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Werribee Giants Drop First Series of the Season to Williamstown Wolves

Baseball Victoria
21 January 2019

Werribee Giants had a tough time generating runs on Sunday, dropping their first series of the season to Williamstown Wolves. 

The Giants got on the board in the second inning when Andrew Christou singled on a 2-0 count, scoring one run.

The Wolves evened things up at one in the bottom of the third inning.  Troy Malthouse hit into a fielder's choice, scoring one run.

The Wolves pulled away for good with four runs in the fourth inning.  In the fourth Mitchell Collins singled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring one run and Jayde Thorne homered on a 0-1 count, scoring three runs.

Dennis Neal-Back was credited with the victory for the Wolves. He surrendered two runs on six hits over seven innings, striking out ten.  Thorne and Sam Thompson entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.

Josh Lee took the loss for the Giants. He surrendered five runs on six hits over five innings, striking out five and walking one.

The Giants totaled eight hits.  Christou and Guillermo Salazar each racked up multiple hits for the Giants.  Salazar and Christou each managed two hits to lead the Giants.

Neal-Back led the Wolves with two hits in four at bats.

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