Salem Sox vs. Dash - Game Notes - August 15, 2013
August 15, 2013 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Salem Red Sox News Release
Extra Effort: The resilient Red Sox prevailed 5-4 on Wednesday despite giving away a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning. The 10-inning triumph allowed Salem to stay within a game and a half of Carolina in the race for the final playoff spot. The victory also improved the Sox to 5-9 in extra-inning games this year. Adding a 10-inning contest after Salem's 18-inning affair on Tuesday, the Sox set a Salem pro baseball record with the most innings ever played in a two day span. With 28 innings in the last two days, the Sox surpassed two Salem experiences in the 1970s when the squad played 27 innings over two days, both including one nine-inning game and another 18-inning contest. Salem enters Thursday night with 19 games remaining in the 2013 regular season, 11 of which will be played at LewisGale Field.
Quality Streaking: Mickey Pena, who starts tonight, could be 6-0 in his last six starts, but the Sox had only scored 13 runs of support for him in his last half a dozen outings. Consequently, Pena suffered another loss on Saturday night, despite permitting just one run over six innings. The lefty has a 2.08 ERA in his last six starts, permitting nine runs on 29 hits in 39 innings and holding foes to a .218 average.
Place Your Betts: The defending Carolina League Player of the Week went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's victory, giving him a .378 (17-for-45) clip with seven walks and 13 RBI in his last 12 games. Mookie Betts drove in a career high five-runs this past Sunday, and he's a perfect 14-for-14 in stolen base attempts since being promoted from Greenville. He has not been caught since a July 6 game in the South Atlantic League. Between the two levels, he has 31 steals in 33 tries on the season. Since Mike Augliera received the Pitcher of the Week award on July 8, a Salem player has been named either Player of Pitcher of the Week in six straight weeks. Augliera received the Pitcher's honor three times, while Henry Owens earned it once. Stefan Welch was also named Player of the Week in July.
Getting Defensive: While Salem was charged with one error on Wednesday, the Red Sox defense remains far and away the top unit in the league for the season. In fact, even if the Sox made 10 errors in tonight's game and no one else in the Carolina League made an error, Salem would still own the fewest errors in the circuit for the season. The Sox have made just eight errors in their last 17 games.
The Longest Game in Salem Red Sox History: Lasting two innings and 26 minutes longer than Salem's 16-inning setback on Friday, July 26, Tuesday's double-niner has become the longest contest for the Sox since the affiliation with the Red Sox began in 2009. Salem batters struck out 21 times in 18 innings, with Keury De La Cruz enduring a titanium sombrero with six strikeouts in eight at-bats. The professional record for Ks in a game is seven, suffered by Russ Laribee of the PawSox in the legendary 33-inning game in 1981. After Salem scored two in the first on Stefan Welch's two-run blast, the Sox failed to score in the next 17 innings. Amazingly, Salem went the entire game without obtaining a hit with runners in scoring position. Salem went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position; Wilmington went 2-for-14.
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