Jays hang on to take rubber game from M's
The Mariners struck first against Alberto Tirado in the top of the first when Gilmer Lampe led off the game with a walk, moved up on a stolen base and wild pitch, then scored on Dario Pizzano's groundout. That would be all Pulaski would get off of the 17-year-old righty. Tirado (W, 1-0) earned his first Appy League win with five innings of two-hit ball. He faced only two over the minimum and set down 13 of 16 to finish his night.
Bluefield jumped ahead in the second inning on Guerrero's three-bagger that scored Arce and Nico Taylor. After knocking starter Blake Holovach (L, 1-5) out of the game in the fourth, they added another run on a Christian Frias RBI single. Arce broke It open to a 6-1 lead in the fifth with a long three-run blast off of Domingo Brazoban.
Pulaski chipped away with three unearned runs over the next two frames against Julio Carmona. Seth Conner's RBI single in the sixth inning gave the Jays an insurance run they would eventually need. Two walks issued by Shane Davis came around to score in the eighth on Reggie Lawson's third hit of the game and a wild pitch. Dorsett (S, 3) came in from the bullpen and struck out both batters he faced to strand the tying run at second.
Dorsett fired a 1-2-3 ninth inning, capping it by retiring the league's leading hitter Pizzano on a flyout to left field. Bluefield took two out of three from the Mariners this week and won the season series 5-3.
On Thursday night, the Baby Jays host the Kingsport Mets to start the final home series of the season. Right-hander Justin James (2-2, 5.57) gets the ball in the opener and first pitch at Bowen Field is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
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