Washington Drops Opener After Allowing Three Homers
WASHINGTON, Pa. (June 28) - Shaine Hughes provided two RBI doubles and Hector Roa hit his seventh homer while Blake Adams had a three-hit night, but Washington failed to win its third game in a row, falling to Joliet 7-4 at Wild Things Park Friday. Washington is now 18-25 on the season while the Slammers move to 15-28.
The first inning started with a few bangs on a fireworks night at the ballpark as the second hitter of the game, 2019 Frontier League All Star selection Chaz Meadows hit a solo homer before Dash Winningham hit a two-run bomb a few batters later to give the Slammers a 3-0 lead.
Washington would draw blood in the home half, as it was able to push two across on an error and an RBI double by Hughes. Each team added a run in the third inning, with Washington's run coming in on Hughes' second RBI two-bagger.
It'd be scoreless through the middle three, before Riley Krane hit a three-run homer off reliever Carter Johnson, with two of the runs being charged to Nick Wegmann, who allowed 10 hits in six innings and change of work to go along with six runs.
Hector Roa's solo blast in the eighth extended his hit streak to 14 games and hit on-base streak to 16 games, both of which are season highs for the Wild Things and Roa.
The series shifts to the middle game tomorrow on Baseball Fights Cancer Night presented by Mylan at Wild Things Park. The first 1,000 fans through the gates receive a Wild Things' "Pittsburgh is Stronger Than Cancer" garden gnome, courtesy of Mylan on a Souvenir Saturday. First pitch is slated for 7:05 p.m. AJ Bogucki goes for Washington against Keegan Long for Joliet.
