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NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Travelers placed right-handed pitcher Nick Adenhart on the seven-day disabled list Thursday with soreness in his throwing shoulder. Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport graduate, is 6-2 with a 3.44 ERA this season with Arkansas, the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. His spot on the North Division team for this Tuesday's Texas League All-Star Game has been taken by Springfield pitcher Mitch Boggs.

Livan Hernandez pitched a three-hitter, Michael Morse homered twice and doubled, and the Washington Nationals routed the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Albert Pujols made two errors at third base, leading to a pair of unearned runs, as the Cardinals lost their season-worst fifth in a row. Jayson Werth and Danny Espinosa also homered and Ryan Zimmerman had his second RBI in as many nights since returning from...

SALISBURY, Md. - Hagerstown ended a three-game series with Delmarva that was no vacation at the beach for the Suns. The Shorebirds kicked sand in the Suns' collective faces on Wednesday as Chipper Johnson, Kevin Webster and Alex Gordon combined to drive in 10 runs to wash away the Suns with a 16-1 tidal wave. The loss was the fourth straight for the Suns (1-6, 35-42), who helped the destruction with four errors - three by third baseman Julian Benavidez - that accounted for five unearned runs.

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The San Diego Padres acquired infielder Alberto Gonzalez from the Washington Nationals on Monday for right-hander Erik Davis and cash. Gonzalez will give the Padres infield depth. He made 37 starts last year, including 17 at shortstop and 10 at second base. He hit .247 with five RBIs in 114 games last season. Davis combined to go 14-3 with a 3.52 ERA in 27 games started between Single-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Portland last season.

EASTLAKE, Ohio - P.J. Hiser had been waiting for a long time to play. He proved it Tuesday. The South Hagerstown graduate hit a three-run home run in the opener and drove in the tying run in the nightcap to lead Lake County to a 6-2, 10-1 doubleheader sweep of the Hagerstown Suns. Hiser, who had been on the disabled list for nearly a month until last Friday, hit his three-run homer in the first as the Captains scored all six of its runs. In the nightcap, Hiser's RBI single in the first tied the game at 1-1 and started a five-run rally for the Captains.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Jonathon Niese pitched a three-hit shutout and Fernando Martinez came off the disabled list to go 3-for-4 with a home run as the Hagerstown Suns beat the Lexington Legends 9-0 on Wednesday night. Niese walked two and struck out nine, improving to 9-6. Martinez's three-run homer in the top of the third inning broke a scoreless tie, giving the Suns the lead for good. Hagerstown had a four-run fifth inning, getting an RBI single from Will Vogl and capitalizing on three Lexington errors, to take a 7-0 lead.

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Pat Lynch and Orlando Woodards combined on a four-hitter as the Hagerstown Suns posted their third straight shutout while extending their scoreless streak to 28 innings in a 5-0 win over the Charleston RiverDogs Tuesday night in South Atlantic League action. Lynch (9-5) allowed three hits in eight innings while striking out seven. [cont. from sports page ] Felipe Lopez gave Hagerstown (74-47, 26-24) all it needed with a solo homer with two outs in the first inning.

bobp@herald-mail.com The Hickory Crawdads made the Hagerstown Suns feel like the last choice in a playground game of keep away. The Crawdads played their own game on Thursday and didn't allow the Suns to join in or control the ball. It let Hickory keep pace in the chase for the first-half title in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division by setting the table and clearing it off for an 11-3 victory that dropped the Suns below the .500 mark again. "They played their game tonight," Hagerstown manager Mike Ramsey said.

Steven Souza knows how to make an entrance. The Hagerstown outfielder came up with his second three-hit game since coming off the disabled list to lead the Suns to an 8-6 victory and a three-game sweep of Hickory on Wednesday. Souza is 6-for-10 - including two home runs and seven RBIs - since being activated Tuesday after being placed on the disabled list after suffering a shoulder impingement, caused from making two diving catches against Augusta on May 6. It still pales in comparison to Souza's April 25 debut with the Suns when he had four hits and nine RBIs to ignite a 24-2 victory over Rome.

Chien-Ming Wang has become baseball’s version of “Where’s Waldo?” He is out there somewhere in the crowd, but you just can’t find him. On Monday, Wang will resurface when he makes a rehabilitation start for the Hagerstown Suns against Lakewood at Municipal Stadium in the Suns’ second-half home opener. It will be Wang’s first professional start since he pitched for the New York Yankees on July 4, 2009. The start will be Wang’s first action since signing a $2 million deal as a free agent with the Washington Nationals in 2010.

