CarL1 Salem RidgeYaks

Sloppy Sox Fall 4-3 to Dash

Published on May 15, 2009 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Salem RidgeYaks News Release


Salem, VA (May 15, 2009)- Winston-Salem received seven strong innings from Charlie Shirek and two dominant frames from Jacob Rasner as the Dash held off the Red Sox 4-3 on Friday night at Lewis-Gale Field. The Sox helped out the Dash with a pair of errors in the first inning and three miscues on the night. Consequently, two of the four runs scored off Salem starter Seth Garrison were unearned. Garrison, who went a season high six and two-thirds innings, suffered the loss, his third of the season.

Leading off the game, Dale Mollenhauer drove a sinking liner to left field. Salem outfielder Chih-Hsien Chiang slid in his attempt to make the catch, but the ball went in and out of the glove to allow Mollenhauer to reach second base. Chiang was charged with an error. After an infield groundout moved Mollenhauer to third, the Dash took a 1-0 lead on Jim Gallagher's grounder to first that skipped off the glove of Mike Jones, the second miscue of the first inning. As the ball rolled into right-field, however, Gallagher took off for second base and was gunned down by Jason Place, helping Garrison escape the first-inning issues.

Salem had baserunners in each of the first three innings but was held scoreless by Shirek. Winston-Salem, meanwhile, scored another unearned run in the third inning and two more tallies in the fourth to lead 4-0. Greg Paiml's sac fly in the third plated Kent Gerst, while three consecutive singles from Brent Morel, Christian Marrero, and Logan Johnson helped the Dash score a pair in the fourth.

Trailing 4-0 in the sixth, the Red Sox put the leadoff runner on base for the first time in the contest when Kris Negron singled. Two more base-hits would follow, but a baserunning blunder mitigated Salem's comeback quest. After Jon Hee reached, Mike Jones' base hit plated Negron. Attempting to run from first to third, Hee was caught by a good cutoff throw for the inning's first out.

Salem inched closer in the seventh behind a clutch double by Luis Exposito. With two hits on the night, Exposito drilled an 0-2 pitch to deep center-field to bring the tying run to the plate, as Che-Hsuan Lin moved to third. The Red Sox scored both runs as Ty Weeden and Negron picked up RBIs on infield grounders, but the Sox could not overcome the deficit.

With the score 4-3, Winston-Salem reliever Jacob Rasner retired the final six batters of the game in order in the eighth and nine. Rasner picked up three strikeouts and earned his first save of the year, preserving the Carolina League-best sixth win for Charlie Shirek.

The two teams now separated by just a half-game at the top of the Southern Division standings, the Dash and Sox match up in game two of the three game set on Saturday evening at 6:05, with Salem's Dave McKae opposing Winston-Salem's Levi Maxwell.

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