Wood Ducks Fall Behind Early and Lose to Charleston

Kinston, N.C. – After winning in extra innings last night, the Down East Wood Ducks struggled at the plate as they fell to the Charleston RiverDogs 8-2 Wednesday night. Charleston plated six early runs and never looked back. *Luisangel Acuña *homered for the second night in-a-row to earn the Suddenlink Player of the Game.

Charleston (81-35) jumped out ahead with six runs in the first two innings to take a 6-0 lead.

Down East (69-47) plated a run in the bottom of the fourth. Cristian Inoa *led off with a double. After back-to-back groundouts, *Keyber Rodriguez drove in Inoa with a single to cut the deficit to 6-1.

The RiverDogs answered with two more runs in the top of the fifth to increase their lead to 8-1.

In the bottom of the sixth, the Wood Ducks plated one run. Acuña led off with a solo home run (12), for his second home run in as many games to make the score 8-2.

*Josh Stephan *(L, 0-1) took the loss, pitching four innings while allowing six runs on five hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. *Eris Filpo *pitched three innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on three hits with two strikeouts. *Mason Cole *pitched two perfect innings with six strikeouts.

The series continues tomorrow with first pitch set for 7:00 p.m. RHP John Matthews (4-4, 6.75) gets the ball for the Wood Ducks and RHP Sandy Gaston (2-0, 3.08) hits the bump for Charleston.

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