Junk, Charleston Bullpen Get RiverDogs Back on Track
ROME, GA - Looking to shake their worst 10-game stretch of the season, the Charleston RiverDogs got the starting pitching performance they needed on Saturday night in Georgia. Right-hander Janson Junk turned in six innings of one-run ball before the Charleston bullpen took it the rest of the way as
ROME, GA - Looking to shake their worst 10-game stretch of the season, the Charleston RiverDogs got the starting pitching performance they needed on Saturday night in Georgia. Right-hander
After needing over 90 pitches just get through the fourth in his last start, Junk (4-2) pitched a much more efficient outing a week later, using three clean innings to roll through the quality start. The Seattle University product scattered seven hits, all singles, while walking a pair with four strikeouts. It marked the Northwest product's third quality outing in nine true starts with the RiverDogs (47-48, 14-13) this season.
Rome (52-46, 12-17) touched him up for the lone tally in fifth. Second baseman
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The victory was Charleston's 19th one-run victory of the season and the league-high 42nd time they've had a game decided by just a run. The RiverDogs suffered five losses of three runs or more over the course of their previous 10-game slump when their pitching staff allowed 56 runs, raising the club's ERA to its highest point since the first week of April.
With the win, the RiverDogs keep pace in the Southern Division second-half race, now trailing the Greenville Drive by 2.0 games heading into Sunday's finale.
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The RiverDogs wrap up the series with a chance to split in Rome on Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m. The Dogs will throw out righty
RiverDogs single-game tickets, including options to the Riley Park Club, are now available for the 2018 campaign, the club's 25th season as the RiverDogs and their "175th season in dog years." Ticket information can be secured by contacting the box office at (843) 577-DOGS (3647) or online at www.riverdogs.com/tickets.
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