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Fast start gives Wild Things win

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The Washington Wild Things used a six-run first inning to defeat Gateway Saturday at Wild Things Park, 8-2.

Washington got its best starting pitching performance of the season, as Nick Wegmann took a no-hitter into the sixth inning before yielding a lead-off single. Wegmann tossed seven shutout innings and allowed just the one hit and two walks, while striking out a career-best eight batters, which also matches a season high for Washington pitchers in a single game. Wegmann moved to 1-2 with the win.

The Wild Things jumped on Gateway’s starter Thomas Nicoll in the first. Each of the first seven batters reached base and the Wild Things plated six runs from those seven batters. Centerfielder Saige Jenco doubled to lead off the game and came home on Wander Franco’s first home run as a Wild Things’ player. Franco ended up with three hits for his team-leading 7th multi-hit game, and now has six RBI on the series. The next batter, Shaine Hughes, was hit by a pitch, and went to third on a single by Hector Roa. Hughes then came home on JJ Fernandez’ RBI base hit.

Fernandez and Roa scored on an RBI double to right by Lucas Herbert, before Herbert came home on a double by catcher Cody Erickson moments later. In the second inning, Hector Roa tripled for the first time this season and in the process drove in Franco to push the Things’ lead to 7-0.

Both teams scored in the eighth, with Gateway (7-7) grabbing its only two runs on two RBI singles, and Washington (4-11) completing the night with a Brett Marr run-scoring hit.

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