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Potomac Nationals Game Notes

Published on August 7, 2008 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Potomac Nationals News Release


TONIGHT: The Potomac Nationals and Lynchburg Hillcats meet in the finale of a three-game series...The P-Nats offense was stifled last night as the Hillcats snapped an 11-game losing streak in impressive fashion winning 10-2...Potomac enters today 5.0 games ahead of Wilmington atop the Carolina League Northern Division.

TONIGHT'S STARTER: The Potomac Nationals send right-hander Erik Arnesen to the mound to trying to make it three wins in a row against the Warthogs tonight...The 24-year-old has each of his first two starts with the P-Nats allowing a combined two runs in 12 2/3 innings in his first couple of outings against Wilmington and Winston-Salem...Prior to joining Potomac on July 28, the Grove City, New Jersey, native appeared in 25 games including seven starts with the Low-A Hagerstown Suns...Arnesen went 5-2 with a 5.01 ERA in 18 relief appearances and posted a 1-2 record with a 2.90 ERA in his seven starts...He struck out 40 and walked just eight batters in 40 1/3 innings while a member of the Suns rotation.

STILL STANDING TALL: The Potomac Nationals have only spent two days were they were not in or had a share of the division lead since moving to the top spot on April 10...Potomac had a string of 91 straight days in first place snapped with a 4-1 loss to Wilmington on July 9...Last season the Nationals spent 31 consecutive days in first from April 5 through May 5...The P-Nats ended the first half in last place, 10 games under .500 and only saw first place for one day, June 21, after May 5.

THE SOLANO OF SWAT: Jhonatan Solano has been swinging a hot bat with hits in seven of his last eight games including a season-long five-game hitting streak...The 23-year-old is 15-for-32 (.469) with three doubles, a home run, seven RBI, and six runs scored...The long ball was his first since April 15 while playing with the Low-A Hagerstown Suns...The Columbian had to wait 51 games and 161 at-bats between homers...The catcher has also walked four times while striking out just three over the past eight contests.

LAUDING LEFAVE: Since his career-high five RBI against Lynchburg on July 18, Andrew Lefave is 24-for-68 (.353) with five doubles, a triple, two home runs, 18 RBI and 16 runs scored in 19 games...The 24-year-old has also walked 16 times over that span and has struck out just seven times...The former Brewers farm hand got off to a slow start with the P-Nats hitting just .176 over his first 14 games including starting off 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position...Since getting his first RBI against Salem on July 14, Lefave has gone 13-for-25 (.520) with runners in scoring position.

PUNISHED PEN: The Potomac Nationals bullpen has taken a beating over the last two losses...Of the 20 runs scored by the Lynchburg Hillcats in the final two games of the previous series, 13 came against the pen including nine runs last night...In five innings, the Potomac relievers have allowed 13 runs, all earned, on 15 hits with just two strikeouts and three walks...The bullpen's ERA over the last two games is 23.40...Prior to the recent skid, the pen had a 3.19 ERA which has since risen to 3.45.

TOUGH AFTER TRAVEL DAYS: The Potomac Nationals have struggled the day after traveling on the road going just 3-6 the day after/day of getting in late either on or from the road.

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