HAGERSTOWN, MD (April 24, 2019) - The Greenville Drive swept the Suns in a twin bill, 6-4 and 4-2 at Municipal Stadium Wednesday night.Gilbert Lara earned hits in both contests to stretch his hitting streak to 10 games. The streak is tied for the second-longest streak in the South Atlantic League
HAGERSTOWN, MD (April 24, 2019) - The Greenville Drive swept the Suns in a twin bill, 6-4 and 4-2 at Municipal Stadium Wednesday night.
Gilbert Lara earned hits in both contests to stretch his hitting streak to 10 games. The streak is tied for the second-longest streak in the South Atlantic League this season. Justin Dean of Rome owns the longest streak this season with 12 games and Jarred Kelenic from West Virginia and Lolo Sanchez from Greensboro are tied with 10, but Lara owns the only active streak.
Over the stretch, Lara is 16-for-42 (.381) with one homer and nine RBI.
The Hagerstown Suns (9-11) and Greenville Drive (9-10) were suspended in the bottom of the third inning with two outs with Greenville in front 4-3 at Municipal Stadium Tuesday night. The two teams finished their nine-inning contest from Tuesday and then played a seven-inning nightcap.
The game resumed Wednesday evening with KJ Harrison at third and Jamori Blash at the plate. The Hub City got back within one in their fifth frame. Harrison brought in Jacob Rhinesmith with a base hit to center field.
Before yesterday's rain suspension, Hagerstown started the first with a lead-off home run from Cody Wilson. A Gilbert Lara RBI double capped off the inning and a 2-0 Suns lead. After four unanswered Drive runs, Justin Connell brought a man home in the third with an RBI groundout right before the rain came in Tuesday.
Jake Irvin (L, 0-2) suffered his second loss of the year. The righty allowed four earned runs in three frames with three strikeouts.
The Drive pushed their advantage to two late in the eighth. After Jordan Wren reached first on a strikeout-wild pitch, the left fielder stole second base and took third on a passed ball. The third baseman, Brandon Howlett singled to center to score Wren. Greenville tacked on to their 4-3 lead in the fifth with an RBI single from Devlin Granberg . Four runs crossed for Greenville across the second and third frames. Marino Campana's two-run blast preceded Alan Marrero's solo shot in a three-run second. Greenville scored in the third on a Triston Casas double.
Oddanier Mosqueda (W, 2-0) earned the game one win with 2.1 innings of relief. The lefty was first on the mound when the game resumed Wednesday. Rio Gomez (Sv, 3) earned the save with two scoreless frames and four punchouts.
Hagerstown broke away in the fifth. Cody Wilson hit a double to lead off the inning. Right after, Kyle Marinconz smacked a single to put runners at the corners with no one out. A couple of batters later, Rhinesmith drove in Wilson with a base hit to left field. Juan Pascal lead off the third frame with a single. A groundout from Wilson, allowed Pascal to advance to second. Playing in game two as the DH, Israel Pineda collected his seventh RBI of the year with a base hit.
In extra innings, an eighth inning RBI single from Jacob Wren gave Greenville their first lead of the night. Grant Williams , who started the eighth on second, scored the go-ahead run. An insurance run crossed later in the frame. A sacrifice fly to left hit by Triston Casas did the deed. The Drive tied the game in the top of the seventh. Casas worked a lead-off single. Howlett followed with a go-ahead, one-out RBI double which glanced off the glove of Wilson in center field. Greenville stayed in the game with a run scored in the fourth. The catcher, Kole Cottam drove the sole run with a booming double off the right field wall.
Hagerstown welcomes the Greensboro Grasshoppers tomorrow for a four-game set. Starters for tomorrow's game are to be determined. Every Thursday is Thirsty Thursday at historic Municipal Stadium! Beer specials start at just $2! Can't make it to the game? Tune-in to WRNR on local cable or their youtube channel WRNR TV to watch the game! John Kocsis will bring you the call, with a pre-game starting at 5:50 p.m. and first pitch at 6:05 p.m. For tickets visit HagerstownSuns.com or call (301) 791-6066.
