Dayton Dragons at Fort Wayne Wizards
April 9th, 2002
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E-Williamson, Encarnacion, Benick, LOB DAY-4, FW-11, 2B-Bergolla, Encarnacion, Benick, Trzesniak, SB-Nina, Encarnacion, Davis, HBP-Barfield, Serrano, SACF-Benick, McCool
HB-Powers 2, WP-Germano, PB-Prince, SO-Nina, Bergolla, Varner, Williamson, Encarnacion, Hurtado, Davis, Prince, Patchett, Stockton 2, Anderson, Hastings, Knott, McCool, Serrano 2, BB-Nina, Davis, Anderson, Benick, Trzesniak, Knott 2, McCool
T-2:52, A-1,152
U-Uhl, Price
Dayton Daily News
A combination of shaky relief pitching and defense helped the Fort Wayne Wizards to a 3-2 win over the Dayton Dragons in Midwest League action at Memorial Stadium.
The Dragons have droped five straight games after winning the season opener against the Wizards last Thursday at Fifth Third Field.
Dayton will atempt to snap the streak in the final game of the series at noon (Dayton time) today. Daylan Childress for the Dragons and Nobuaki Yoshida for the Wizards are the probable starters.
Dayton jumped to a 2-0 lead with single runs in the second and third innings. Edwin Encarnacion doubled with on eout in the second and scored on a the front end of a double steal. In the third Amaurys Nina walked and scored all the way from first on William Bergolla's double.
Dragons starter Justin Gillman pitched five innings of three hit shutout baseball, but the trouble came when Manager Donnie Scott went to the bullpen in the sixth.
Dayton reliever Andy Boutwell allowed two hits and walked two as Fort Wayne scored two runs to tie the game. The Wizards loaded the bases in the seventh off Dragons pitcher Joe Powers, 0-1, on an error, a walk and a hit batsman. joe Benick then hit a sacrifice fly to left field to score Rick Stockton with the go ahead run. It was Benick's third sacrifice fly of the season.
Fort Wayne reliever Rusty Tucker, 2-0 pitched a scoreless seventh inning for the win, while Anthony Kozol retired Dayton in the ninth for his third save of the season.