Greenville opens second half with narrow win over Hickory
Published on June 22, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hickory Crawdads News Release
The Greenville Drive got a run in the top of the eighth inning on 1B Logan Sorenson's two out RBI triple and beat the Hickory Crawdads 5-4 in front of 3,122 fans in the South Atlantic League's second half season opener Thursday night at L.P. Frans Stadium.
The Crawdads struck first in the bottom of the first inning against Drive starter Mike Rozier. Crawdad SS Brent Lillibridge scored his league leading fifty-fifth run of the season on CF Andrew McCutchen's sacrifice fly ball to make it 1-0 Hickory . Greenville plated two off of Hickory right hander Joe Bauserman in the second inning. Drive LF Chris Turner slammed a two run shot to give Greenville the lead. The Drive made it 3-1 on RF Jay Johnson's solo dinger in the third inning. It was 4-1 Greenville after CF Bubba Bell's single scoring Turner in the fourth.
The âDads rallied for a pair in the fourth inning on 3B Tony Masnolino's two run shot to make it 4-3. Hickory LF Jason Delaney tied the contest with an opposite field homer in the seventh inning.
With the game even in the eighth, Crawdad reliever Jean Garavito came out for his second inning of work. After striking out the side in the seventh, he allowed a one out infield single to Johnson. After a ground out moved the runner to second, and a wild pitch put Johnson at third with two outs, Sorenson tripled into the right field corner to make it 5-4 Greenville.
Bauserman allowed four runs on six hits in six innings. Rozier went six and gave up four runs on seven hits. Garavito (5-6) allowed the one run in two innings on two hits to take the loss. Jason Blackey (2-0) allowed one hit in one inning for the win. Hunter Jones earned his fifth save with two scoreless, one hit innings.
The two teams play the second of four games at 7pm Friday night. Crawdad right hander Luis Munoz challenges Greenville righty Clay Buchholtz.
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