You might not know it by the final score, but four Winston-Salem Dash pitchers combined to throw the 16th no-hitter in franchise history in their 12-2 victory over the Rome Emperors on Thursday.
Tommy Vail, Frankeli Arias, Madison Jeffrey and Joseph Yabbour combined to strike out 13 over nine innings, allowing just four walks and three HBPs.
Most of the free bases were issued over the final two innings, which is how Rome was able to spoil the shutout. Jeffrey plunked the first batter he faced in the eighth, followed by three consecutive out-one walks which forced home the first run. A second run came home on a sacrifice fly.
Yabbour then plunked a couple of hitters with one out in the ninth, but stranded them with his two strikeouts to seal the deal.
The final lines for the arms involved:
- Vail: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
- Arias: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
- Jeffrey: 1 IP, 0 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 1 HBP
- Yabbour: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 2 HBP
It's the seventh no-hitter in Minor League Baseball this year, and the first for the Dash since James Dykstra went the distance for a seven-inning no-no in the front end of a doubleheader in 2015.
Charlotte 10, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3
- Brandon Drury went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Tim Elko homered twice for his 2-for-5 nght, with a strikeout.
- Jairo Iriarte with the Daily Debacle: 1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 21 of 37 pitches for strikes.
- Fraser Ellard is rehabbing: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 7 of 16 pitches for strikes.
Winston-Salem 12, Rome 2
- Sam Antonacci went 1-for-2 with three HBPs.
- Ryan Galanie stuffed the stat sheet: 5-for-6 with a grand slam, two doubles and a stolen base.
- Jeral Perez doubled and struck out four times.
- Tommy Vail's contribution to a no-hitter: 4 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
- Frankeli Arias: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Kannapolis 6, Myrtle Beach 1 (Game 1, 7 innings)
- Caleb Bonemer tripled, singled and struck out twice.
- Braden Montgomery went 0-for-2 with a walk and a sac fly.
- Lyle Miller-Green wore the golden sombrero.
- Javier Mogollón, 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- George Wolkow went 1-for-3 with a walk, strikeout and two stolen bases.
- Christian Oppor: 5 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 8 K, 44 of 71 pitches for strikes.
Myrtle Beach 10, Kannapolis 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)
- Caleb Bonemer went 0-for-3 with an HBP.
- Ronny Hernandez, 0-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
- Javier Mogollón walked, struck out twice and stole a base.
- George Wolkow went 0-for-2 with a walk an da strikeout.
- Ryan Burrowes had more than half of Kanny's hits, going 3-for-3 with a double and a stolen base.
- Jesus Mendez walked the two batters he faced on four pitches apiece, with a balk in between.
- Pierce George: 0 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 10 of 27 pitches for strikes.
Notes:
*Kannapolis allowed all 10 runs in the fifth inning.
