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Potomac and Boomer Whiting defeated Wilmington for the second straight day in extra innings as the P-Nats defeated the Blue Rocks 3-2 in 10 innings (box/gamers [Potomac/Wilmington]). Whiting came on as a pinch runner with one out in the bottom of the tenth, stole second and scored on a single to center by SS Dan Lyons (2/4). 1B Andrew Lefave was 3/5; CF Francisco Plasencia was 3/5 with a run scored; Solano was 2/4 with a double and RBI; and LF Dee Brown was 1/4 with one RBI. RHP Erik Arnesen made the start for Potomac, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts. Wilmington 2B Jeff Bianchi hit a second inning solo home run off of Arnesen and drove in another run on an RBI single. LHP Jack Spradlin continued the strong relief pitching for the P-Nats, retiring all seven batters he faced with two strikeouts. RHP Clint Everts added two more solid inning to the P-Nats relievers tally, giving up one hit in the top of a scoreless ninth and pitching a perfect tenth, striking out a pair. He was got the win when Potomac scored in the bottom of the tenth. Over the first two games, the Potomac bullpen has thrown 13 1/3 innings allowing just one run on four hits and two walks with ten strikeouts.

Today: LHP Ross Detwiler (8-8, 4.86) versus Wilmington LHP Everett Teaford (8-6, 3.80), 7:05PM

Vermont rallied for four runs over the last three innings to defeat Tri-City 6-3 (box/gamer). CF Marcus Jones was 4/5 with a run scored. SS Danny Espinosa was 2/5. DH Derek Norris was 1/3 with a walk, solo home run & two runs scored. 3B Steve Souza, CF Stephen Englund, RF Michael Guerrero, and a rehabbing Dmitri Young each had one RBI. LHP Jack McGeary made the start, allowing two runs on six hits and three walks over 4IP with five strikeouts. RHP Carlos Peralta picked up the win with three innings of relief allowing a solo home run while striking out two. LHP Austin Garrett picked up the save with two shutout innings of relief, striking out three. Notes: 2B Jake Smolinski was named the NY/Penn League Offensive Player of the Week. .485 (14-29), 7 R, 5 2B, 1 3B, 0 HR, 4 RBI, 4 BB, 2 SO, 2 SB, .724 SLG It’s been a whirlwind season for Smolinski. In April, he was assigned to Hagerstown in the South Atlantic League, an aggressive assignment at which he shone. Smolinski hit .321 in May before sustaining an injury and remaining out of action until August. The team sent him to the Gulf Coast League for three games, which weren’t good, then allowed him to finish his season with Vermont. For the year, Smolinski hit .276 in 272 at-bats with three different teams.

Record: Vermont 33-40, 2nd place NYP Stedler [eliminated … two games left]

Today: LHP Graham Hicks (NR) versus Oneonta (pitcher TBA), 7:05PM

They finally got the first game of the DSL Championship series between the DSL Nationals1 and Giants completed. Unfortunately for the Nats1, it ended with a 3-0 loss (box). 23-year old LHP Jose Santana allowed an unearned run on two hits and three walks. 20-year old LHP Jose Taveras allowed a run on four hits and two walks over 2 2/3IP.  The Nats1 managed only five singles of offense, one each by DH Danny Taveras, RF Angelberth Montilla, 1B Eduardo Urbina, LF Alexander Romero, and SS Justino Cuevas. The Nats1 bounced back in game two behind the pitching of RHP Luis Ortega who held the Giants to four hits and one walk over eight shutout innings with eight strikeouts in a 2-0 win (box). RHP Ruben De La Rosa pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. Urbina was 2/3 with a walk, stolen base and RBI. Romero was 1/4 with a run scored. CF Eury Perez was 2/3. And, CA Ricardo Martinez was 1/4 with a run scored. Rain has changed the best of five series to a best of three series. The winner takes all game is scheduled for today at 10:30AM at the home of the DSL Mets.

Today: DSL Nationals1 versus DSL Giants, 10:30AM