Long's Gem Helps Lift Baysox to 9-1 Win Over Curve
ALTOONA, Pa.- RHP Lucas Long did not allow an earned run over seven innings of work and the Bowie Baysox (50-43) took the series from the Altoona Curve (47-44) with a 9-1 win in the finale on Sunday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field in Altoona.
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Long (6-3) gave up one run (none earned) on six hits while fanning three in his 7.0 IP. RHP
The Baysox grabbed an early 2-0 lead with a pair of runs in the first as a single and walk put two men on before
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The 3-1 score would hold until the seventh when Yastrzemski got on base with a single and
Anderson (7-8) allowed the five runs on eight hits to go along with three walks and eight strikeouts in 6.2 IP.
A four-run eighth broke the game open for the Baysox and made it a 9-1 game as a walk and single started the inning before Yastrzemski knocked home both with a two-run triple and Hays hit his second home run of the day. The home run was Hays' sixth of the year with Bowie.
Four different Baysox had multi-hit games: Hays (2-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R), Rosa (2-5, 2 RBI), Stewart (2-4, 2B, RBI) and Yastrzemski (4-5, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 4 R).
This marks the first four-hit game for Yastrzemski since August 29, 2015 at Reading. The four runs scored are also a career-high.
The Baysox head to Hartford to open a three-game set with the Yard Goats on Monday night at Dunkin' Donuts Park. First pitch of the series opener is set for 7:05 p.m. with LHP