Doubledays Hammer Scrappers for Third Win of Season
June 20, 2016 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Auburn Doubledays News Release
The Auburn Doubledays, Short Season Single-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals, bounced back from their first loss of the season to crush the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 7-1, on Monday night at Falcon Park. Shortstop Clayton Brandt knocked in two runs for the Doubledays in the win.
Auburn (3-1) jumped on Mahoning Valley (1-3) starting pitcher Luis Jimenez early. In the bottom of the first inning, Blake Perkins led off with a double. Perkins tagged up and advanced to third base on an Andres Martinez fly out to right field. After a Randy Encarnacion walk, Ryan Ripken hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Perkins to give the Doubledays a 1-0 lead.
The Doubledays added two runs in the third inning. Angelo LaBruna walked to begin the inning. Perkins then grounded to the shortstop position, but Scrappers shortstop Luke Wakamatsu misplayed the ball as LaBruna advanced all the way from first base to third base and Perkins was safe at first. Martinez followed with a ground ball to second base, but Erlin Cerda bobbled the ball in an attempt to toss the ball to second base, so all the runners were safe and LaBruna scored to increase Auburn's lead to two. After an Encarnacion strikeout, Ripken walked to load the bases. Two batters later, Oliver Ortiz worked a walk to score Perkins from third as the Doubledays took a 3-0 advantage.
Mahoning Valley's lone run came in the top of the fifth inning off Auburn starting pitcher Yonathan Ramirez. With one out and nobody on, Jodd Carter hit a home run to left field to cut the Doubledays' lead to 3-1. That run was the only blemish of the night for Ramirez who pitched five innings of three-hit ball, while striking out five batters.
The Doubledays responded in the bottom of the fifth inning with four runs off left-hander Randy Valladares to break the game open. With two outs, Ripken walked. Tres Barrea followed with a single to put runners on first and second. Ortiz then singled, moving Barrera to second and scoring Ripken to put Auburn up 4-1. Valladares then hit Jake Jefferies to load the bases. With the bases loaded, Brandt singled to score Barrera and Ortiz to open a 6-1 Doubledays advantage. The fourth run of the inning scored when LaBruna singled with Jefferies on third base. Jefferies scored, and the Doubledays led 7-1.
Auburn right-handers Maximo Valerio and Angher Cespedes combined for four innings of scoreless relief work while only allowing one Mahoning Valley hit.
The Doubledays and Scrappers conclude their three-game series Tuesday night at Falcon Park. The Doubledays are scheduled to send right-hander Weston David to the mound to face Scrappers left-hander Ryan Colegate. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. Tuesday night is also Human Services Coalition Night. General Admission tickets are available to be purchased from the Human Services Coalition to benefit the organization.
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