. The Senators failed to take advantage of a shut down performance by ace Marco Estrada, who pitched 6 shutout innings, scattering 4 hist and striking out 6. Estrada lowered his ERA to 2.65. Luis Atilano took the loss, giving up 1 unearned run.

In good news for Harrisburg, they received Potomac starter Adrian Alaniz via promotion. The 8th pick of the 2007 draft, Alaniz was an impressive 9-0 with an ERA of 2.62. Alaniz recorded 56 strikeouts in 65.1 innings. Welcome to AA ball and the Susquehanna Valley Adrian! In addition, the Nats promoted reliever Adam Carr to bolster the Senators bullpen. Carr was 4-3 with 5 saves and an ERA of 6.15. Carr has struggled some this season after posting an impressive 5-1 record with a 2.02 ERA in 2007 in Vermont and Potomac. Luis Ati8lano was demoted to Potomac.
Senators Hot Bats: Over the last 10 games, Andrew LaFave is 10 for 24 (.417) with 6 RBIs. Roger Bernadina is hitting .359 over the last 10- games, raising his overall average to .332, 7th overall in the Eastern League.
Senators Hot Arms: Out of the Senators bullpen, Steve Schmoll is 1-1 with 2 saves and an ERA of 1.32 over the last 10 games.
High Prospect Update: Jordon Zimmerman pitched 6 strong innings on June 8th, allowing 1 run on 4 hits. Since being promoted to Harrisburg, Zimmerman is 1-1 with an ERA of 3.73. Michael Daniel is hitting .371 with 6 RBIs over his last ten games. Overall, Daniel looks near ready, he is hitting .321.
Potomac Nationals (A): Potomac dropped a 4-3 decision to Frederick Last night. Atahualpa O Severino took the loss from the bullpen and fell to 0-2 (4.05). Leonard Davis remains one of the hottest current hitters in the farm system, going 2-3 and scoring a run. Over his last 10 games, Davis is hitting .500 with 17 hist in 34 at bats. During that stretch, Davis has smacked 3 homers and drive in 10 runs. Davis raised his average to .322. Trevor Lawhorn and Matt Rogelstad each had two hits apiece. Josh Wilkie pitched a scoreless 1.1 innings to lower his ERA to 1.09 out of the Nationals bullpen. Wilkie has not allowed a run in 6 straight appearances and over the past 10 games, has pitched 17 innings of relief, allowing just 1 run (0.53).
Nats Hot Bats: Leonard Davis is hitting .500 over his past 10- games (17/34) with 3 HRs and 10 RBIs. Edgar Baez is hitting .471 over his last 10 games (16/34) with 3 homers, 15 RBIs and 11 runs.
Nats Hot Arms: Josh Wilkie has pitched 17 innings over his last 10 appearances allowing 1 run (0.53) out of the bullpen. Martin Beno hasn’t allowed an earned run in 7 innings, while picking up 2 saves since his promotion from Hagerstown.
High Prospect Update: After a super slow start, 2006 first rounder Chris Marrero is heating up. over his past 10 games, Marrero is hitting .308 with 2 HRs and 9 RBIs. Overall, Marrero raised his .220 average to .242 and has 10 homers and 36 RBIs. Marrero also 2 triples. 2007 first rounder Ross Detwiler continues to struggle in AA ball. Over his last 10 games, Detwiler is 4-23 with a high ERA of 6.26. In his last 4 starts, Detwiler has allowed 17 runs in 15.2 innings. Overall, Detwiler is 5-3 with an ERA of 5.73.
Hagerstown (Low A): Hagerstown lost a close to Lakewood 3-21 last night. Colton Willems put in 6 strong innings of work, giving up 1 run and striking out 3. Willems did not factor in the decision. Offensively, Valerio Heredia was 2 for 3 and drive in 2 ruins in his 7th game with the Suns. Danile Lyons was 1 for 3 with a double.
Hot Suns Bats: C Sean Rooney is hitting .324 with 3 runs and 7 RBIs over his last 10 games. 2B Daniel Lyons is hitting .371 with 9 runs scored and 5 doubles over his last 10.
Hot Suns Arms: Kyle Gunderson is 2-0 with 2 saves over his last 10 appearances out of the Suns bullpen. Over the past 6 games, Chris Lugo is 1-0 with 1 save and an ERA of 3.21.
High Prospects: 2007 draft pick Aaron Suess is hitting .300 with 8 homers, 18 doubles and 38 RBis on the year for the Suns. Bill Rhinehart has cooled a bit, but is still hitting .298 ha s9 homers and a whopping 56 RBIs. He also adds 21 doubles and 37 runs scored. Michael Burgess leads the Nats farm system with 12 homers, he is hitting .252 and has driven in 43 runs. Colton Willems is 4-4 with an ERA of 4.31. Joshua Smoker, first rounder from 2007, one of the potent lefties in the top of the draft for the Nats, has got a rough welcome to the South Atlantic League. In 3 starts, Smoker is 0-3 with an ERA of 13.50 He has been hammered for 15 runs in 10 innings.