Crownover leads Potomac to 2-1 win over Carolina
Matt Crownover allowed just four hits over seven innings, leading the Potomac Nationals over the Carolina Mudcats in a 2-1 win on Sunday.
Neil Holland got Isaias Tejeda to ground out with a runner on first to end the game for his second save of the season.
Crownover (2-4) picked up the win after he struck out four while allowing one run.
Potomac got on the board first with a run in the third inning. After reaching base on a walk, David Masters advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and then scored on a single by Max Schrock.
The Mudcats tied the game in the fourth inning when Tejeda hit a sacrifice fly, scoring Travis Demeritte.
The Nationals took the lead for good in the seventh when Masters scored on a groundout.
Zack Bird (3-3) allowed one run and got one out in the Carolina League game.
Sunday’s box score
Nationals | ab | r | h | bi |
Meija, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Keller, LF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Schrock, 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Marmolejos, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vettleson, RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Davidson, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Lowery, C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Carey, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Masters, 1B | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
Mudcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Gebhardt, DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Obregon, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Demeritte, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Davidson, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tejeda, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Edgerton, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Moss, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murphy, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mendez, CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Potomac | 001 | 000 | 100 | — | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Carolina | 000 | 1000 | 000 | — | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Potomac IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Crownover (W, 2-4) | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Holland (S, 2) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Carolina IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Franco | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Bird (L, 3-3) | 1/3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
O’Neal | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
McLaughlin | 1 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
This story was originally published July 31, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Crownover leads Potomac to 2-1 win over Carolina."