Homers, errors hurt FredNats in 6-2 defeat
Published Saturday, May. 29, 2021, 8:56 am
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The Down East Wood Ducks hit a pair of homers and took advantage of five Fredericksburg errors on Friday night, evening up the series at two games apiece with a 6-2 win over the FredNats.
Fredericksburg managed just three hits, but kept the game within reach until the middle innings. Dustin Harris, Thursday’s walk-off hero for Down East, kept his bat hot with an RBI single in the first inning to put the Wood Ducks ahead 1-0. The FredNats answered in the top of the second, drawing a pair of two-out walks before Kevin Strohschein laced a game-tying RBI single to left field.
Prospect Update: Checking in On the Farm’s Arms
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Following up on the first article in our bi-weekly series, we have four pitchers from the Rangers’ farm to check in on. Now entering the fourth week of the season, the minor leaguers have settled back in to their clubhouses for the first time in a year. As they continue to progress, we will continue to evaluate one player at each affiliate every week. Here are this week’s four pitchers:
Nic Laio: Down East Wood Ducks (A)
A complete unknown to all but the most obsessed observers of the farm, Laio was drafted in the 20th round out of Western Michigan in 2018. He did not appear in a professional game in his draft year due to a collapsed lung. The layoff following his surgery and recovery period left him needing to do significant rehabilitation just to reach his previous status quo.