Defensive Miscues Credit Jays the Sweep
KINGSPORT, Tenn.- A pitcher's duel Friday night ended with an 8-4 victory in convincing fashion for Bluefield as the Blue Jays completed the three-game sweep over the Kingsport Mets riding the hit-arm of Appalachian League Pitcher of the Year, Randy Pondler. The southpaw, Pondler (4-1), finished the outing with the
KINGSPORT, Tenn.- A pitcher's duel Friday night ended with an 8-4 victory in convincing fashion for Bluefield as the Blue Jays completed the three-game sweep over the Kingsport Mets riding the hit-arm of Appalachian League Pitcher of the Year,
The southpaw, Pondler (4-1), finished the outing with the win after tossing six innings of two-run baseball off six hits with six strikeouts.
Kingsport, who plated four runs off nine hits with four errors in the field, saw
The scoring began in the top of the third inning when Bluefield's Anthony Fuentes scored on a wild pitch from Campusano. Two batters later, Young drove in the second run via a sacrifice fly to deep center field. Trailing 20, Kingsport responded in the fourth with two runs of its own thanks to Hall's RBI single and his delayed steal of home two batters later.
The tie ballgame was broke in the top of the seventh when the visitors plated two more runs off a ground-rule double from Severino and an RBI single from Chavez. An inning later the eighth, Bluefield plated four unearned runs off only two hits as Kingsport committed three errors that allowed Rodriguez, Noda,
Kingsport battled back by plating two more runs in the eighth inning off an RBI single from Manzanarez and a double play ball off the bat of
Kingsport will now hit the road for the final three-game series away from Hunter Wright Stadium on the 2017 season. The Mets will do battle with the Bristol Pirates beginning Saturday night at 7 p.m. Coverage of the series can be found on the Kingsport Mets Baseball Network beginning 15 minutes prior to first pitch.