Yard Goats Make Sacrifices to Snag Series from Senators
Published on May 2, 2018 under Eastern League (EL1)
Hartford Yard Goats News Release
HARRISBURG, PA- Two sacrifice flies by Bobby Wernes and stellar pitching by Peter Lambert and Matt Pierpont enabled the Hartford Yard Goats to trim the Harrisburg Senators, 3-2, Wednesday and win the three-game series from the Washington Nationals' affiliate. Sam Hilliard added two hits and two runs scored for the Yard Goats (13-12), who split the six-game road trip. Hartford has won five of six games against Harrisburg (10-14) this season.
Lambert, the Colorado Rockies second round draft choice in 2015, matched his longest outing of the season, with seven innings of two-run baseball. He allowed six hits, did not walk anybody and tied his season-high in strike outs with eight. Pierpont, who leads the Eastern League in saves with seven, notched his first win of the year with two scoreless innings. After yielding a lead-off single, he retired six in a row, including three on strike outs.
A lead-off double by Hilliard to right center, a sacrifice bunt by Mylz Jones and a sacrifice fly to right field by Wernes in the ninth, snapped the 2-2 deadlock.
Hartford took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on a two-out single by Omar Carrizales and a double to left center field by Chris Rabago. The Yard Goats made it 2-0 in the seventh inning on Hilliard's single, a double by Jones and the first of two sacrifice flies by Wernes.
The Senators (10-14) received outstanding pitching from starter Wirkin Estevez - two runs on five hits in seven innings. They tied it in their half of the seventh on a home run by Yadiel Hernandez, the third time in three games he as homered in the seventh inning against Hartford. A run-scoring double by Kelvin Gutierrez later in the inning scored Drew Ward to knot the score.
Hilliard's two hits and two runs scored paced the Hartford attack, along with the two sacrifice flies by Wernes and Rabago's RBI-double.
The Yard Goats return to Dunkin' Donuts Park to start a seven-game homestand against the Portland Sea Dogs, Thursday night at 7:05. RHP Parker French will start for Hartford against the Red Sox Double-A affiliate.
The game will be televised on Vantage Sportsnet, broadcast on AM 1410 WPOP and streamed on newsradio.1410.com and MiLB.com.
Hartford 3-6-1
Harrisburg 2-7-0
WP- Matt Pierpont (1-0) LP- Austen Williams (0-1)
T- 2:06 A- 4,181
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