Akin Dominant as Baysox Blank Ponies, 7-0
BOWIE, Md. - LHP Keegan Akin was dominant over seven shutout innings and the Bowie Baysox (23-25) snapped a two-game skid with a 7-0 blanking of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies (25-23) on Sunday night at NYSEG Stadium in Binghamton.
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Akin (5-4) surrendered two hits while walking one and fanning 10 in his seven innings of work. LHP
Akin is the first Baysox pitcher with multiple double-digit strikeout games in the same season since LHP Mike Ballard recorded three in 2011.
The Baysox grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first as Cedric Mullins led off with a single, went to second on a walk, took third on a single and scored on
Mullins' single extended his hitting streak to 12 games, the longest by a Baysox since
Rumble Ponies starter Christian James (0-1) gave up one run on three hits to go along with a walk and four strikeouts in 4.0 IP.
In the top of the fifth, a single and a walk put two men on and
Both runs were charged to Binghamton RHP
Joseph led off the eighth with a double, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on
Four consecutive doubles from
Joseph (3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI, R), Mullins (4-5, 2B, 3B, 3 R) and Salcedo (2-4, 2B, R) all had multi-hit games for manager Gary Kendall's squad. The four hits for Mullins tied a career-high, the sixth four-hit game of his career and first since June 24, 2017 at Erie.
The series wraps up on Monday at 2:05 p.m. as LHP