John Ely Tosses Five Scoreless Innings in Winston-Salem Warthogs 3-0 Win Over Salem Avalanche

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Winston-Salem, NC—The Salem Avalanche, Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Houston Astros, couldn’t crack the Winston-Salem pitching staff Thursday
night in a 3-0 series finale victory for the Warthogs.  Winston-Salem
(18-14) starter John Ely tossed five scoreless innings to silence the
Avalanche (10-21).

Winston-Salem challenged Douglas Arguello in the first inning as Paulo
Orlando walked and Dale Mollenhauer reached on an error.  Next, C.J.
Retherford walked to load the bases for John Shelby III.  The left fielder
bounced into a double play which scored Orlando to give the Warthogs the
lead.

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In the third, Orlando singled on the infield and stole second to lead off.
He reached third on a ground ball to second and came home immediately
after on a C.J. Retherford RBI single.

The final run came across as runners hit second and third with nobody out
in the sixth.  Immediately after, Brett Bonvechio lofted a ball to right
field; the sacrifice fly scored Retherford for the 3-0.

Ely smothered the Avs with a scoreless five innings that included eight
hits and six strikeouts.  The bullpen went four scoreless innings to salt
the game away for Ely.

Salem begins a 10-game homestand Friday at 7:07 with the Lynchburg
Hillcats as righty Corey Bass faces lefty Tony Watson.

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