Game #126 Preview — Dash at Potomac
Game #126 — Road Game #61
Dash (26–29, 50–75) at Potomac Nationals (24–29, 57–66)
Saturday, August 19 – 6:35 p.m.
G. Richard Pfitzner Stadium (Woodbridge, Va.)
GAME BACKGROUND:
Six Dash batters posted multi-hit efforts as Winston-Salem plated a season-best 14 runs against the Potomac Nationals on Friday evening at Pfitzner Stadium, taking the opener 14–6. Jimmy Lambert gritted through five innings on the mound to get the win and did not issue a walk, while Yeyson Yrizarri and Daniel Gonzalez led the way with three hits apiece. Yrizarri, Seby Zavala and Louis Silverio went deep in Friday’s victory, one shy of a season-high for homers in a game, and the Dash collected six doubles from four different contributors, tied for the most in 2017. Ryan Burr, Mick VanVossen and Drew Hasler combined to hold the P-Nats to one unearned run on four hits over the final four frames.
Winston-Salem goes for its fifth win against the Nationals this season in six tries on Saturday.
DASH LINEUP:
Joel Booker — CF
Bryant Flete — 2B
Seby Zavala — C
Brandon Dulin — DH
Matt Rose — 1B
Jameson Fisher — LF
Louis Silverio — RF
Brady Conlan — 3B
Yeyson Yrizarri — SS
A.J. Puckett — RHP
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· The Dash had several players break out in big ways during Friday’s series opener against Potomac, including six multi-hit games and four multi-RBI efforts. Additionally, Winston-Salem posted 14 runs for the first time since August 28, 2016, when they tallied 15 runs in a 15–2 blowout of Carolina at BB&T Ballpark. Here are several of the individual offensive performances for the Dash:
- Joel Booker: 2-for-5, 2B, 2 RBIs
- Zavala: 2-for-4, solo HR, 2 RBIs, 2R
- Matt Rose: 2-for-5, 2 2B, RBI, 2R
- Silverio: 1-for-4, HR, 3RBI
- Brady Conlan: 2-for-5, 2R
- Gonzalez: 3-for-5, 4R (ties a career-high)
- Yrizarri: 3-for-4, 3R HR, 5 RBIs (CH), 2B, 2R
· With his 2-for-4 effort on Friday, Zavala netted his 15th multi-hit game, fourth-most on the Dash, as well as his team-best 11th multi-RBI performance. The Fort Hood, Texas, native continues to dominate Carolina League pitching in August, boasting a .348 (23-of-66) clip with two homers and 13 RBIs in 16 games. Since July 1, Zavala paces the CL with a .336 average.
· Gonzalez provided two of the Dash’s six doubles on Friday, tied for the most Winston-Salem has had in a single game this season (8/2 vs. SAL). The Venezuelan native totaled four runs scored and two doubles in a game for the first time since August 28, 2016, the same game that the Dash last posted more than 14 runs in a contest. Since returning from Low-A Kannapolis on August 15, the 21-year-old has 4-for-8 (.500) in his two starts with the club, while riding a four-game hitting streak that dates back to June 18.
· Since his return from the disabled list on August 15 that forced him to miss 10 games, Rose has reached base safely in all five contests he has participated in. Dating back to August 1, the Georgia State product has worked his way onto the base paths in seven of his eight starts. After sporting a .211 (12-for-57) clip in his 16 July games with the Dash, the 2015 11th-round selection boasts a .435 (10-for-23) average in August with seven RBIs and eight runs scored.
· Acquired from the Texas Rangers on July 15 for international signing bonus pool money, Yrizarri has become a consistent source of production in the Dash’s lineup. The 20-year-old’s five-RBI effort on Friday marks the third time a Winston-Salem slugger has accomplished the feat in 2017 (Zack Collins, five, July 10 vs. Carolina; Silverio, seven, April 26 vs. BC [G1 of DH]). The Venezuelan native has recorded three hits in four of his last seven starts, compiling a .500 (14-for-28) clip in that span. With this surge, Yrizarri is now batting .319 with the Dash.
BROADCAST INFORMATION:
Saturday’s middle match at Potomac will be available online at wsdash.com/broadcast and via the TuneIn Radio App. The Pregame Dash starts up at 6:20 p.m., with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m.
