Basto’s homer the difference as Mudcats fall to Dash
Nick Basto hit a go-ahead three-run home run during the fourth inning Friday night and the Winston-Salem Dash never looked back in beating the Carolina Mudacts 4-1.
The Dash (63-60) moved to 31/2 games ahead of the Mudcats (64-59) in the second-half standings. It also halted Carolina’s win streak at four games.
Blair Walters (5-7) started for Carolina and pitched through the fifth while allowing four runs on seven hits. He allowed Basto’s home run and a RBI double to Trey Michalczewski in the fifth. Walters walked two and struck out six.
Jordan Guerrero (6-3) worked eight innings and allowed just one run and four hits. He struck out four and walked one.
The Mudcats stranded only five on base and managed to get a runner to second just three times against Guerrero. He retired eight straight to finish his outing and left three men on base.
Michael Ynoa pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save. He allowed back-to-back singles to Keith Curcio and Dustin Peterson to star the inning, but then he retired three straight.
The series will continue Saturday night with Seth Webster scheduled to start for the Mudcats against Carson Fulmer. Webster is 8-6 with a league best 2.52 ERA. The first pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Friday’s box score
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Lien, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curcio, CF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Peterson, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Schrader, DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Odom, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Franco, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meneses, 1B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harper, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Winston-Salem | ab | r | h | bi |
Engel, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Alvarez, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Peter, 2B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Michalczewski, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Barnum, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Basto, RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Austin, C | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Earley, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Danner, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Carolina | 010 | 000 | 000 | — | 1 | 6 | 0 |
Winston-Salem | 000 | 310 | 00x | — | 4 | 10 | 0 |
DP–Winston-Salem 1. LOB–Carolina 5, Winston-Salem 7. 2B–Odom, Schrader, Austin, Alvarez, Michalczewski. HR—Basto 1 (5). SB–Engel 1 (55). CS—Alvarez.
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Walters (L, 5-7) | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
Otero | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Winston-SalemIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Guerrero (W, 6-3) | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Ynoa (S, 6) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
This story was originally published August 21, 2015 at 10:25 PM with the headline "Basto’s homer the difference as Mudcats fall to Dash."