Suns Take Early Lead, Top Legends 7-2
June 25, 2016 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lexington Legends News Release
D.J. Burt of the Lexington Legends Homers in the First Inning
(Lexington Legends, Credit: Mary Lay/Lexington Legends)
The Hagerstown Suns built an early lead and went on to a 7-2 win over the Lexington Legends in front of 6,546 fans Saturday night at Whitaker Bank Ballpark.
Victor Robles led off the game with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Max Schrock. Consecutive singles by Grant DeBruin, Rhett Wiseman and Matthew Page produced a second run.
The Legends answered in the bottom of the first with a solo homer by D.J. Burt, but the Suns came back with two more runs in the second inning. Austin Davidson led off with a single and moved to second on a wild pitch. After Edwin Lora popped out, Telmito Agustin doubled to left field, scoring Davidson. Agustin was caught stealing third, but Robles and Schrock followed with back-to-back doubles, and the Suns led 4-1.
A homer by Jecksson Flores in the bottom of the third made the score 4-2, but Hagerstown added a run in the sixth when Cody Dent's bunt single scored Jakson Reetz from third base.
DeBruin hit a two-run homer for Hagerstown in the seventh to close out the scoring.
Hagerstown starter Pedro Avila (6-5) allowed two runs on three hits in five and two-thirds innings to get the win. He struck out eight batters and walked two.
Legends starter Nolan Watson (2-7) was the losing pitcher.
Hagerstown has won the first three games of the series, which concludes Sunday. Game time is 2:05 p.m.
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 D.J. Burt of the Lexington Legends Homers in the First Inning (Mary Lay/Lexington Legends) |
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