Ashby Dominates Again in 6-2 Carolina Victory in Potomac
WOODBRIDGE, VA - Aaron Ashby turned in another gem after totaling eight strikeouts over seven and 1/3 scoreless innings, Devin Hairston drove in two runs while going 2-for-5 and Clayton Andrews picked up his tenth save as Carolina earned a series tying 6-2 victory versus the Nationals on Friday night
WOODBRIDGE, VA -
The Mudcats (1-1, 40-31) led from start to finish in Friday's series tying victory as they scored twice in the first, twice in the eighth and twice more in the ninth while going up 6-0 in the game. The Nationals (1-1, 31-38) eventually got on the board in the ninth, but scored just twice in the final frame while falling 6-2 as Carolina evened the four game series at 1-1.
Ashby (W, 1-0, 0.00) pitched into the eighth and scattered three hits, walked three and totaled eight strikeouts while leading the Mudcats to their first victory of the second half. The win was also Ashby's first while pitching in the Carolina League and came in his second High-A outing. Ashby breezed his way through the seventh before walking a couple and running his pitch count up to 101 (65 strikes) and departing the game in the eighth. He left with two on in the eighth, but Andrews (S, 10) entered and went on to finish the game while earning his tenth save.
The shutout effort was Ashby's second straight as he also worked through seven scoreless in his debut versus Winston-Salem a week earlier. In all, Ashby has worked through 14 and 1/3 scoreless with 16 strikeouts over two Carolina League starts so far in 2019.
Carolina's first two runs came across in the first when
Both Carolina runs in the first were scored off
Reliever
Carolina's two run eighth included a RBI single from Hairston and a run scoring sac fly from Ryan Aguilar. The two run ninth, meanwhile, included a sac fly from
Hairston went 2-for-5 with two RBI, Rogers went 2-for-6 with two infield singles and both
Potomac's two runs came in the ninth against Andrews after he allowed three doubles in the final frame. Potomac's
The series will continue on Saturday night in Potomac with game three of the four game set at Northwest Federal Field. RHP
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