Winston-Salem Warthogs Score Early, Never Look Back in 10-1 Pounding fo the Salem Avalanche
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 at 09:28AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – SALEM, VA – The Warthogs offense erupted early and Clevelan Santeliz
dazzled on the mound as Winston-Salem suffocated Salem 10-1 on Tuesday
night at Lewis-Gale Medical Center Field. Santeliz (3-5) tossed six
solid innings in holding the Avalanche to one run on two hits with six
strikeouts to earn the win.
The Warthogs bats came to life
early against Corey Bass as John Shelby III lined a two-out double and
Estee Harris followed with a two-run homer to give Winston-Salem a 2-0
lead in the first. Salem answered in the bottom of the inning when
Mark Ori smacked an run-scoring double down the right field line to
bring the Avalanche within a run at 2-1.
Winston-Salem added a
pair of runs in the second inning as Brett Bonvechio doubled and Greg
Paiml singled to put runners on the corners. One out later, Dale
Mollenhauer slapped a two-run single up the middle to put the Warthogs
in front 4-1. Winston-Salem continued to pour it on as Shelby III
blasted a solo home run to start the third and Greg Paiml added a run
scoring single later in the inning to give Winston-Salem a 6-1 cushion.
Salvador Sanchez would add an RBI double in the sixth inning,
as the Warthogs would plate two more runs to extend their lead to 8-1.
A run in the seventh and another in the eighth inning would finalize
the lopsided affair and improve Winston-Salem's record to 5-1 on their
current seven-game road stretch.
Bass only lasted 2 1/3 innings and surrendered six runs on seven hits to suffer his league-leading 13th loss.
The
two clubs conclude this three-game series on Wednesday night at
Lewis-Gale Medical Center Field. The Warthogs will hand the ball to
RHP Anthony Carter (5-4, 4.92), while the Avalanche are expected to
start RHP Erick Abreu (6-5, 4.12). The first pitch is scheduled for
7:07 p.m.
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