Winston-Salem Earns Series Split with 5-2 Win over Brooklyn
August 7, 2022 - South Atlantic League (SAL)
Winston-Salem Dash News Release
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - The Winston-Salem Dash secured a series split with a 5-2 win over the Brooklyn Cyclones in the series finale.
Neither club could scratch across a run, until the top of the third inning. Duke Ellis led the frame off with a first-pitch double to right, then he advanced to third on a fielder's choice ground out. Next up was Bryan Ramos, and he doubled to center field to score Ellis, and give Winston-Salem the 1-0 edge.
Tommy Sommer tossed two more scoreless innings in the third and fourth, before the bats picked him up in the top of the fifth. It began again with Duke Ellis, as he singled, stole second base, then moved up to third on a wild pitch. After a walk, Bryan Ramos tallied another RBI with a sacrifice fly which allowed Ellis to cross the plate.
Armed with a 2-0 lead now, Sommer ran into some trouble in the home half of the fifth. Jose Peroza and Joe Suozzi both singled to open the inning, then Matt Rudick walked on five pitches to load the bases. Shervyen Newton was then able to cut the Dash lead in half with a sacrifice fly to plate Peroza. Sommer struck out Gregory Guerrero for out number two, but after allowing a single to Rowdey Jordan, that was it for Sommer. Nick Gallagher entered from the Dash bullpen, and induced a pop-out to end the inning. That put Sommer's final line score at 4.2 innings of one-run ball, while setting a new high-water mark in a Dash uniform with six strikeouts.
Brooklyn was able to stage a two-out rally in the sixth, starting with a walk and stolen base by Peroza, then Suozzi was hit by a pitch. That lead to a change on the mound, as Wilber Perez replaced Gallagher. He walked Matt Rudick to load the bases, but rung up Shervyen Newton on strikes to escape the jam with no damage.
Duke Ellis reached base for the third time of the game on a leadoff walk in the top of the seventh, although he was caught trying to steal second. Later, with two outs, Bryan Ramos singled and Ben Norman walked to put traffic on the basepaths for Winston-Salem. Then, Tyler Osik pushed the advantage to 3-1 with his opposite-field single to plate Ramos.
After two quick outs in the top of the eighth, Caberea Weaver reached on an E5. Duke Ellis then smacked his third hit of the day, an RBI double to give Winston-Salem a 4-1 lead. However, Matt Rudick cracked a solo home run in the bottom of the frame to bring the deficit back to two runs.
In the ninth for Winston-Salem, Bryan Ramos worked a walk, then Ben Norman singled with Ramos alertly going first-to-third. Tyler Osik then got Ramos home with a sacrifice fly to center field.
Luis Amaya got the nod for the bottom of the ninth, and he retired the Cyclones in order to lock down a 5-2 Dash win. Amaya got the save, with Nick Gallagher taking the win, and Luis Moreno was saddled with the loss.
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