Suspended Tampa Bay reliever Joel Peralta served up a tiebreaking, two-run double to Danny Espinosa in the sixth inning Thursday night, sending the Washington Nationals over the Rays 5-2. Earlier in the day, Peralta learned that he had been penalized by Major League Baseball for eight games after being caught with pine tar in his glove Tuesday night. Peralta is appealing the decision and can keep playing until a final decision is reached. In the meantime, he entered a game that was tied at 2 in the sixth.

Steven Souza knows how to make an entrance. The Hagerstown outfielder came up with his second three-hit game since coming off the disabled list to lead the Suns to an 8-6 victory and a three-game sweep of Hickory on Wednesday. Souza is 6-for-10 - including two home runs and seven RBIs - since being activated Tuesday after being placed on the disabled list after suffering a shoulder impingement, caused from making two diving catches against Augusta on May 6. It still pales in comparison to Souza's April 25 debut with the Suns when he had four hits and nine RBIs to ignite a 24-2 victory over Rome.

Chien-Ming Wang has become baseball’s version of “Where’s Waldo?” He is out there somewhere in the crowd, but you just can’t find him. On Monday, Wang will resurface when he makes a rehabilitation start for the Hagerstown Suns against Lakewood at Municipal Stadium in the Suns’ second-half home opener. It will be Wang’s first professional start since he pitched for the New York Yankees on July 4, 2009. The start will be Wang’s first action since signing a $2 million deal as a free agent with the Washington Nationals in 2010.

Livan Hernandez pitched a three-hitter, Michael Morse homered twice and doubled, and the Washington Nationals routed the St. Louis Cardinals 10-0 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Albert Pujols made two errors at third base, leading to a pair of unearned runs, as the Cardinals lost their season-worst fifth in a row. Jayson Werth and Danny Espinosa also homered and Ryan Zimmerman had his second RBI in as many nights since returning from...

PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The San Diego Padres acquired infielder Alberto Gonzalez from the Washington Nationals on Monday for right-hander Erik Davis and cash. Gonzalez will give the Padres infield depth. He made 37 starts last year, including 17 at shortstop and 10 at second base. He hit .247 with five RBIs in 114 games last season. Davis combined to go 14-3 with a 3.52 ERA in 27 games started between Single-A Lake Elsinore, Double-A San Antonio and Triple-A Portland last season.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Stephen Strasburg threw a side session Saturday and is set to rejoin the Washington Nationals' rotation on Tuesday night against the Florida Marlins. The right-hander was scratched minutes before his scheduled start against Atlanta on July 27 and was diagnosed with shoulder inflammation. He was placed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time two days later, retroactive to July 22. The 22-year-old Strasburg will be on a 90-pitch limit for his return against the Marlins, and manager Jim Riggleman has modest expectations.

BALTIMORE - Melvin Mora was placed on the 15-day disabled list Saturday by the Baltimore Orioles, who couldn't risk waiting a week or longer before the third baseman recovered from a sprained left foot. The injury occurred during a play at the plate on July 1 against the Los Angeles Angels. Mora missed six straight games, then received one at-bat as a pinch-hitter the day before the All-Star break. He started Thursday night but left after one inning. After undergoing an examination Friday, Mora said he would be out for at least a week.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - The Arkansas Travelers placed right-handed pitcher Nick Adenhart on the seven-day disabled list Thursday with soreness in his throwing shoulder. Adenhart, a 2004 Williamsport graduate, is 6-2 with a 3.44 ERA this season with Arkansas, the Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. His spot on the North Division team for this Tuesday's Texas League All-Star Game has been taken by Springfield pitcher Mitch Boggs.

GREENVILLE, S.C. - Aaron Bates blasted his first two home runs of the season - including a grand slam in the fifth - Monday to lead the Greenville Drive to a 9-6 win over the Hagerstown Suns. Bates' first homer of the season came with the bases loaded off Suns starter Jeramy Simmons in the Drive's five-run fifth for a 5-2 lead. Bates added a one-out solo shot in Greenville's four-run eighth to put the game out of reach. Hagerstown had two run innings in the second, eighth and ninth innings.

The true worth of Fernando Martinez can be measured in any number of ways. The New York Mets placed the 17-year-old outfielder into the high-rent district by signing Martinez to a free agent contract with a $1.4 million signing bonus. That still pales in comparison to what Martinez means to the Suns, though. To Hagerstown, he's priceless. The Suns are a much different team with Martinez in the lineup, something that has been lacking because of two lengthy trips to the disabled list.