West Virginia
West Virginia Sinks Trenton in Sudden Death for Series Win
August 14, 2022 – Main League Baseball Draft League (MLBDL) – West Virginia Black Bears Information Launch
TRENTON, N.J – On Sunday afternoon in Trenton, New Jersey, West Virginia took the sport and the sequence in opposition to the Trenton Thunder in sudden demise after ending the sport tied 3-3. Pitcher Grayson Thurman and the Black Bears protection held the Thunder from scoring within the sudden demise inning to safe victory. Ryan Hernandez led the West Virginia offense and recorded his tenth house run of the season with a two-RBI shot to heart subject to interrupt the MLB Draft League single-season report.
After dropping management of a decent recreation on Saturday night, the Black Bears protection bounced again right this moment and dominated by eight innings. Highlighted by a 1-6-3 double play, the Bears protection saved the Thunder off the board by the underside of the primary inning. Regardless of a leadoff single for the Thunder, West Virginia safely exited the inning tied 0-0.
Beginning pitcher Patrick Miner started his dominant efficiency early within the recreation as he notched two of his 9 strikeouts within the backside of the second inning.
West Virginia’s offense lastly discovered its footing within the high of the third inning with Ryan Hernandez powering his tenth house run of the season over the appropriate subject wall. The 2-run house run introduced house 2B Maddox Houghton and gave West Virginia a 2-0 lead.
The Bears’ robust defensive play continued by the third and fourth innings as Miner added two extra strikeouts to his complete for 4 strikeouts by 4 innings pitched.
Within the high of the fifth, West Virginia prolonged its result in three runs. A single from SS Anthony Stehlin and the stroll of OF Turner Hill by Trenton starter Christian Capuano put two runners on base. With Stehlin in scoring place, 2B Maddux Houghton drove a ball into left subject to plate the shortstop and provides the Black Bears a 3-0 lead halfway by the sport.
Trenton reached house plate for the primary time within the backside of the seventh inning, because of a mix of base hits for Trenton’s LF Christian Merriweather and 2B Dilan Espinal. A sacrifice fly from 3B Damian Yenzi later within the inning scored a run for Trenton to chop the Bears result in two.
Sadly for West Virginia, Trenton’s bats lastly got here alive within the backside of the ninth inning. A groundout from Espinal scored pinch hitter Jonathan Waite, whereas a single from RF Paul Coumoulos drove within the Thunder’s second pinch hitter Mark Herron to tie the sport at three runs. Black Bears nearer Grayson Thurman ended the inning with a strikeout to ship the sport into sudden demise.
Within the first sudden demise of the season in Trenton, New Jersey, the Thunder elected to bat, counting on its offense to ship the Bears house with a sequence loss. After one Trenton batter was thrown out at first, Thurman struck out the ultimate two batters of the night to offer West Virginia the win.
Together with his two-run house run, Ryan Hernandez broke the MLB Draft League single-season house run report. The earlier report of 9 house runs was set by Frederick Keys slugger Jake Plastiak in 2021. The Houston College alum now leads the league in hits (49) house runs (10) and slugging proportion (.631).
Moreover, Maddux Houghton recorded his seventh consecutive recreation with a success as he drove within the different run for the Black Bears. Houghton completed his night with two hits, one run and one RBI.
On the defensive facet, Patrick Miner had one in all his finest outings thus far as he struck out 9 Thunder batters in seven innings pitched. Reliever Kanan Butler notched one scoreless inning for the Bears earlier than Grayson Thurman slammed the door within the sudden demise inning.
The West Virginia Black Bears enhance to 37-23 on the 2022 marketing campaign as they continue to be in first place within the MLB Draft League standings. The Black Bears will start their closing six-game house stand of the season on Tuesday night with a three-game sequence in opposition to the Frederick Keys. First pitch for Tuesday is about for six:35 p.m.
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