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Despite a dominant start from Rodney Theophile, the Fredericksburg Nationals lost their series finale 8-3 at the hands of the Delmarva Shorebirds on Sunday afternoon.
Theophile allowed only one hit over 4.0 scoreless innings, but the Shorebirds attacked Bryan Peña (L, 1-2) in a six-run sixth inning that sent the FredNats to their fifth loss in six games.
Though Fredericksburg had plenty of opportunities, they left the bases loaded in back-to-back innings as they missed a chance to take a decisive early lead. José Sánchez drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth and Onix Vega hit an RBI single in the fifth, but in both innings the Shorebirds were able to limit further damage.
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The Texas Rangers have traded outfielder Scott Heineman to the Cincinnati Reds for minor league infielder Jose Acosta, the team announced today.
Heineman was non-tendered earlier this month, then re-signed to a major league contract, and then designated for assignment when the team re-signed Jimmy Herget, who had also been non-tendered earlier this month, to a major league contract. The 28 year old Heineman has a career .189/.259/.331 slash line in 139 plate appearances in the majors for the Rangers. He is generally seen as a potential outfield bench player he has played all three outfield positions, but is seen as stretched defensively in center field, while the bat hasn’t profiled as strong enough to play in a corner outfield spot regularly.