GreenJackets Come up 90 Feet Short in 11 Inning Duel
Published on August 1, 2023 under Carolina League (CarL)
Augusta GreenJackets News Release
North Augusta, SC - The Augusta GreenJackets (Atlanta Braves) dropped a pitcher's duel to the Columbia Fireflies (Kansas City Royals), falling 3-2 in 11 innings to their Palmetto State rivals. Columbia (15-16, 50-46) stranded the potential tying and winning runs for Augusta (14-17, 45-51) on second and third base in the bottom of the 11th, securing a nervy win in the series opener.
Luis Vargas made his third start of the season for Augusta, and did his part in breezing through the Fireflies lineup. Vargas held the visitors hitless through the first three innings, allowing two hits in the fourth, but finishing his outing in the seventh allowing only those two knocks and keeping Charleston off the board entirely. Ben Hernandez made his fourth start of the season for the Fireflies, and matched Vargas strike for strike, going six scoreless innings as well.
Estarlin Rodriguez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings in relief of Vargas, while Ben Sears pitched two shutout innings for the Fireflies, sending the game to the ninth inning scoreless. Again, the Fireflies and GreenJackets could not punch across the game's first run, sending the game to extra innings knotted at 0. Jason Franks pitched a scoreless ninth for Augusta and allowed only the ghost runner to score in the 10th, and with Augusta down 1-0 and down to their final strike in the bottom of the frame, Tyler Collins stole third and scored on a throwing error to tie the game at 1.
For the first time this year, Augusta sent a game to the 11th, where Chad Bryant entered to pitch. Bryant ended up surrendering a leadoff RBI triple to Austin Charles, who would score two batters later to put the visitors up 3-1 going into the bottom of the inning. Cory Acton capped off his three-hit game with an RBI single in the bottom of the frame, scoring the ghost runner Tavarez, but Jair Casanova fanned on three pitches with the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring positions to end the game with Columbia on top 3-2.
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