Washington Clobbers Florence in Middle Game
FLORENCE, Ky. (July 15) – The Washington Wild Things responded to last night’s loss by pounding out 18 runs on 13 hits and drawing 14 walks, racing their way to a win by a final of 18-6 to even the series in Florence.
Wagner Lagrange paced the Washington offense with a 4-for-4 night with four runs, five RBI and a double and drew a walk in the win. Tristan Peterson hit a home run and drove in four, while Melvin Novoa added three RBI and Robert Chayka knocked in two.
In all, seven Wild Things posted at least a hit and six drove in at least a run. Seven drew at least one walk, with Abraham Sequera walking four times to lead the charge.
Florence scored first on an RBI single in the second before Washington began the onslaught. The Wild Things scored four runs in the fourth, nine in the fifth, four in the sixth and once in the seventh. The fourth was highlighted by a Chayka RBI knock, the fifth by Peterson’s two-run bomb, a two-run single by Novoa and a bases-clearing, three-run double from Wagner Lagrange. The sixth featured three runs scoring on bases-loaded walks and the seventh inning tally came on a Lagrange sac fly.
Florence scored in the fourth on a Brennan Price solo shot, scored twice in the fifth and once in the sixth and seventh innings after that.
Stephen Knapp got the win to go to 4-0, after allowing three runs in two innings in relief of Kobe Foster, who was pulled after two innings of work. Ray Pacella worked three frames and Ian McMahon worked two scoreless with two strikeouts.
The series is now even, and the rubber game is scheduled for 1:07 p.m. tomorrow, Sunday, July 16. Justin Showalter will start for Washington against Jake McMahill for Florence.
