Doubledays Drop Rubber Game Against Black Bears
The Doubledays (21-35) fell to the Black Bears (31-25) in a rain-shortened affair on Tuesday, dropping the rubber game to West Virginia in eight innings, 7-2. Auburn starter Niomar Gomez struggled on the mound against the West Virginia offense. After allowing just one run over five strong innings his last outing
The Doubledays (21-35) fell to the Black Bears (31-25) in a rain-shortened affair on Tuesday, dropping the rubber game to West Virginia in eight innings, 7-2.
Auburn starter
The Doubledays fell victim to a two out hit-by-pitch in the second inning that came around to score on a
The Black Bears scored once more in the fourth inning before the Doubledays were able to push their first run across in the fifth. After doubling his last time up, Anthony Peroni led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second base on a two-out single from
Despite finally getting some run support, Gomez was unable to record a shutdown inning and gave up a pair of runs before being replaced on the mound by Davis Moore.
West Virginia pushed across another run in the sixth inning before the Doubledays scored their second and final run of the game in the sixth. Peroni - finishing the night 2-for-2 with a walk - led off the inning with a single and scored on a two-out hit from Pena. A rain delay halted the contest in the bottom of the 8th inning, and the game was ultimately called due to the elements shortly after.
The Doubledays will be back in action Wednesday at 7PM against the Crosscutters at Falcon Park. Listen in on the action on fingerlakes1.com, milb.streamguys1.com, or the TuneIn app.