Winston-Salem Dash: Game Notes (May 22 vs. Buies Creek)
May 22, 2018 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Winston-Salem Dash News Release
The Dash continue their five-game, four-day set against the Astros on Tuesday at BB&T Ballpark. First pitch is set for 7 p.m.
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WINSTON-SALEM DASH (23-20) vs. Buies Creek Astros (24-19)
RHP Jimmy Lambert (3-3, 3.41) vs. Hector Perez (0-1, 5.64 ERA)
7 p.m. - BB&T Ballpark (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
Game #44 (Home Game #20)
DASH FALL 4-1 IN SERIES OPENER
Dash left-hander Bernardo Flores registered his sixth quality start of the season on Monday, but the Dash recorded a season-low three hits on Buies Creek defeated Winston-Salem 4-1 in the series opener at BB&T Ballpark. Overall, Flores allowed four runs on 10 hits in his seven innings of work. Buies Creek plated a run in the top of the first. After Osvaldo Duarte led off the game with a single against Flores, he eventually scored on a single from Troy Sieber to give the Astros a 1-0 lead. Winston-Salem struck right back in the bottom of the frame. Alex Call singled with one out and then moved to second on a wild pitch. Then, Blake Rutherford singled through the right side to bring around Call for his team-leading 31st RBI of the season. However, after allowing a run in the first, Astros starter Abdiel Saldana finished his outing without allowing another baserunner. The Astros took the lead for good in the third. With runners on second and third, Kristian Trompiz stroked a two-run single to make it a 3-1 contest.
STILL MR. CONSISTENCY
Despite picking up the loss, Flores has now gone at least six innings in seven of his eight starts this season. Overall, the Dash left-hander is 3-3 with a 2.90 ERA in his second go-around in Winston-Salem. Meanwhile, the former USC Trojan has yet to go fewer than five innings in a contest. Flores is currently second in the league in innings pitched.
WELL-BALANCED ATTACK
Through the first 40 games of the season, the Dash have proven to be one of the most well-rounded teams in the Carolina League. Winston sits among the league leaders in several offensive categories. Winston-Salem leads the league in doubles (93), and the team is second in the league in batting average (.271), on-base percentage (.354), hits (391) and slugging percentage (.426). Meanwhile, Winston-Salem is third in the circuit in home runs (34) and runs scored (219). On the mound, the Dash sport the second-best ERA in the Carolina League with a 3.58 mark, with the third-most strikeouts (375).
HOT BATS
Among the Dash hitters, Zach Remillard, Alex Call and Ti'Quan Forbes have been swinging the hottest bats for Winston-Salem:
OF Alex Call: 18-for-54 (.333) with three homers and 13 RBIs over his last 15 games
INF Ti'Quan Forbes: 16-for-39 (.410) with one homer and 11 RBIs in 10 games
INF Zach Remillard: 13-for-40 (.325) over his last 10 games; five multi-hit contests
WE MEET AGAIN, ASTROS
Tuesday marks the second game of a five-game set between the Buies Creek Astros and the Dash from May 21-24 at BB&T Ballpark. The two teams will square off in a doubleheader on Wednesday due to a rainout that occurred last Thursday at Jim Perry Stadium. Winston-Salem is currently 3-3 this season against its Southern Division foe. In their last matchup at BB&T Ballpark this year, the Dash took two of three against the Astros from May 4-6. Overall, the Dash and Astros will face one another 20 times in 2018. Currently, Buies Creek sits half a game back of first-place Down East in the Southern Division with Winston-Salem a close third at 1.5 games back of first.
A BULLDOG ON THE MOUND
Right-hander Jimmy Lambert will take the hill for Winston-Salem in game two on Tuesday. Lambert is currently 3-3 with a 3.41 ERA in six starts this season. A fifth-round pick by the White Sox in 2016, Lambert has recorded three straight quality starts in his last three outings, with his best start of the season having come against the Wilmington Blue Rocks on April 27, when he allowed just two hits and no runs and earned Carolina League Pitcher of the Week honors as a result.
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