Johnson City Beat Bluefield 14-3: Jhon Torres Doubles, Homers Twice, & Drives In Three Runs; Diomedes Del Rio Doubles, Triples, & Knocks In Two Runs; Liam Sabino Collects Two Doubles, One Walk, & Two RBIs

Cards score 13 times in the final three innings to win their fourth-straight series opener! Jhon Torres with the first 2 homers of his @JC_Cardinals career! #GonnaFlyNow pic.twitter.com/XJgwGtguYD

— J.C. Cardinals (@JC_Cardinals) July 5, 2019

Individual Highlights:
Jhon Torres started in centerfield and moved to right, batting leadoff.  3-for-6 with one double, two home runs, three two-out RBIs, four runs, and three strikeouts.
Todd Lott started at first base and batted second.  2-for-6 with one double, one two-out RBI, one run, two strikeouts, and assisted in one double play.
Chandler Redmond started at third base and batted third.  2-for-5 with two RBIs, one run, and two strikeouts.
Victor Garcia started in left field and batted fourth.  3-for-5 with one run.
Liam Sabino started at second base and batted fifth.  2-for-4 with two doubles, two RBIs, one run, one walk, one throwing error, and assisted in one double play.
Diomedes Del Rio entered late in the game in centerfield and batted seventh.  2-for-2 with one double, one triple, two RBIs, three runs, and one walk.
Brandon Purcell started at catcher and batted eighth.  0-for-2 with two runs, three walks, one strikeout, one throwing error, and allowed ones tolen base.
Ben Baird started at shortstop and batted ninth.  0-for-4 with one RBI, one sacrifice, one strikeout, one fielding error, and assisted in one double play.
Jake Sommers started and pitched four innings.  He allowed five hits, one earned run, and struck two out.  (p-s:58-39)(g/f:8-0)
John Witkowski entered in the sixth and pitched one inning.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck two out for the winning decision (1-0).  (p-s:22-13)(g/f:0-1)(ir-s:2-0)
Walker Robbins entered in the seventh and pitchedd 2.1 innings.  He allowed two hits, no runs, one walk, and struck one out for the save (2).  (p-s:40-29)(g/f:3-3)(ir-s:2-0)

Rough Outing:
Carlos Soler started in right field and batted seventh.  0-for-2 with one strikeout and one fielding error.
Will Guay entered in the fifth and pitched 1.2 innings.  He allowed four hits, two earned runs, two walks, hit one batter, and struck four out.  (p-s:57-29)(g/f:0-1)

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