Game Notes: Fredericksburg Nationals vs. Delmarva Shorebirds (April 26, 2024)
Fredericksburg Nationals winners of five straight, including three straight shutouts of the Delmarva Shorebirds will finish their series this weekend.
Game Details
Fredericksburg Nationals (12-6) vs. Delmarva Shorebirds (2-15)
Date: Friday, April 26, 2024 – 7:05 p.m. ET
Location: Arthur W. Perdue Stadium | Salisbury, MD
Game Story Lines
Winners of five straight, including three straight shutouts of the Delmarva Shorebirds to open this series, the Fredericksburg Nationals are rolling right now. The team continues to lead all of Minor League Baseball Double-A and below in runs scored with 114. Fredericksburg Nationals also has the best run differential in the league at +47. In the three games in this series, FredNat's pitching has allowed no runs, 15 hits, and four walks, and the staff has 29 strikeouts. Fredericksburg Nationals pitching has not walked a batter in the last two games, and three consecutive shutouts are the most in Minor League or Major League baseball.
The Major League Baseball record for consecutive shutouts is seven games in a row, done by the Cincinnati Reds in 1913. Fredericksburg Nationals are now six games over .500 for the first time this season, and the Fredericksburg Nationals are 6-0 against the Shorebirds this season.
Last time out.
The Fredericksburg Nationals got another great pitching performance for the third straight shutout. Jose Atencio pitched five scoreless innings in a start, and Bubba Hall and Samuel Vasquez finished off another zero-run output for the Shorebirds. At the end of the game, Fredericksburg got single runs in the 8th and 9th on RBIs from Phillip Glasser and Brandon Pimentel.
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