SAL1 Hickory Crawdads

Season high crowd watches 13 run first inning; Augusta 15-10 win

Published on July 4, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
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An L.P. Frans Stadium season best crowd of 4,922 fans watched the Augusta GreenJackets tally eight runs in the first inning Tuesday night. They saw the Hickory Crawdads respond with five in the bottom of the first and three in last of the second to tie the game at eight. After three hours and six minutes of baseball, the fans were treated to a fireworks show following the Jackets 15-10 win in the first of a four game series.

Augusta drove Crawdad starter Luis Munoz from the game after retiring just one batter. The Jackets loaded the bases with nobody out in the first inning on two singles and a walk. Augusta RF Mike Mooney's sacrifice fly scoring DH Ben Copeland opened the scoring. GreenJacket 2B Eugenio Velez followed with a two run triple. After catcher Pablo Sandoval singled in a run to make it 4-0, LF Adalberto Paulino doubled in two and 2B Antoan Richardson tripled home the seventh run, driving Munoz from the game. Kyle Pearson relieved Munoz and after Copeland singled home Richardson to make it 8-0, Pearson finally got the final two outs of the inning.

Hickory struck against Augusta starter Dan Griffin with two outs in the bottom of the first. Crawdad RF Brad Corley singled with two outs and runners on the corners to make it 8-1. After LF Jason Delaney walked to load the bases, catcher Steve Lerud's grand slam made it an 8-5 game.

In the bottom of the second with two outs, Hickory SS John Santiago singled and CF Andrew McCutchen was hit by a pitch. Crawdad DH Mike McCuistion doubled both in to make it 8-7 and chase Griffin from the contest. Reliever Taylor Wilding allowed an RBI double to Corley that tied the game, but would go on to pitch scoreless innings in the third, fourth, fifth and sixth.

Augusta would re-take the lead for good in the third inning. GreenJacket 3B David Maroul belted the first of three Jacket homers in the game. Paulino added a two run shot in the seventh and SS Anthony Contreras smashed a solo dinger in the ninth.

The Crawdads would get back-to-back solo homers from McCuision and Corley leading off the seventh inning against reliever Buck Cody in the seventh. That drew Hickory within 13-10.

Wilding (1-0) went four and one-third innings allowing three hits and no runs to earn the win. Pearson (3-4) gave up three runs on six hits in four and two-third innings in the loss.

The two team play game two of the four game series at 7pm Wednesday night. Crawdad right hander Todd Redmond matches up with righty Dave McKae.

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