Potomac splits doubleheader
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Zack Segovia recorded five strikeouts in his first start for Potomac on Monday.
A second-round pick in 2002, Segovia now finds himself with the Potomac Nationals, trying to work his way back into the graces of the baseball gods after a precipitous spiral down through Philadelphia’s system.
However, in the Nationals’ organization Segovia seems to have reversed his movement, pitching first in the Gulf Coast League before heading to Low-A Hagerstown.
Now with his fourth team of the season, Segovia led the P-Nats to a 1-0 win in his Carolina League debut, the first of two seven-inning affairs against Salem Monday.
An hour, five-minute rain delay held up the start of the second game, a 5-1 Potomac loss in Jhonny Nunez’s 17th start of the year. Nunez fell to 2-8 on the year with the defeat.
But the story yesterday was Segovia seemingly finding the corner and turning it with Potomac.
After missing all of 2004 recovering from Tommy John surgery, Segovia made his first appearance at the big league level in a start against Florida April 8. He didn’t stay long, though, as he headed back to the minors following a five-inning, five-run effort for the Phillies and things did not improve from there.
Trips to Ottawa and Double-A Reading last year did not help (the 25-year-old was 1-9 with a 6.05 ERA with the Lynx).
His struggles continued into 2008, beginning the season at Reading before falling to High-A Clearwater. In the Florida State League Segovia fared no better, earning his release from the organization in June after post-ing a 5.35 ERA and a 1-3 record in seven starts.
But yesterday Segovia limited the Avalanche to just three hits over 5.2 innings before giving way to Jack Spradlin in the sixth with the tying run on third.
Segovia’s outing stood up thanks to a run scored by Matt Rogelstad on a wild pitch by Douglas Arguello (5-3) in the second inning with Brian Finegan at the plate.
Rogelstad reached on a ball that took a strange hop when second baseman Roberto Mena tried to field it. The ball came off the infield dirt, bounded off Mena’s left chest and into the air too high to be relayed to first in time to retire Rogelstad, who was credited with his 83rd hit of the year.
Rogelstad reached third when Francisco Plasencia walked, forcing Brian Peacock to second.
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