Wong masterful in 5-1 win over Lexington

North Augusta, SC: In a game where neither team had a hit until the 6^th 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 6^th 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 6^th inning.
Nico Giarratano broke up Bowlan's no-hit bid with a double to start off the 6^th 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 7^th for Augusta, but in the 8^th, White allowed a leadoff double from Nick Hutchins to end the GreenJackets no-hitter.
In the bottom of the 8^th, 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 9^th as Keaton Winn went one inning for the Jackets out of the bullpen.
Augusta is now 12-11 and they now have a ½ game lead on Lexington for 1^st 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.
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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 5^th 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 4^th 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 5^th 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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