Mieses Homer, Shut Down 'Pen Lead Dash in 3-2 Win
Published on June 7, 2022 under South Atlantic League (SAL)
Winston-Salem Dash News Release
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Winston-Salem opened up the second installment of the Battle of I-40 with a 3-2 win over Greensboro.
On the very first pitch in the bottom of the first,
Duke Ellis launched the ball high and deep and off the batter's eye in center field for a solo home run.
Luis Moncada was the starter in the series opener for Winston-Salem, and he delivered three scoreless innings to begin the night, while picking up a pair of strikeouts as well.
In the third inning, Oscar Colas started things off with a double and then moved to second base on a sacrifice fly. Up stepped Luis Mieses, who took a first-pitch ball before sending a towering drive down the right field line, and over the wall for a two-run home run. That put the Dash up 3-0, heading to the fourth inning.
Greensboro battled back in the top of the fourth, starting with a one-out walk to Endy Rodriguez. Then, *Fabricio Macias rolled one over to the right side of the infield, but a throwing error allowed Rodriguez and Macias to advance to third base and second base respectively. A wild pitch allowed Rodriguez to score, cutting the Dash lead to 3-1.
The 'Hoppers started the fifth inning with a Yoyner Fajardo walk and a Dariel Lopez single, then both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Abrahan Gutierrez proceeded to lift a fly ball into deep center field, which was enough to score Fajardo from third.
Armed with a 3-2 lead, the Dash bullpen was called upon to preserve a one run lead. After Everett Hazelwood wrapped up the fifth inning, he wound up going 2.2 innings in relief on Moncada, surrendering one base hit and punching out four Greensboro hitters.
With two outs in the top of the seventh, Trey Jeans relieved Hazelwood. Jeans recorded the last out of the seventh, then sent down the Grasshoppers 1-2-3 in the eighth. He recorded two strikeouts to start the ninth, allowed a two-strike single to Jackson Glenn, before sending Fajardo down on strikes to end the ballgame. Jeans got the save, Hazelwood got the win, and Adrian Florencio took the loss.
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