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Sox and Dash Split a Pair

Published on September 4, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Salem RidgeYaks News Release


Salem, VA (September 4, 2010) - The Red Sox and Dash exchanged a win and a loss apiece on the final Saturday night of the 2010 regular season, with Salem earning a 2-0 shutout victory in the resumption of the suspended game from August 18, and Winston grabbing a 3-1 triumph in the nightcap. In 17 meetings between the two clubs this season, 15 have been decided by four runs or less, with 10 of them having been determined by just one or two runs.

Zach Hammes' resurgence highlighted the opener, as the two clubs resumed with Salem ahead 1-0 in the top of the fourth inning. Hammes dominated through four scoreless innings, striking out six to improve his record to 3-3 and shrink his ERA to 4.63. It was the ninth time in his last ten outings that he did not allow a single run.

Salem added to their 1-0 lead thanks to Alex Hassan's leadoff triple against Hector Santiago in the top of the sixth inning. Adalberto Ibarra lined a sacrifice fly to deep left to score Hassan and give the Sox a 2-0 edge. Salem's other run was an unearned tally from back on August 18 in the first inning off starter Dylan Axelrod, with Mitch Dening scoring on a sac fly by Will Middlebrooks.

In game two, Stephen Sauer handled the Red Sox lineup through most of the night, never facing more than four batters in any one inning until the Sox finally scratched a run against him in the sixth. With two outs, Dening doubled and promptly scored on Dan Butler's single. Otherwise, Sauer was masterful, yielding just one run on six hits over six innings, with no walks and four strikeouts. Tyson Corley retired the Red Sox 1-2-3 in the ninth, with three softly struck grounders leading to his 10th save.

Winston plated a pair in the second and one more in the fifth off Caleb Clay, whose record dropped to a disappointing 4-13. In the second, Seth Loman walked on four pitches to begin the frame and Nick Ciolli's double moved him to third. Ozzie Lewis' grounder to a back-up second-baseman gave the Dash their first run, while Drew Garcia's sac fly to deep right-center plated another. Up 2-0, Winston added their final run when Jose Martinez bopped a sacrifice fly out to right, scoring Greg Paiml from third.

The 3-1 Winston win was completed in one hour and 40 minutes, matching Salem's shortest game (time-wise) of the season.

With two games of their unorthodox five-game-in-three-day series in the books, the Sox and Dash will square off in another double-dip on Sunday afternoon beginning at 2:05 at Lewis-Gale Field. Following Sunday's action, the 2010 season wraps up with a 12:05 Labor Day matinee on Monday.

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