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Harrisburg Senators Game Information and Starting Lineup

Published on June 8, 2019 under Eastern League (EL1)
Harrisburg Senators News Release


Harrisburg Senators (37-23) vs. Reading Fightin Phils (33-24)

RH Steven Fuentes (2-0, 1.20) vs. LH JoJo Romero (0-2, 6.89)

Game 61 - Saturday, June 8 @ 6:45 p.m. - First Energy Stadium

Tonight's starting lineup:

Hunter Jones, CF

Luis Garcia, 2B

Adrian Sanchez, SS

Chuck Taylor, LF

Dante Bichette, Jr., 1B

Ian Sagdal, 3B

Spencer Kieboom, C

Rhett Wiseman, RF

Steven Fuentes, P

LAST GAME

The Senators fell behind early to Reading Friday night and couldn't complete a big rally in a 9-4 loss. Reading took a 6-0 lead into the sixth inning before the Sens scored to make the score 6-1. Trailing 8-1 in the seventh inning, the Sens plated three runs and had the bases loaded but couldn't get the big hit they needed.

CAPITAL BEAT

The Senators and Reading Fightin Phils play game two of a three-game weekend series tonight at First Energy Stadium. The Sens lead the season series 6-5 including taking two of three from Reading in Reading in May. The teams meet next weekend in a three-game series in Harrisburg, their final meeting of the 2019 season.

Reading has taken four of the past five games played between the two teams.

The Senators are 3-11 since May 1st on the road. They haven't won a road series since sweeping three from Altoona in mid-April.

RH Steven Fuentes makes the start for the Senators. He's 2-0 with a 1.20 ERA in six outings, two starts with Harrisburg. He was transferred to Harrisburg from Potomac on May 8th. With Potomac this season he was 1-1, 0.53 in eight games, all relief appearances.

READING

They're 33-24 and in third place in the Eastern Division, trailing Hartford by 1.0 game.

Reading is 5-5 in their past 10 games and 16-12 at home.

Reading has seven MLB.com Top 30 prospects on their active roster. They're led by the #2 prospect in the Phillies system, RHP Adonis Medina, the number #2 prospect in the Phils organization and #67 overall.

LH JoJo Romero makes the start for Reading tonight. The 22-year-old from Oxnard, CA is 0-2 with a 6.89 ERA in three games with Reading. He also made seven starts for Lehigh Valley and went 2-2, 9.64 ERA. He started at FNB Field 5/27, taking the loss, and went 6.2-6-4-4-0-5 94-66. He was the Phillies 4th round choice in 2016.

SENATORS ROSTER MAKEUP

The Sens have used 40 players this season. They've averaged using 55 players per season for the past 10 seasons. The roster has evolved from having 11 Double-A rookies to start the season to now there are 8 on the active roster. There are 18 players that have played in the Nats organization their entire career and 5 players with big league experience. Of the 25 active players, 20 were in the Nats organization last year.

FILIBUSTERS

Harrisburg is 3-3 in a stretch of 15 straight NL games with only 6 of the 15 at home.

The Sens finished May 13-16, .224 17HR 103r and a 4.03 ERA. In April they were 21-4, .250 28HR 110r and a 2.66 ERA. In June they're 3-3, .284 6HR 30RS and a 4.85 ERA.

The Senators have 10 games left in the first half and their lead is 5.5 games over Akron (Tragic #5), 7.5 games over Erie (Tragic #4) and 8.5 games over Altoona (Tragic #3).

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