CarL1 Down East Wood Ducks

Errors Hold Woodies Back in Loss

Published on August 10, 2018 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Down East Wood Ducks News Release


LYNCHBURG, VA - Unearned runs were the difference for the Hillcats (27-20, 56-58) as they defeated the Wood Ducks (15-33, 50-68) 6-3 with three unearned runs on the night. Down East benefited on homers from LeDarious Clark and Alex Kowalczyk to push their league lead to 103 homers this season.

Clark's blast in the first came eight pitches into the game for a 1-0 Wood Duck lead. It was his eighth homer of the season and his second off of Lynchburg starer Tanner Tully this season.

The lead would be short-lived as the Hillcats responded with a double and a single in the bottom of the inning to tie the game at one. A double play helped contain the threat for starter Rollie Lacy, but the second inning would not be so kind.

Lynchburg took advantage of an error in the frame and loaded the bases with the bottom of the order due up. Lacy subsequently allowed a walk, a sac fly, and an RBI single to give the Hillcats a 4-1 lead.

One of the three runs in the second were unearned and they added another in the fourth on a passed ball. With the Woodies trailing 5-1, they started to get the offense clicking in the fifth on a two-out rally started by Leody Taveras' single. Clark would follow with a base hit and then Leblanc tagged an RBI double to left-center - the second of three hits in the game for Chuck.

Both offense went quiet from there until the seventh. Kaleb Fontenot delivered three innings of relief to match a season-high and did not allow an earned run in his work.

Kowalcyzk's homer plated the last run for the Wood Ducks in the game as a no double blast to left-center field. His tenth homer set a new career-high for a single season and extended his on-base streak to 10 games.

Down East will look to bounce back in game two on Saturday night at 6:00 p.m. Right-hander Steven Bruce will try to follow up his historic complete game shutout last Sunday against the Dash against Hillcats right-hander Eli Morgan.

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