A strong combination of good pitching and good defense led the Yard Goats to success in the early innings at FNB Field on Wednesday morning. Starting pitcher Peter Lambert delivered six innings of scoreless baseball, but ran into some trouble in the seventh inning.
Lambert’s defense was able to aid him when he needed it the most. In the bottom of the first inning, he found himself in trouble after allowing a leadoff single to Daniel Johnson, who stole second and third base. However, Lambert got a ground ball off the bat of Yadiel Hernandez and second baseman Garrett Hampson threw out Johnson at home to keep the Senators off the scoreboard.