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FREDERICKSBURG, VA – The Washington Nationals announced on Tuesday that outfielder Ricardo Méndez and first baseman Kevin Strohschein have been transferred to Advanced-A Wilmington, and that outfielders Branden Boissiere, Jaden Fein and Jacob Young have been activated and added to the FredNats roster. Méndez, 21, led all Fredericksburg regulars with

The following story appeared in the August 2021 edition of Gus' Gazette, the official gameday magazine of the FredNats. After an 0-for-4 performance on June 29, the season batting average for Fredericksburg Nationals outfielder Ricardo Méndez stood at a paltry .202. Despite a few multi-hit games scattered throughout his first

FREDERICKSBURG, VA - A bases-clearing triple from Jake Boone paved the way for a 5-1 Fredericksburg Nationals win over the Delmarva Shorebirds on Tuesday night in the opener of a six-game homestand. Boone's two-out, three-run triple into the left field corner gave the FredNats the lead for good as they

SALEM, VA - The Fredericksburg Nationals established season highs in runs, hits and margin of victory with a blowout 18-6 win over the Salem Red Sox on Saturday night. José Sánchez drove in five and finished a homer shy of the cycle, pacing a 23-hit Fredericksburg effort that snapped a

SALEM, VA - After being no-hit for six innings, the Fredericksburg Nationals made a late comeback on Friday night before coming up short in a 7-4 loss to the Salem Red Sox. Jackson Rutledge (L, 0-1) took the loss in his FredNats debut, allowing seven runs, six earned, over 3.0

SALEM, VA - The Fredericksburg Nationals dropped their third game in a row on Thursday, falling 3-2 to the Salem Red Sox. The game time of two hours and 17 minutes marked the fastest nine-inning game of the season for the FredNats. Ricardo Méndez went 1-for-4, singling in the third

SALEM, VA - Though Ricardo Méndez extended his hitting streak to a league-high 18 games, the Fredericksburg Nationals dropped their second game in a row to the Salem Red Sox by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday night. Méndez went 2-for-4 with a pair of singles, surpassing Carolina's Joe Gray

LYNCHBURG, VA - The Fredericksburg Nationals got five hitless innings from their bullpen to help secure a series split against the Lynchburg Hillcats, winning 6-2 in their Sunday finale. Josh Wolf (L, 0-3) allowed only one earned run in his five-inning start for Lynchburg, but saw four Hillcats errors and

LYNCHBURG, VA - Despite an hour-long rain delay, a five-run first inning helped the Fredericksburg Nationals defeat the Lynchburg Hillcats 11-5 on Saturday night. The FredNats had four hits and three runs within the game's first four pitches, as Viandel Peña singled, José Sánchez and Ricardo Méndez doubled, and Junior

LYNCHBURG, VA - The Fredericksburg Nationals had plenty of opportunities on Friday night, but went just 1-for-10 with men in scoring position as they fell 6-2 to the Lynchburg Hillcats. Ricardo Méndez had one of his team's five hits, doubling in the third to extend his hitting streak to 14

LYNCHBURG, VA - José Sánchez collected three extra-base hits, Onix Vega drove in three runs and the Fredericksburg Nationals drubbed the Lynchburg Hillcats on Thursday night by a score of 10-1. The FredNats knocked out a season-high 14 hits to give Carlos Romero (W, 1-2) his first win of the

LYNCHBURG, VA - The Fredericksburg Nationals were an out away from improving to a perfect 5-0 record in extra-inning games, but were walked off by the Lynchburg Hillcats on Wednesday night in a 7-6, 10-inning final. Angel Martinez hit a game-tying RBI single for the Hillcats with two outs in

LYNCHBURG, VA - Though Ricardo Méndez went 2-for-4 to extend his team-record hitting streak to 11 games, the Fredericksburg Nationals dropped their second half opener to the Lynchburg Hillcats on Tuesday night by a score of 7-5. Two Hillcats homers from Yainer Diaz and Johnathan Rodríguez in the sixth inning

FREDERICKSBURG, VA - In the first doubleheader in the history of FredNats Ballpark, the Fredericksburg Nationals used late heroics to beat the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers twice on Saturday night. They took game one by a score of 3-2, and sealed the sweep with a 4-3 win in the nightcap. The