Mudcats defeat Dash 7-1
The Carolina Mudcats (48-48) were able to seal a win in the ninth inning taking adavantage of a two-run throwing error and a three-run homerun for a 7-1 win against the Winston-Salem Dash (45-51) Wednesday night.
With the score tied 1-1 in the third inning, the Mudcats took the lead with a solo homerun by Connor Lien to go up 2-1.
The game was kept close until the final inning when a throwing error by Toby Thomas sent Keith Curcio and Jose Briceno to score.Jacob Schrader homered on a line drive to the left field with Connor Lien and Dustin Peterson on base.
Brandon Parker picked up his fifth win of the season with six strike outs in six innings. Jordan Guerrero (L, 2-3) had 11 strike outs and allowed two runs.
Game two of the series will begin Thursday at 7 p.m.
Wednesday’s box score
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Lien, CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Harper, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Peterson, LF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Schrader, 1B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Franco, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Odom, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Meneses, RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Keith Curcio, PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Briceno, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Winston-Salem | ab | r | h | bi |
Engel, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Peter, 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Michalczewski, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thomas, 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barnum, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Basto, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Narvaez, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Williams, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Alvarez, SS | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Earley, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Carolina | 101 | 000 | 005 | — | 7 | 9 | 0 |
Winston-Salem | 100 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 |
E — Thomas. DP–Carolina 0 Winston-Salem 1. LOB–Carolina 7 Winston-Salem 5. 2B–Barnum. HR—Lien (7), Schrader (10). SB–Engel (39).
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Barker (W, 5-2) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Outman (H, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Kinman (S, 1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Winston-SalemIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Guerrero | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Leyer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Goldberg | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
This story was originally published July 22, 2015 at 11:15 PM with the headline "Mudcats defeat Dash 7-1."