Eight-Run Fourth for Tri-City Dooms Wild Things in Finale
TROY, NY. (May 21) – An eight-run fourth inning in game two of Sunday’s doubleheader proved to be the downfall of the Wild Things as Tri-City won 9-4 and took the series with a doubleheader sweep at Joseph L Bruno Stadium.
Washington was able to scratch across the first two runs of the nightcap with a two-run double by Anthony Brocato that scored Wagner Lagrange and Melvin Novoa after they reached on a walk and a double, respectively.
Tri-City got a run back in the third on an RBI single by Cito Culver before Washington took that run back in the top of the fourth on an RBI single by Ian Walters. That’s when the ValleyCats broke it open.
In the bottom half of the fourth, Tri-City brought 11 hitters to the plate and everyone contributed. Runs scored on a bases-loaded RBI knock from Josh Broughtin, a sac fly in foul ground caught by Ian Walters where home plate was left free by Jakob Goldfarb, another Culver RBI single, a sac fly by Trey Hair and a two-run homer by Zach Biermann, his third of the season.
Melvin Novoa brought home Washington’s final two runs, one with a solo shot in the top of the fifth, his second of the series and season and the other with an RBI single in the seventh before the game went final.
Washington will now look to bounce back at 6-3 with a six-game homestand that starts Tuesday at Wild Things Park with the first of three against the Florence Y’alls. Right hander Justin Showalter will toe the rubber at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday.
