Danville Braves (26-27)
Thursday
Danville defeated Burlington on Thursday, 6-3. Trevor Belicek had a nice start, going 5 innings of 1 run ball, allowing 4 hits and a walk. Carlos Castro had 4 singles and Carlos Martinez had 3 singles to lead the offense. Ray-Patrick Didder had a double and a single along with a stolen base. Ronald Acuna had a single and a walk. Juan Yepez had a double. Luke Hoekstra had a stolen base.
Friday
Danville played two against Burlington on Friday. In the early game, Matt Withrow got the start and went 3 innings, allowing only 2 unearned runs on a hit and a walk while striking out 2, but the Braves could only push one run across as they lost to the Royals 3-1. Ray-Patrick Didder and Jose Morel each had two singles. Ronald Acuna had two walks. Trey Keegan added a double.
The Braves came out on the good side of a pitching duel in the late game, defeating Burlington 2-1. Luis Gamez threw 5 innings, allowing only one unearned run on 2 hits and a walk, striking out 4. Ray-Patrick Didder had a triple that drove in both runs on the day. No Brave reached base twice on the day.
Saturday
Danville moved back to .500 with a solid victory on Saturday, defeating Burlington 2-1. Ryan Clark ran his record to a sparkling 5-0 with 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, striking out 3. Justin Ellison had a triple, single, and a walk. Ronald Acuna had a double, single, walk, and a stolen base. Austin Riley had two singles and provided a glimmer of hope for Braves fans hoping he can stick at third base with a very nice turn on a hot shot to start a double play. It wasn’t a highlight play by any means, but it’s a play he’s had trouble making previously, so this was a nice showing.
Sunday
Elizabethton walked off on Danville Sunday, winning 6-5. Patrick Weigel got the start, throwing 4 innings, allowing 3 runs on 2 hits and 5 walks. Jose Morel had two singles and a double. Kurt Hoekstra had two doubles. Justin Ellison had a home run and a double. Juan Yepez had a triple. Carlos Castro stole a base, but he also had two errors on the day at first base.
Leaders
BA: Carlos Castro .328
OBP: Austin Riley .400
SLG: Justin Ellison .611
HR: Three with 2
SB: Kurt Hoekstra, Ray-Patrick Didder 8
W: Ryan Clark 5
SV: Chase Johnson-Mullins 6
SO: Three with 33
ERA: Matthew Custred 1.08
WHIP: Matthew Custred 0.60
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