Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 19, 1995 TAG: 9505190112
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: STAFF REPORT
DATELINE: FREDERICK, MD. LENGTH: Short
The decisive hit came off Salem reliever Curt Conley (1-1), the sixth Avalanche pitcher to see duty. The Keys also used six pitchers in the five-hour game.
Hut Smith (3-1) was the winner in relief for the second straight night. With the loss, Salem's third in the four-game series, the Avalanche fell to 21-20 and three games out of first place in the Southern Division.
Salem had a chance to win by scoring twice in the 14th inning on a single by Brian Culp, but Frederick rallied to tie the score on a home run by Harry Berrios and a grounder that got past Salem second baseman Steve Bernhardt for a error on which the tying run scored.
Mark Wells hit his team-high eighth home run in the second inning for the Avalanche, scoring John Giudice, who had doubled. Giudice and Chris Sexton had eight of Salem's 14 hits.
Frederick cut its deficit in half in the third inning when Chris Kirgan hit a solo homer, and the Keys tied the score in the fifth on a run-producing grounder by Jeff Michael.
Colin Dixon had an RBI-single in the seventh that plated Bernhardt, who led off the inning with a triple.
Frederick rallied again, tying the score in the bottom of the ninth when Sean Hugo hit his fourth homer, off Salem reliever Matt Aminoff with one out.
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