Wong Masterful in 5-1 Win over Lexington
Published on April 30, 2019 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Augusta GreenJackets News Release
North Augusta, SC: In a game where neither team had a hit until the 6th inning, it was Augusta starting pitcher Jake Wong who went to 2-1 on the season after he tossed six innings of no-hit baseball, and the GreenJackets (12-11) defeated the Lexington Legends (12-12) by a final score of 5-1.
Wong made his fifth start of the season and retired the first six batters he faced. Jonathan Bowlan was equally as good for Lexington as both pitchers took no-hitters into the 6th inning. Wong finished his day after six innings without allowing a hit and striking-out six. While Bowlan was unable to record an out in the 6th inning.
Nico Giarratano broke up Bowlan's no-hit bid with a double to start off the 6th inning. Ismael Munguia then singled and brought his hitting streak to 10-games. Jose Layer would drive in the first run of the game to make it 1-0 on a double, and it was Shane Matheny with a two-RBI double to make it 3-0 GreenJackets. Later in the inning, Jacob Gonzalez doubled to make it 4-0.
Bowlan finishes his day after five innings and he allows four runs.
Preston White worked a three-up, three-down 7th for Augusta, but in the 8th, White allowed a leadoff double from Nick Hutchins to end the GreenJackets no-hitter.
In the bottom of the 8th, Jacob Gonzalez finished off a 2-3, 2 RBI day with an RBI triple making it 5-0 Augusta.
The GreenJackets allowed an unearned run in the 9th as Keaton Winn went one inning for the Jackets out of the bullpen.
Augusta is now 12-11 and they now have a 1/2 game lead on Lexington for 1st place in the South Atlantic League South standings
Player of the Game: Jake Wong, 6 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 6 K
Jacob Gonzalez was great at the plate, but Wong was brilliant on the hill. The right-hander lowers his ERA to 2.78 for the season and he has gone six innings in back-to-back starts.
Tomorrow: LHP Austin Cox (LEX) (0-2, 4.12 ERA) vs LHP Seth Corry (AUG) (0-1, 1.26 ERA)
It's the battle of two southpaws in Game #2 of the series with Lexington. The GreenJackets send out Seth Corry to make his 5th start of the year. Corry has not gone more than four innings in a start this season, but has only allowed two earned runs and they both came in his last start. Corry is ranked as the #25 Prospect in the San Francisco Giants organization according to MLB.com.
Lexington will have Austin Cox make his 4th start of the season. Cox is coming off an outing where he allowed five runs against the Greenville Drive over 4.2 innings. He was a 5th Round pick from Mercer back in 2018 by the Kansas City Royals. Cox is ranked as the #18 Prospect in the Royals system according to MLB.com.
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