Astros fall to Royals, 9-7, in 11 innings
July 24, 2015 - Appalachian League (ApL)
Greeneville Astros News Release
Osvaldo Duarte of the Greeneville Astros Congratulated after Triple
(Greeneville Astros, Credit: Hunter Reed)
Greeneville, TN - The Greeneville Astros (16-13) lost 9-7 to the Burlington Royals (15-16) in eleven innings on Friday night at Pioneer Park despite at rallying effort beginning in the first frame.
The Astros were down early after allowing five runs to the Royals in the first inning of the matchup. With two outs, Burlington capitalized on three hits, two walks and two Greeneville errors to jump to a 5-0 lead off starter Albert Abreu.
Greeneville retorted with a pair of runs in the bottom of the first spurred by a leadoff walk credited to shortstop Osvaldo Duarte. Duarte followed by stealing his team-leading tenth base of the season with second baseman Ford Stainback batting. Stainback reached on a Royals fielding error for first baseman Conner Goedert to score Duarte with a RBI single to center.
Before the inning was up left fielder Brauly Mejia plated Stainback with a single to centerfield to make the game 5-2 in the Royals favor.
The score remained at a three-run differential through the second, third and fourth innings as Astros relievers Lachlan Madden and Alejandro Solarte held the Royals. The Astros closed the gap to two runs in the bottom of the fifth with a double by Stainback followed by a sacrifice fly RBI to Goedert's credit.
With the score 5-3, Burlington added a run in the top of the sixth as Luke Willis singled then scored on a RBI double to right field by Austin Bailey.
The Astros narrowed the gap with four runs between the seventh (3 runs) and eighth (1 run) innings. Centerfielder Luis Payano led off the seventh with a double then was followed by walks issued to Stainback and Duarte. Payano scored on a fielder's choice with Duarte crossing the plate on a sacrifice fly to left by Goedert. Stainback came in to score the third run on a sacrifice fly to left by designated hitter Justin Garcia to tie the game, 6-6.
The lone Astros run in the eighth came as a result of Payano reaching on a fielding error then scoring on a Duarte triple down the right field line to put Greeneville ahead, 7-6.
The Royals tied the game at seven runs in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch by reliever Salvador Montaño to score Jose Martinez, who reached on a leadoff single. Montaño finished the night with five innings pitched, six hits allowed, two runs and four strikeouts.
Burlington recorded the final blow to down the Astros in the top of the eleventh inning with Samil De Los Santos on the mound. With Bailey on first after a single, Brandon Dulin knocked a home run to right field to give the Royals the 9-7 advantage.
On the mound, Solarte led the staff with three innings pitched, three hits allowed and no runs. Madden recorded two and one-third innings allowing one hit, walking two and striking out three batters. De Los Santos finished the night with one full inning, two hits, one walk and two runs allowed.
At the plate, Stainback who recorded a double and three runs spearheaded the Astros with a one-for-four effort. Duarte, Garcia and catcher Christian Correa also had one-for-four games with Duarte scoring two runs and Correa hitting a double. Mejia and Hector Roa were both one-for-five with Mejia recording one RBI.
Payano finished the night one-for-five with a double and two runs scored. Goedert led Greeneville in RBI with three in a one-for-three performance.
The Astros will host the Burlington Royals at Pioneer Park on Saturday in the second game of the series with first pitch scheduled for 6 PM.
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