Norfolk Tides @ Charlotte Knights \u2014 Postponed due to weather
The Knights and Tides will make up Thursday\u2019s game as a part of a doubleheader on Friday, July 24.<\/p>\n
Montgomery Biscuits 6, Birmingham Barons 4<\/a> The Barons outhit Montgomery, 10-6, with 60% of those mashed for extra bases: four doubles and two home runs. B-ham went 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left five on base, and the Biscuits were nearly identical on that front except they left four on instead. Anthony DePino (one) and Colby Shelton (two) accounted for three of the four two-baggers and posted two hits apiece. The long balls, however, were both solo shots, one by Jorge Corona and the other by Adam Fogel.<\/p>\n MVP Runners-Up Cold Cat Winston-Salem Dash 1, Greensboro Grasshoppers 0 \u2014 Opener<\/a> Offensively, the Dash posted five hits but went just 1-for-5 with runners in scoring position, as Arxy Hern\u00e1ndez\u2019s RBI double in the bottom of the fourth was just enough. Hern\u00e1ndez was 2-for-3, and James Taussig scored the lone run of the game and also roped his 11th double of the season for the other extra-base hit.<\/p>\n MVP Runners-Up Cold Cat Greensboro Grasshoppers 7, Winston-Salem Dash 6 \u2014 Nightcap Lefthander Christian Oppor made his first appearance with Winston-Salem, but didn\u2019t even manage to get an out before giving up four runs and getting yanked. A pair of walks and a double loaded the bases up, and he walked a run in before Seth Keener replaced him and four more runs scored: four to Oppor and one to Keener, with Oppor receiving the L while the latter rightly was given a blown save.<\/p>\n Four Winston-Salem batters put up at least two hits, but it was Calvin Harris who led the day with three RBIs from a two-run tank and an RBI ground out. A whopping eight of the Dash\u2019s 10 hits were for extra bases, with seven doubles. George Wolkow and Bryce Eblin each doubled twice, accounting for four of Winston-Salem\u2019s seven doubles, while James Taussig added his second double of the day.<\/p>\n MVP Runners-Up Cold Cat Columbia Fireflies 2, Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 1<\/a> Despite a solid outing from righthander Gabe Tanner, he ended up with the loss, allowing just two runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts over six frames, but the bats couldn\u2019t support him on the other end. Jaden Fauske and Javier Mogoll\u00f3n held up the offense. Fauske recorded three of Kannapolis\u2019 six hits, going 3-for-3 with a walk and a double while scoring the Ballers\u2019 lone run. Mogoll\u00f3n drove him home with a double of his own. Fauske has been on a heater, posting eight hits in his last 13 at-bats with a .464 OBP in July (51 ABs), continuing to strengthen his case for a promotion to Winston-Salem.<\/p>\n MVP Runners-Up Cold Cat
A three-run eighth inning for the Biscuits (46-46) was the difference in this one, as the Barons (35-58) fumbled the lead to drop their second of the series, 6-4. Even though he gave up a home run, lefthander Lucas Gordon put together a decent enough start for Birmingham to win the game, but the bullpen couldn\u2019t hold up its end of the bargain. Gordon surrendered three runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts, but Pierce George gave up a game-tying double followed by a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth that immediately sent their chances of winning off a cliff.<\/p>\n
Colby Shelton (2B): 2-for-4, RBI, 2 2B<\/p>\n
Caleb Bonemer (SS): 1-for-4, R, 2B, K
Anthony DePino (DH): 2-for-4, RBI, K, 2B
Jorge Corona (1B): 1-for-4, R, RBI, HR
Liam Paddack (LHRP): 1 IP, H, BB, K, PO, Hold
Morris Austin (RHRP): 1 IP, 0 H, BB, K, Hold<\/p>\n
Pierce George (RHRP): 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, BB, HR, Blown Save, LOSS (1-1)
Lucas Gordon (LHSP): 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 4 K, HR, 2 Balk
Boston Smith (C): 0-for-4, K, E<\/p>\n
The opener to Thursday\u2019s doubleheader was a pitching duel from start to finish, with the Dash (51-41) persevering to defeat the Grasshoppers (57-35), 1-0. Righthander Jake Curtis made his third start of the year with Winston-Salem despite working out of the bullpen for the majority of the season, and held Greensboro to just two hits while striking out three in his five innings, earning his fourth win of the season. The bullpen was just as elite, not allowing another hit for the rest of the game as Max Banks recorded a hold and Garrett Wright snagged his third save of the season.<\/p>\n
Jake Curtis (RHSP): 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K, WIN (4-4)<\/p>\n
Arxy Hern\u00e1ndez (3B): 2-for-3, RBI, 2B
Max Banks (RHRP): 1 IP, 0 H, K, Hold
Garrett Wright (RHRP): 1 IP, 0 H, K, Save
James Taussig (LF): 1-for-3, R, 2B<\/p>\n
Ryan Burrowes (SS): 0-for-3
Ben Hartl (C): 0-for-2, K
Alex Ungar (RF): 0-for-2
Bryce Eblin (2B): 0-for-2, K<\/p>\n
<\/a>A bullpen implosion for the Dash (51-42) gave the Grasshoppers (58-35) the edge in game two, splitting the doubleheader after the loss, 7-6. Justin Sinibaldi turned in a solid five innings, allowing two runs on five hits, but once the game was handed over to the bullpen with a two-run lead, 4-2, things snowballed out of control fairly quickly.<\/p>\n
Calvin Harris (C): 1-for-4, R, 3 RBI, HR<\/p>\n
George Wolkow (RF): 2-for-4, 2 R, RBI, K, 2 2B, OA
James Taussig (DH): 2-for-4, 2 K, 2B
Bryce Eblin (2B): 2-for-3, R, 2 2B<\/p>\n
Christian Oppor (LHRP): 0 IP, H, 4 R, 3 BB, LOSS (0-1)
Seth Keener (RHSP): 1 IP, H, R, 2 K, BS
Jeral Perez (3B): 0-for-4
Kaleb Freeman (1B): 0-for-4, 2 K<\/p>\n
Both teams scored in the first inning and then never again, leaving the Fireflies (48-45) to outlast the Cannon Ballers (47-46), 2-1. Columbia outhit Kannapolis by one, 7-6, but the Ballers went 1-for-8 with runners in scoring position and left eight on base, unable to string anything together.<\/p>\n
Jaden Fauske (LF): 3-for-3, R, BB, 2B<\/p>\n
Javier Mogoll\u00f3n (2B): 1-for-4, RBI, K, 2B
Gabe Tanner (RHSP): 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, BB, 2 K, Loss (3-3)
Daniel Wright (RHRP): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 K
Alexander Albertus (1B): 1-for-3, BB, K, CS<\/p>\n
Matthew Boughton (SS): 0-for-4, K
Nick McLain (CF): 0-for-4
Christian Gonzalez (RF): 0-for-4, 2 K
Efren Teran (3B): 0-for-4, K<\/p>\n