Wild Things Drop Both in Doubleheader in Florence (G2)
FLORENCE. Ky. (June 2) - The Washington Wild Things went into Florence winners of their last two and didn't allow a single multi-run inning in Wednesday's doubleheader. Florence allowed just one Wild Thing to score across the 14 innings of play though, and with that, the Y'alls escaped the night with two victories in the doubleheader, 4-1 in game one and 2-0 in game two.
Florence scored singular runs in the second, third, fourth and fifth innings of the first game and got a strong start from Jared Cheek, who fanned seven over 5.2 innings of one-run ball. Washington scored its run on a Grant Heyman RBI double in the sixth.
McKenzie Mills suffered the loss after five innings of four-run ball. Sean Kealey chucked a scoreless frame in relief for Washington, who left four on base in the front end of the twinbill.
The Wild Things had chances in the second game, but couldn't scratch anything across. The comeback effort after Florence scored on a groundout in the first and a flare to center in the fourth, was unsuccessful, despite the Wild Things bringing the tying run and go-ahead runs to the plate on multiple occasions. Bralin Jackson doubled twice in the loss, while Cody Erickson added two hits of his own. Those two accounted for four of the seven Wild Things' hits in game two.
The two teams shift their focus to tomorrow now and a series finale that will get underway at 6:34 p.m. It's set to be the final game of the eight-game road trip for Washington before the Wild Things return home for Friday's home opener, which will be the first of a nine-game homestand.
