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Freeman's First Homer Not Enough in Suns Loss

April 19, 2018 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
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Hagerstown, MD - Anderson Franco had a game-high three hits for the Hagerstown Suns in their 10-7 loss to the Lexington Legends on Thursday night at Whitaker Bank Ballpark. The Suns are 3-11 overall and will play the second of four games against the Legends on Friday night with a 7:05 PM first pitch.

Hagerstown put up a four spot in the first inning against Legends starter Collin Snider. Cole Freeman walked, and Luis Garcia reached on an error. Juan Soto doubled to right field, driving in Freeman and giving the Suns a 1-0 lead. Franco singled to center to score Garcia, and Yasel Antuna grounded into a fielder's choice to plate Soto and give Hagerstown a 3-0 lead. Nick Banks reached on a fielder's choice to drive in Antuna and the Suns took a 4-0 lead.

Lexington was quick to tie the game in the bottom of the first against Tomas Alastre for the Suns. Cal Jones and Travis Jones walked, and Nick Pratto singled to right to load the bases. A wild pitch scored Cal Jones and moved Travis Jones and Pratto up a base. With one out Dennicher Carrasco grounded a single to left to score Travis Jones and make it a 4-2 game. Vance Vizcaino doubled to center to score Pratto, and Carrasco was thrown out at home on the relay with Vizcaino going to third. He scored in the next at-bat when Marten Gasparini singled to center, tying the game at 4-4.

The Suns took the lead in the second inning against Snider. With one out, Soto singled to right and Franco doubled to center, moving Soto to third. Antuna grounded out to second, plating Soto and moving Franco to third to give the Suns a 5-4 lead.

In the bottom of the frame, Lexington tied it up again with Alastre on the hill. Ricky Aracena singled to left and stole second. Cal Jones grounded out and allowed Aracena to go to third, scoring when Travis Jones hit a sacrifice fly to right to tie the game, 5-5.

The Suns, once again, scratched across a run in the top of the third against Snider. Armond Upshaw worked a two-out walk and stole second. Freeman singled to left and drove Upshaw in to make it a 6-5 Suns lead with Freeman going to second on the throw to home. Garcia struck out swinging to end the inning and the threat.

Lexington took the lead for good in the bottom of the third in Alastre's final inning of work. MJ Melendez took the second pitch of his lead off at-bat over the right field fence to tie the game, 5-5. With one out Vizcaino walked and Marten Gasparini singled to move Vizcaino into scoring position. Jeison Guzman grounded into a fielder's choice to Antuna at shortstop, but Antuna made a throwing error to first that allowed Vizcaino to score and make it a 7-6 Lexington advantage.

Two more runs crossed for the Legends in the fourth against SAL Pitcher of the Week Ben Braymer. Ricky Aracena doubled to center and went to third when Travis Jones grounded out to third for the second out of the inning. Pratto hit his second homer of the season to right, driving in a pair of runs to extend the Lexington lead to 9-6. The Legends added a run in the seventh after Travis Jones doubled and stole third, but Suns catcher Alex Flores overthrew third base on the play and Jones scored to give the Legends a 10-6 lead.

Cole Freeman hit his first professional homer in the eighth against Lexington reliever Carter Hope to bring the Suns within three with a score of 10-7, but Garcia struck out to end the frame. The Suns went down in order in the ninth to seal the 11th loss of the season.

Alastre (0-1) took the loss after allowing seven runs (six earned) on eight hits over three innings of work, with three walks and two strikeouts. Braymer tossed four innings in relief, allowing three runs on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts. Jeremy McKinney threw a perfect ninth, striking out two.

Notes: Franco had a season-high three hits... Freeman's homer in the eighth was to left field, just the second homer for the Suns this season to leave that part of the yard... Hagerstown entered Thursday's game having scored five runs in the first inning, a total which was nearly doubled tonight with four... The mark also ties the most runs scored in an inning by Hagerstown, who scored four runs in an inning against Greensboro on April 12... Franco has three multi-hit games and tonight was his first three-hit game of the year... Freeman had his third multi-hit game of the season as well... Soto had his fifth... Freeman also had the second multi-RBI game of his career... Antuna had his first multi-RBI game the season...The Legends left just two runners on base but had 12 hits... The Suns play the second game in a four-game series with the Lexington Legends on Friday at Whitaker Bank Ballpark in Lexington with a 7:05 PM first pitch... Hagerstown will send RHP Jackson Stoeckinger (0-1, 12.86 ERA) to the mound against Lexington LHP Daniel Tillo (0-0, 1.59 ERA)... The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pregame show at 6:50 PM on www.hagerstownsuns.com by going to multimedia and "Listen Live" which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android... The broadcast is also available on the Hagerstown Suns Radio Network in the Tune-In Radio App.

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