SAL1 Lexington Legends

Suns Top Legends, 8-2

Published on July 12, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lexington Legends News Release


(WHITAKER BANK BALLPARK, Lexington, Ky.) Jimmy Yezzo hit two home runs for Hagerstown, and the Suns took an 8-2 win over the Lexington Legends Saturday night.

The Suns scored a run in the fourth inning on a double by Wilmer Difo and a single by Isaac Ballou. Yezzo hit a solo homer with one out in the fifth, and Spencer Kieboom doubled home Difo in the sixth to give Hagerstown a 3-0 lead.

The visitors pulled away with five runs in the seventh inning. Yezzo led off with his second home run of the game. David Masters followed with a single and moved to third on two wild pitches. Carlos Lopez walked, and Masters and Lopez both scored on a double by Rafael Bautista. Bautista stole third and then scored on a double by Ballou. Drew Ward's two-out single scored Ballou with the fifth run of the inning, giving the Suns an 8-0 lead.

The Legends scored a run in the seventh on a double by Mauricio Ramos, a ground out, and Chad Johnson's sacrifice fly. They added a final run in the eighth when Fred Ford singled, moved to second on Carlos Garcia's ground out, to third on a wild pitch and scored on Kenny Diekroeger's single.

Ronald Pena (1-0), who worked the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, got the win. Legends starter Pedro Fernandez (0-6), who allowed three runs in five and one-third innings, took the loss.

The Suns have won the first three games in the series, which concludes Sunday. Game time is 6:05 p.m.

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