Auburn wins third straight game

By Kristin Kowaleski-Wolford / The Citizen

Friday, July 25, 2008 11:37 PM EDT

AUBURN - Mark Sobolewski had a perfect night and the Auburn Doubledays offense broke out in a big way in their 8-1 win over Williamsport on Friday night.
Glenn Gaston / Special to The Citizen
Auburn's Adam Amar connects on a solo home run, his fifth of the season, in the fourth inning of Friday's game against Williamsport at Falcon Park.
The Doubledays stalled the Crosscutters' four-game win streak and earned their third straight victory after two monstrous innings late in the game. With the score knotted 1-1 heading into the seventh, the Doubledays decided they'd had enough of stranding runners on the bags and sent just about everybody home in the seventh and eighth innings. Sobolewski pounded his fourth hit to score Chris Demons for the go-ahead run in the seventh and the Doubledays took it from there. Jon Del Campo and Bartolo Nicholas hit consecutive RBIs off Charles Vartanian, who suffered his first loss of the season.

Auburn's third baseman was the big story of the night, however, as Sobolewski broke out in a big way, going 5-for-5 with three RBIs on the night. Before the game, the Toronto Blue Jays' fourth-round pick this season was carrying around a .182 average with eight hits and no RBIs in 12 games.

The Doubledays' four-run seventh was succeeded by a three-run eighth. After Adam Amar ripped an RBI double to score Demons, Sobolewski topped off the inning with his fourth single to score two runs.

Amar's night was only overshadowed by Sobolewski, who followed him in the lineup. The Doubledays' designated hitter went 2-for-4 with his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot over the left field wall to get Auburn started in the fourth inning. Until Amar's blast, the Doubledays had just one hit. After the homer and until the seventh, Auburn left eight runners stranded.

Though he didn't get a decision, Josh Wells made a fantastic start, retiring batters in order the first three frames and lasting two after that.

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