Doubledays Pitching Secures Win Over Scrappers
AUBURN, NY - It's the second inning, and Doubledays pitcher Tyler Dyson gives up a two-out single to Johnathan Rodriguez. He gets to Michael Cooper to fly out to end the inning and Rodriguez is left on base. Nobody knows it yet, but Rodriguez will be the only batter keeping
AUBURN, NY - It's the second inning, and Doubledays pitcher
Dyson's superb outing cemented the Doubledays' (25-42) 4-2 Sunday afternoon win over Mahoning Valley (33-34).
"I felt really good. The defense worked really well behind me, (Andrew) Pratt did a good job behind the plate," Dyson said."The biggest thing was getting ground balls, getting fly balls, trying not to do too much, trying to get ahead in the count, trying to make weak contact and that's the way to do it."
While Dyson was nearly perfect, his offense gave him plenty of run support early on to support him. The Doubledays hit Scrappers starter
Auburn jumped right back on Eichhorn in the third inning as
Though that was the last run that Auburn would record on the afternoon, Dyson and the Doubledays bullpen kept the Scrappers off the board up until the ninth inning.
Segura was able to bounce, however, and struck out
The Doubledays will be back in action for Game 2 against the Scrappers on Monday at 7 PM. Listen in on the action on fingerlakes1.com, milb.streamguys1.com, or the TuneIn app.