Tanner McDougal is now winless in his last 60 appearances, and he keeps finding new ways to do it.
It was just last Sunday that I marveled at McDougal throwing seven scoreless innings, only to get saddled with a no-decision because the Dash didn't score until the ninth.
Starting for the Dash against Asheville on Friday, McDougal found himself in a golden position to snap the drought, as he entered the fifth inning with a 6-0 lead and a manageable pitch count of 63.
And yet he came up one out short of qualifying by issuing four of his six walks, including a bases-loaded walk that put him at 30 pitches for the fifth, and past 90 pitches overall, to end his evening.
Morris Austin picked up the win by recording the final out of the fifth, and then all three outs in the sixth before the rains came. He improved to 2-0.
Charlotte 14, Lehigh Valley 2
- Brooks Baldwin doubled, singled thrice and struck out once. He stole a base and was caught stealing.
- Andrew Vaughn went 1-for-5.
- Bryan Ramos was 2-for-4 with a homer, walk and strikeout.
- Dru Baker singled, walked, struck out twice and dropped a sac bunt.
- Jairo Iriarte: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 13 of 26 pitches for strikes.
- Peyton Pallette: 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 10 of 16 pitches.
Birmingham 11, Rocket City 6
- Rikuu Nishida was 0-for-2 with three walks, and was caught stealing.
- William Bergolla was 1-for-2 with a double, two walks and a sac bunt.
- Ryan Galanie went 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
- Jacob Gonzalez went 1-for-4 with a walk and a stolen base.
- Wilfred Veras was 0-for-4 with a sac fly and three strikeouts.
- Noah Schultz: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 1 HBP, 56 of 93 pitches.
Winston-Salem 8, Asheville 1 (6 innings, rain)
- Sam Antonacci came a triple shy of the cycle during a 3-for-4 night. He also stole a base.
- Jeral Perez was 1-for-3 with a double.
- Braden Montgomery went 0-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Samuel Zavala singled twice, struck out once and stole a base.
- Tanner McDougal: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 6 BB, 6 K, 1 WP, 50 of 93 pitches for strikes.
Myrtle Beach 5, Kannapolis 3 (10 innings)
- T.J. McCants went 0-for-4 with a walk and two strikeouts.
- Abraham Nuñez and Caleb Bonemer both were 0-for-5 with three strikeouts.
- Ronny Hernandez was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.
- George Wolkow was 2-for-3 with an HBP.
- Lyle Miller-Green homered, singled, walked and struck out.
- Ryan Burrowes was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
ACL Padres 9, ACL White Sox 8
- Alexander Albertus made his long-awaited organizational debut at third base, going 1-for-3 with a strikeout.
- Adrian Gíl drove in four while going 2-for-4 with a strikeout.
DSL White Sox 6, DSL Arizona Red 5 (7 innings)
- Christian Gonzalez went 0-for-1 with three walks.
- Orlando Patiño was 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.
- Luis Mieses was 1-for-2 with two walks, a stolen base and a CS.
- Eduardo Herrera walked once and struck out thrice.
- Yordani Soto doubled, singled, walked, struck out and stole two bases.
- Yobal Rodriguez: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
