Yanks Continue To Win, Beat Braves 5-1
Danville, Va - The Pulaski Yankees pushed their win streak to seven games as they defeated the Danville Braves 5-1 in game one of a three game road series.
Danville, Va - The Pulaski Yankees pushed their win streak to seven games as they defeated the Danville Braves 5-1 in game one of a three game road series.
Neither team was able to be very productive at the plate during the first couple of innings as the two clubs combined to get one hit through three frames. The Yankees finally broke through in the top of the fourth inning to plate a run.
Pulaski struck again in the top of the sixth inning. Green once again led off the inning but earned a hit this go-around as he hit a high chopper up the middle of the infield. Bell moved Green to second with a sacrifice bunt. Green moved up to third base after a passed ball and scored after Torres hit a single to put the Yankees up 2-0.
The two-RBI performance from Torres gives him a total of seven multi-RBI performances on the year. His 17 RBIs on the season puts him in a tie for the team lead with Chad Bell.
Vasquez's last inning was probably his best of the evening. After giving up a lead off single, Vasquez walked the next batter to put the tying runner on base. After a wild pitch allowed both runners to move up 90 ft. Vasquez looked like his night might have been over. Instead, the Pulaski coaching staff left him out there to work his way out of the mess he created; and boy did he. Vasquez earned back-to-back swinging strikeouts and then got a ground ball to end the inning and end all momentum that Danville was trying to build. If there was hope left for the Braves it quickly diminished after Nelson B. Alvarez hit a triple off the right field wall and then was balked in by
The Yankees tacked on two insurance runs in the ninth inning to take a 5-0 lead and appeared to be headed towards their third shutout in this now seven-game win streak.
The Yankees and Braves will face off again in game two tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. from Danville.
The Pulaski Yankees are the Advanced Rookie level affiliate of the New York Yankees playing in the Appalachian League. Pulaski is celebrating its 54th season in the Appalachian League in 2019. Calfee Park has won league championships in 1948, 1969, 1986, 1991 and 2013. Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park opened in 1935 and was renovated for the team's first season as a Yankees affiliate in 2015. For more information, please visit www.pulaskiyankees.net or follow the Pulaski Yankees on social media, @PulaskiYanks (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram). This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.