The Winston-Salem Dash turned to its ace to snap a four-game losing streak, and Anthony Carter pitched six shutout innings in a 3-1 win over the Wilmington Blue Rocks last night.
Carter limited the Blue Rocks to four singles, a walk and matched his season-high with nine strikeouts to collect his league-leading 11th win. Carter, who lowered his earned-run average to 3.98, also leads the league in innings pitched with 1331/3.
The Dash avoided a four-game sweep.
Winston-Salem's offense, which was held to two runs on eight hits in the first three games of the series, jumped out to a quick lead in the top of the first inning. Dale Mollenhauer and Greg Paiml led off with back-to-back singles against starting pitcher Alex Caldera of the Blue Rocks.
After Tyler Kuhn grounded into a double-play that left Mollenhauer at third, Brent Morel followed with a run-scoring double to put the Dash in front 1-0. Morel, who went hitless in the first three games of the series (0 for 10) finished 2 for 4 last night.
Logan Johnson staked Winston-Salem to a two-run lead when he led off the second inning with a solo home run, his 10th of the season.
The Blue Rocks pushed a run across in the bottom of the seventh against reliever Nate Jones.
Nick Van Stratten led off with a walk and a sacrifice bunt moved him to second. Ryan Eigsti followed with an RBI single to trim Wilmington's deficit to 2-1. But that is all the offense that the Blue Rocks would muster.
Winston-Salem added an insurance run in the eighth inning when Kuhn led off with a triple against Zach Peterson and scored on a wild pitch for a 3-1 lead.
The Dash bullpen made the lead stand up as Hector Santiago worked a scoreless eighth inning and Santo Luis struck out the side in order in the ninth to get his ninth save.
The Dash will continue its seven-game Carolina League road swing when it travels to Frederick, Md., to take on the Keys in the three-game series over the weekend. Left-hander Justin Edwards (3-2, 4.84 ERA) is scheduled to start the opener for the Dash tonight at 7.
The Dash will return home to Wake Forest Baseball Park next Tuesday, when it opens a four-game, three-day series with a doubleheader against the Potomac Nationals.
W-S ab r h bi WILM. ab r h bi
Mllnhr 2b 4 1 3 0 DRbnsn cf 4 0 1 0
Paiml ss 4 0 1 0 Gvtlla 2b 3 0 2 0
Kuhn lf 4 1 1 0 Mstks 3b 4 0 0 0
Morel 3b 4 0 2 1 CRbnsn dh 4 0 0 0
Loman 1b 3 0 1 0 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0
Jhnsn c 4 1 1 1 Vn Strttn rf 3 1 1 0
Greene cf 3 0 0 0 Orlando lf 3 0 0 0
Morales rf 3 0 0 0 Eigsti c 3 0 1 1
Prschna dh 4 0 0 0 Srtlli ss 3 0 1 0
Totals 33 3 9 2 Totals 31 1 6 1
Winston-Salem 110 000 010 -- 3
Wilmington 000 000 100 -- 1
DP--Winston-Salem 1, Wilmington 2. LOB--Winston-Salem 7, Wilmington 6. 2B--Morel. 3B--Kuhn. HR--LJohnson. SB--DRobinson 2, Giavotella.
Winston-Salem IP H R ER BB SO
Carter, W (11-6) 6 4 0 0 1 9
Jones 1 1 1 1 1 1
Santiago 1 1 0 0 0 0
Luis, S, 9 1 0 0 0 0 3
Wilmington IP H R ER BB SO
Cldera, L (4-10) 52/3 7 2 2 3 2
Peterson 21/3 1 1 1 1 2
Sisk 1 1 0 0 0 0
WP--Caldera, Peterson. T--2:40. A--5,952
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