RedWolves Blast Past Blowfish, 5-1
June 4, 2015 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Florence RedWolves News Release
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C.- On a crisp evening, the (5-3) Florence RedWolves took a trip down I-20 to hash it out with their in-state and in-division rival, the Lexington County Blowfish at the newly built, Lexington County Baseball Stadium. The RedWolves went on to win, 5-1 with two back-to-back solo homeruns.
Both pitchers were dialed in from the get-go, but Florence would be the first one to strike in the top of the third. The RedWolves' nine-spot hitter and second leadoff man, Shuler Ward (Francis Marion University) got the red and black going with a solo blast over the left field walk, taking the 1-0 lead. Chris Adams (Lee University) followed suit and cranked a solo shot of his own over the right field wall for back-to-back jacks. With one away, Chaz Pal (USC-Aiken) doubled down the left field line, Ben Holland (Lee University) drove Pal in with the RBI single to right. This gave Florence the 3-0 lead going into the fourth inning.
In the bottom of the fourth, Lexington County's Howard Joe (Mercer), cut the deficit to two with a solo homerun, making it a 3-1 ball game.
The RedWolves were able to bat in two more insurance runs in the top of the ninth off of Lexington's Trevor Bradley (USC-Aiken). Adams began the inning with a leadoff walk, his second walk of the evening. Catcher, Nathan Wierzgac (Lee University) laid down a sac-bunt, moving Adams to second with one away. Pal then singled to second base, putting runners on the corners. On the ensuing pitch, Pal delayed his steal to second, getting in a rundown. While in the rundown, Adams was able to advance home being credited the stolen base; Pal safe at second and then safe at third after putting on the swim move getting the stolen base. With two-away, third baseman, Matt Williams (University of South Carolina) would reach first base safely on a throwing error by the Blowfish third baseman, scoring Pal on the play for the RBI. These two runs extended the lead by four, giving the RedWolves a 5-1 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Florence was able to hold on indeed, taking care of business winning 5-1 and extending it's lead in first place of the West Division.
Florence's starting pitcher of the night was right-hander from the University of South Carolina, Tyler Haswell. Haswell was dialed in throughout the night, earning his first win of the season (1-0), tossing a strong 7.0 innings, giving up one run, seven hits, a walk, and four strikeouts.
Ivon Clough (Southern New Hampshire) came on in relief and closed out the eighth and ninth. Clough threw two innings, giving up no runs, two hits, no walks, and three strikeouts.
Lexington County's starter, Heath Holder (University of Georgia) wound up getting the loss (0-1) after going five innings, letting up three runs on six hits, two walks, three hit-by-pitches, and two strikeouts.
Trevor Bradley moved from shortstop to pitcher from the seventh inning on, working three innings, giving up two runs, one earned on one hit, a walk, and seven strikeouts.
With the win, Florence improves to (6-3) on the season, and brings the head-to-head record against the Blowfish to (1-1) for the season.
The RedWolves will be on the road to take on the Wilmington Sharks Friday and will be back home to face the Morehead City Marlins Saturday at 7:00pm.
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