DAYTON, Ohio – Oliver
Dominguez played Chris Richburg's two-out grounder off of his chest,
the
Lansing Lugnuts' seventh error of the game, allowing Henry Rodriguez
to
score and sending the Dayton Dragons (2-0) to a 4-3 12-inning win
over the
Lugnuts (0-2) on Friday night at Fifth Third Field.
The two teams have
combined to play 23 innings in the first
two games of the season, totaling seven hours and 12 minutes.
Rodriguez began the
bottom of the 12th with a bunt single off
of Lugnuts relief pitcher Steve Turnbull (0-1). Turnbull retired
Andrew
Means on a fly out and struck out Byron Wiley as Rodriguez stole
second
base. A wild pitch moved the Dragons runner to third base, setting
up
Richburg's bouncer to Dominguez at third base.
Dominguez had
entered the game as a pinch-runner in the eighth
inning for Mark Sobolewski, who was previously charged with a pair
of
errors.
Lugnuts starter Matt
Fields also committed two errors while
catcher Karim Turkamani and second baseman Ryan Schimpf made an
error
apiece as the Dragons scored unearned runs in the third and fourth
innings
in building a 3-1 lead.
Lansing left fielder
Eric Eiland tied the game in the eighth
with a two-run double, setting up a second straight late evening
decision
in Ohio.
Dayton reliever Doug
Salinas (1-0) pitched 5 2/3 scoreless
innings to earn the win.
Kevin Coddington
added his second homer of the season to aid
the winning effort for the Dragons.
Lansing and Dayton
play the finale of their three-game series
on Saturday night at 7 p.m. Lugnuts right-hander Dave Sever gets the
start
against Dayton right-hander Brian Pearl.
Now that's a game recap. I'm starting to see how it's done.
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