Jonathan Arauz puts down a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the 10th.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Brandon Bailey did not allow a hit through five innings Wednesday.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Buies Creek pitchers Brandon Bailey, Gabriel Valdez and Carlos Sanabria combined for a one-hitter on Wednesday night as the Astros topped visiting Salem 1-0 in 10 innings.
Sanabria (1-0) threw the final inning and got the win. In extra innings in the Carolina League, a runner starts at second base.
Chuckie Robinson was on second to start the bottom of the 10th for the Astros. A sacrifice bunt by Jonathan Arauz moved Robinson to third and he came home on a walk-off sacrifice fly by Corey Julks.
Ninth batter Chris Madera had the only hit for the Red Sox off Valdez to lead off the top of the ninth.
Bailey fanned five and walked two over five innings. Valdez had three whiffs in four frames.
Ronnie Dawson was 2-for-4 as Buies Creek collected six hits.
The Astros pulled within a half-game of the Carolina League Southern Division second-half season lead with Winston-Salem’s 5-3 loss at Carolina.
Ronnie Dawson had two hits for the Astros, including this broken-bat single.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Third baseman Osvaldo Duarte gets the third out in the second inning.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Jonathan Arauz is tagged out at the plate in the third inning.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Buies Creek catcher Chuckie Robinson fires to second in the fourth.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Gabriel Valdez delivers for the Astros in a 1-0 win on Wednesday evening.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Astros shortstop Jonathan Arauz gets an out at first.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Carlos Sanabria finished on the mound and got the win.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
Corey Julks follows through on the game-winning sacrifice fly.
(Dunn Area Sports Photo/Paul Burgett)
