Legends Top Kannapolis 3-1
May 24, 2016 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lexington Legends News Release
Lexington Legend D.J. Burt Slides into Third to Complete his Triple
(Lexington Legends, Credit: Mary Lay)
Torey Deshazier and Jake Kalish combined for seven and two-thirds innings of shutout relief as the Lexington Legends took a 3-1 win over the Kannapolis Intimidators Tuesday night at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
D.J. Burt and Travis Maezes each had two hits and a run batted in for Lexington.
The Legends scored a run in the first inning when Burt doubled, stole third, and came home on a sacrifice fly by Samir Duenez.
Kannapolis tied the score in the second. With one out, Antonio Rodriguez lined a pitch off the right arm of Legends starter Julio Pinto, who had to leave the game with a contusion of the forearm. He is listed as day-to-day. Rodriguez reached first on the hit. After Deshazier relieved Pinto, a wild pitch allowed Rodriguez to move to second. A two-out single by Landon Lassiter brought Rodriguez home with the tying run.
Maezes hit a solo homer in the bottom of the second to put Lexington back in front. The Legends added their final run in the fifth when Maezes singled, moved to third on a single by Michael Hill and scored on Burt's sacrifice fly.
Deshazier (1-1) pitched three and one-third innings and picked up the win. Kalish entered with two outs in the fifth and gave up one hit and no runs in four and one-third innings.
Kannapolis starter Tanner Banks (6-2) was the losing pitcher.
Each team has won one game in the series, which concludes Wednesday morning. Game time is 10:05 a.m.
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 Lexington Legend D.J. Burt Slides into Third to Complete his Triple (Mary Lay) |
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