Doubledays Drop Series Against Spinners
AUBURN, NY - Auburn's offense has fluctuated over the first month of the season, but one of their few consistencies has been the production of Doubledays pitcher Francys Peguero. Peguero entered Thursday night's contest with one of the best ERAs in the league at 1.43 had deserving established himself as
AUBURN, NY - Auburn's offense has fluctuated over the first month of the season, but one of their few consistencies has been the production of Doubledays pitcher
But the Lowell Spinners managed to figure out what four other teams this season could not - how to hit the elusive "El Pegui". Peguero was knocked around in his four innings on the mound and allowed four earned runs on six hits in Auburn's (14-11) 6-1 loss to Lowell (12-14).
The game started on a sour note for Auburn as Jarren Duran led off the game with a triple to right field. After striking out
The Spinners struck in bunches throughout the night and put up two crooked numbers on the night. A leadoff walk to Jarren Duran in the third inning inevitably came back to haunt Peguero as both he and Cole Brannen scored on a
Lowell brought in another pair of runs two innings later off of new pitcher
The Doubledays - who were at this point getting one-hit by Lowell starter
Auburn had another chance in the seventh after a leadoff double by Pablo O'Connor and a walk by Israel Pineda. A force out put O'Connor at third, and, after after a walk to
Sanchez, however, bounced into an inning ending double play to end the Doubledays' last chance of putting up any runs on the scoreboard.
The Doubledays will be back in action Friday as they attempt to salvage some glory in the series against the Spinners at 6:30.