Dash 7, Mudcats 2
Keon Barnum lead the Winston-Salem Dash to a 7-2 victory in the rubber game of their three-game set with the Carolina Mudcats in front of 5,418 on Friday at BB&T Ballpark.
The Mudcats jumped out to a 2-0 lead on Jacob Schrader's two-run double in the first, but Eddy Alvarez singled with one out in the bottom of the frame. On Jake Peter's double, Alvarez came all the way around to score from first to put Winston-Salem on the board. Two batters later, Barnum ripped a double off the wall in center to bring in Peter and knot the score at two.
In the bottom of the fifth, Adam Engel walked, Alvarez singled and Peter earned a free pass to load the bases with nobody out. After a Trey Michalczewski popout, Barnum laced an RBI single to center to give the Dash a lead they would not relinquish at 3-2. That shot knocked out former Dash pitcher and Carolina starter Blair Walters, who yielded three runs on eight hits in 4.1 innings.
Winston-Salem starter Brandon Brennan surrendered two runs, one earned, with seven strikeouts against three walks to earn the win.
With Winston still up 3-2 in the seventh, Michalczewski tripled to begin the frame. Two batters after that, Jeremy Dowdy lined a ball up the middle to make it 4-2 Dash. After T.J. Williams, who reached base three times, drew a walk, Cleuluis Rondon drove in Dowdy to increase the advantage to 5-2.
The Dash put the game out of reach in the eighth. Alvarez singled to lead off and an error put runners on second and third. Michalczewski then ripped a ball down the first base line to bring in Alvarez and Barnum followed with a bomb off the wall in right, making it 7-2.
Friday’s box score
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Curcio, 2B-CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Lien, CF-RF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peterson, LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Schrader, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Franco, 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Odom, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Krietemeier, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harper, 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Briceno, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Winston-Salem | ab | r | h | bi |
Engel, CF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Alvarez, SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Peter, LF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Michalczewski, 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Barnum, 1B | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Dowdy, C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Williams, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rondon, 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Earley, RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
Carolina | 200 | 000 | 000 | — | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Winston-Salem | 200 | 010 | 22X | — | 7 | 14 | 2 |
E — Franco, Schrader, Michalczewski, Rondon. DP–Carolina 1, Winston-Salem 1. LOB–Carolina 1, Winston-Salem 1. 2B–Schrader, Peter, Barnum. 3B–Michalczewski. SB– Lien(26), Curcio (10). CS—Franco, Curcio.
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Walters (L, 5-4) | 4 1/3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Jackson | 2 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Tate | 1 1/3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Winston-SalemIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Brennan (W, 2-3) | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
Ynoa (H, 3) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Leyer (S, 2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
This story was originally published July 24, 2015 at 11:11 PM with the headline "Dash 7, Mudcats 2."