The Washington Wild Things bullpen reverted back to their early-2015 selves as a three-run lead in the ninth wasn't enough in a 7-5 loss to Joliet on Sunday afternoon at CONSOL Energy Park. The blown lead overshadowed a strong start by Wild Things righty Luke Wilkins, who posted eight innings of two-run, five hit ball while striking out three. Joliet (20-25) got on the board right away when Charlie White led off the game with a triple and scored on a Nate Roberts sacrifice fly. Wilkins ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things earned their first home series sweep of the 2015 season with a 5-2 victory over the Lake Erie Crushers on Thursday evening at CONSOL Energy Park. Like last night, the Wild Things (18-24) scored the first run of the game via their leadoff hitter when Daniel Poma started things off with a double to right. C.J. Beatty moved him to third on a deep fly out to right and Scott Kalamar manufactured the run with a ground out to second. It was the only run Washington ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things took their first home series of the 2015 season as they defeated the Lake Erie Crushers 6-0 on Wednesday night at CONSOL Energy Park. Washington (17-24) struck early and often against Lake Erie starter Rob Blanc (0-3) who allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings of work. Daniel Poma started the scoring for Washington in the first with a leadoff single. He then advanced to third on walks by Sam Mende and C.J. Beatty and scored on a sacrifice fly by Carter ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things finally had one go their way on Tuesday night as Daniel Poma hit a walk-off three-run home run to defeat the Lake Erie Crushers at CONSOL Energy Park. It looked as though the Wild Things (16-24) were on their way to yet another disappointing close defeat — 3-13 in one-run games this season — after blowing a 2-1 lead in the eighth inning, but this time Washington wouldn't go down for the count. With one out in the ninth, David Popkins laid off two close pitches ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things dropped to 4-14 at CONSOL Energy Park in 2015 as they dropped a doubleheader to the Frontier Greys on Sunday afternoon. Game 1 Kyle Vazquez (0-1) started off on the wrong foot in the first game of the twin-bill allowing three runs on two hits while walking two batters in the first inning. His command didn't improve over his final three innings of work as the right-hander allowed two more runs on four hits which inflated his ERA to 9.58 on the season. The ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things one-run woes continue as they blew a late 1-0 lead on Friday night only to fall to the Frontier Greys 2-1 in 12 innings at CONSOL Energy Park. Matt Sergey put in a solid effort for the Wild Things (12-19) keeping the Greys off the board through eight innings while only allowing three hits and striking out nine. Sergey returned for the ninth and recorded a quick first out, but then gave up a pinch-hit home run to Jhiomar Veras to tie the game. "Sergey should ... Read More

Luke Wilkins pitched a solid six innings allowing only one run, but the Wild Things couldn't get the big hit when it mattered as they fell to the Southern Illinois Miners 2-1 on a rainy Wednesday afternoon at CONSOL Energy Park. Wilkins (2-2) allowed seven hits, but allowed only the one run to cross — a Steve Marino solo home run in the second inning — while striking out three in his six-plus innings of work. His strong effort, however, was not enough as the Wild Things (12-17) were only ... Read More

The Washington Wild Things were a team without an identity after the first week of the season going 1-5 at Consol Energy Park. The starting rotation did their job allowing only 12 runs over the first six games. The offense and bullpen, however, hadn't found their stride as the offense scored 20 runs — 12 of those runs coming in two games — while the bullpen allowed 13 runs in that period. "We haven't been able to put it all together yet," said Wild Things manager Bob Bozzuto. "I don't ... Read More