Wood Ducks Fall to Kannapolis

Kannapolis, N.C. – The Down East Wood Ducks saw their five-game winning streak end on Saturday night with a 5-2 loss to the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. The Woodies finished with only three hits and were 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position.

For the third time this series, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers (27-68) took the lead first. After five scoreless innings, they plated five runs between the fifth and seventh innings to take a late 5-0 lead.

The offense struggled for Down East (55-39) as they had two hits going in to the top of the ninth. Cody Freeman *walked and was forced out at second on a *Thomas Saggese fielder’s choice. Saggese advanced to second on defensive indifference and then to third on a wild pitch. *Xavier Valentin *then hit a two-run home run (2) to cut the deficit to 5-2 but *Brady Smith *was called out on strikes to end the game.

*Nick Krauth *(L, 3-7) took the loss, pitching five innings while allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits with three walks and three strikeouts. *Destin Dotson *pitched 2/3 of an inning with one strikeout. *Eris Filpo *pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits with two strikeouts. *Nick Yoder *pitched the final inning, issuing two walks and striking out one.

Down East and Kannapolis wrap up their series tomorrow with first pitch set for 12:30 p.m. RHP *Owen White *(0-0, 3.86) gets the ball for the Wood Ducks and Kannapolis will send RHP Jared Kelley (0-4, 6.53) to the mound.

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