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Harrisburg Senators Game Information vs Akron

August 13, 2023 - Eastern League (EL)
Harrisburg Senators News Release


TODAY'S GAME: The Senators and Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Guardian) play game six of their six-game series tonight at FNB Field. The Senators and RubberDucks are playing for third and final time this season. Akron leads the season series 9-8. Overall Harrisburg is 51-55 and Akron is 54-53.

TODAY'S STARTING PITCHERS: LH Mitchell Parker takes the ball for the Senators tonight. He's 8-4 with a 4.83 ERA in 20 games, 18 starts with Harrisburg. Parker struck out 13 RubberDucks in six innings of work Tuesday. He's opposed by LH Doug Nikhazy who is 4-6 with a 3.45 ERA in 20 games, 17 starts with Akron. Nikhazy went 4.1 innings Tuesday.

LAST TIME OUT: The Harrisburg Senators squeaked by the Akron RubberDucks 5-4 Saturday night at FNB Field in front of 7,469 fans. The Senators took an early 4-0 lead, but then had to hold on while Akron rallied to close to within one. Israel Pineda smacked a three-run home run to give the Senators a 4-0 lead. Dustin Saenz pitched his third straight solid game and earned the win. Harrisburg has taken four of five from the RubberDucks. The Sens have won three consecutive series.

UPCOMING DOCKET: After this six-game vs Akron, the Senators head to Richmond for six games. Their remaining schedule is this week home vs Akron; at Richmond; home vs Reading; at Binghamton & Altoona; home vs Bowie. Including today, the Senators have 31 games remaining this season.

ABOUT THE 2023 SENATORS: The Sens have used 55 players (28 pitchers & 27 position players). They've had 21 players make their double-A debut. There are 17 players on the current active roster that were originally drafted/signed by the Nationals.

PROSPECT WATCH: Harrisburg has eight players in the MLB Pipeline top 30 Nationals prospects and they are #1 OF James Wood (#4 overall); #2 INF Brady House (#70 overall); #5 OF Robert Hassell III (#93 overall); #12 RHP Cole Henry; #17 LHP DJ Herz; #20 INF Trey Lipscomb; #23 C Israel Pineda and #24 LHP Mitchell Parker. The Baseball America top 30 prospects are: #1 Wood (#5 overall); #2 Hassell III; #3 House (#92 overall); #13 Henry; #17 Lipscomb; #24 Parker; #26 LHP Dustin Saenz; and #27 OF Jacob Young.

IN THE NATIONALS ORGANIZATION: Washington (52-66) beat Oakland 3-2... Rochester (53-58) beat Lehigh Valley 4-1... Wilmington (43-62) beat Bowling Green 2-1... Fredericksburg (49-54) lost at Lynchburg 8-6.

TODAY IN SENATORS HISTORY: 1998: The Senators score 11 runs in the sixth inning and that is all they need in an 11-2 victory at Trenton. Ten of the 11 runs come after a two-out passed ball on what would have been an inning-ending strikeout. 1999: The Senators win for the 14th time in 17 games, using home runs by Andy Tracy and Brad Wilkerson in a 5-3 victory at Binghamton.

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