Woodies Win!

5/11 Game Recap

By: Emily Brown

The Down East Wood Ducks had their Heritage day while hosting the Lynchburg
Hillcats. The first four innings were quiet from both teams as they had some walks but no hits.
Through the first four innings both teams combined left six runners on base.

In the top of the 5th inning Lynchburg scored the first run of the game to make the score 1-0. Rafel
Rameriez Jr. hit a home run with a fly ball to right field. In the bottom of the 5th, there was a
strikeout then a groundout. Then there was a pitching change for Lynchburg with Renny Artiles
coming in to relieve Alex Clemmey. In the top of the 6th Lynchburg’s bats were hot. Ralphy
Velazquez hit a double to right field. Then Jaison Chourio hit a single to move Velazquez to third
base. Chourio stole second base, Velazquez stole home, and on a throwing error by Down East’s
catcher Julian Brock, Chourio advanced to third. Christian Knapczyk hits a single to push Chourio
home making the score 0-3

The Wood Ducks answered in the bottom of the 6th with a single from Julian Brock. Gleider
Figuereo and Jesus Lopez scored, to come within one. Hillcats were up 2-3. The seventh inning was
quiet for both teams. Lynchburg left one runner on base and the Wood Ducks left two runners on
base. The top of the eighth was quiet for Lynchburg. The bottom of the eighth started with
Lynchburg’s pitcher walking, Gleider Figuereo and Jesus Lopez. With a runner on first and second
Erick Alvarez hit a double allowing Figuereo to score. Lynchburg then substituted pitchers with Josh
Harlow coming in to relieve Jack Jasiak. A wild pitch by Harlow allowed Lopez to score making it 4-3.

The Wood Ducks held off any runs by Lynchburg in the top of the 9th to win the game 4-3. The
Wood Ducks and Lynchburg had 5 hits. Lynchburg had 2 errors while Down East only had 1.

The Wood Ducks host the Lynchburg Hillcats for game 6 tomorrow at Historic Grainger Stadium
located in Kinston, North Carolina. First pitch is set for 1:00 pm. Gates open at 12:00 pm. Join the
Wood Ducks for Sunday Family Funday with $1 hotdogs, $6 meal deal, and post game kids run the
bases. Also, the first 200 ladies will receive pink Wood Ducks visors. Fans can purchase tickets on
woodducksbaseball.com, by calling the Wood Ducks Team Offices at (252) 686-5164 or in person at
the Wood Ducks Team Offices located at Grainger Stadium.