Saturday Game: Krauth Tosses Complete Game Win for Wood Ducks

Woodies play fastest game of the season 

The Down East Wood Ducks defeated the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 5-1 in the quickest game of the season, two hours and fourteen minutes.  Nick Krauth (W, 4-7) delivered the first nine-inning complete game of the season for Down East and tallied nine strikeouts. 

Down East (60-41) jumped ahead in the first inning.  With two outs Luisangel Acuña doubled, stole third, and scored on a throwing error to put the Wood Ducks ahead 1-0.  

The Woodies added to their lead in the bottom of the third.  With one out, Jayce Easley was hit by a pitch, stole second and third.  With two outs, Acuña launched a two-run home run (9) to push the Woodies lead to 3-0.  

Down East added one more run in the bottom of the fifth.  With two outs, Easley singled and advanced to third on an errant pickoff attempt.  Daniel Mateo followed with a single to score Easley and give the Wood Ducks a 4-0 lead. 

Fayetteville (45-56) plated their first run of the game in the top of the sixth to cut the deficit to 4-1. 

The Wood Ducks plated their final run in the bottom of the seventh.  Randy Florentino reached on an error to start the inning and scored from first on a throwing error by Fayetteville catcher Miguel Palma to give Down East a 5-1 lead. 

Krauth (W, 4-7) pitched the first nine-inning complete game for the Wood Ducks.  He allowed one run on one hit with two walks, and a career-high nine strikeouts. 

The Wood Ducks and Woodpeckers wrap up their series tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. RHP Owen White (0-0, 3.27) will start on the bump for Down East and Fayetteville will counter with RHP Heitor Tokar (0-3, 6.64) 

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