
FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The Fredericksburg Nationals (4-3, 34-37) received 6-2 over the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (2-5, 34-39) on Friday evening, grabbing their first victory as their Fundadores de Fredericksburg alter ego in 2025. Yoel Tejeda Jr. began for the FredNats after a career-high eight-strikeout outing in Salem, however obtained off
FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The Fredericksburg Nationals (4-3, 34-37) received 6-2 over the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (2-5, 34-39) on Friday evening, grabbing their first victory as their Fundadores de Fredericksburg alter ego in 2025.
Yoel Tejeda Jr. began for the FredNats after a career-high eight-strikeout outing in Salem, however obtained off to a bumpy begin. The primary-year right-hander out of Florida State walked Ryan Burrowes to start out the evening and noticed the speedster tear across the bases with two steals, finally scoring on a throwing error by Nate Rombach behind the plate. Burrowes’ wheels gave Kannapolis an early 1-0 lead.
Within the second inning, Mikey Kane reached with two outs for Kannapolis on an infield single and scored when Abraham Nunez yanked a double into the fitting discipline nook for an early 2-0 Cannon Ballers lead.
With Tejeda toiling greater than normal, the FredNat bats had work to do and began to retaliate within the backside of the second. Rombach strolled to the dish towards Ricardo Brizuela and labored himself a 3-2 depend. Brizuela threw a sinker above the zone that will have been ball 4, however Rombach needed extra. The FredNat catcher uncoiled on the excessive pitch and smacked it over the left discipline wall to attract the deficit to 2-1 together with his second house run of the season.
Fredericksburg needed to wait till the fourth inning to deal extra harm towards Brizuela, however they struck once more. Cristhian Vaquero barrelled a leadoff triple over the top of the middle fielder, Nunez. He scored immediately, as Nate Ochoa cracked a single to tie the sport 2-2. Ochoa accomplished his journey across the bases when Nick Peoples rifled an RBI base hit up the center for a 3-2 FredNat lead.
Together with his offense alive and effectively, Tejeda settled into a significant groove. The tall righty fired 4 scoreless innings after the 2 early runs allowed, finishing six innings with 4 strikeouts. He retired the ultimate 5 hitters he confronted to place himself in line for the win.
All it took was yet one more rally for the FredNats to place the sport out of attain. Fredericksburg plated three extra runs within the sixth inning, with RBI singles from Peoples and Carlos Tavares, the latter of whom drove in two runs with a pulled base hit down the fitting discipline line. Peoples completed his evening with two hits, two RBI and three stolen bases.
With a 6-2 lead after six, the FredNat bullpen put the sport on ice over the ultimate three innings. Matt Bollenbacher, Euri Montero and Merrick Baldo allowed simply two baserunners and mixed to strike out 5 Cannon Ballers for the win.
Tejeda (3-2) earned the win, as Brizuela (0-6) obtained the loss in recreation 4 of the collection. With the 2 groups now tied two video games apiece, the FredNats flip to Angel Roman (2-5, 8.12) on Saturday, seeking to safe not less than a collection break up in a 7:05 begin.