51s stung by Salt Lake

Friday, April 15, 2005 | 10:12 a.m.

SUN WIRE SERVICES

SALT LAKE CITY -- Salt Lake pitchers combined to allow just two runs and strikeout nine, as the Stingers beat Las Vegas 4-2 on Thursday night.

Corey Lee (1-0) worked six solid innings, as he allowed just one run on five hits for the win. Joel Peralta notched his first save of the season by retiring the 51s in order in the ninth.

Salt Lake jumped ahead with a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Casey Smith reached on a throwing error and scored on a triple to right center by Dallas McPherson, who scored on a Casey Kotchman ground out.

After Las Vegas pulled to within one with a run in the fourth, the Stingers add a pair of insurance runs in the seventh on a run scoring double by Nick Gorneault and an RBI single by Ryan Budde. Gorneault and McPherson each had two hits and one RBI in the game as Salt Lake closes out its first homestand at 5-2.

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