Starling starts rally with his legs for Wilmington

Bubba Starling fueled an eighth inning rally with his legs and Christian Binford had another solid outing as Class A-Advanced Wilmington beat Lynchburg 3-2 on Friday.

Binford allowed two runs on three hits in seven innings. He struck out eight, walked two and saw he has a 2.04 ERA on the season.

The Blue Rocks were down 2-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning when Starling led off and was hit by a pitch. He stole second and took third on an error by the catcher. After Hunter Dozier struck out, Starling scored on a wild pitch.

After a Zane Evans struck out, Johermyn Chavez walked and moved to second on Jack Lopez’s single. Cam Gallagher walked to load the bases and Cody Stubbs also walked, forcing home Chavez with the go-ahead run.

• Class AAA Omaha spotted Round Rock a four-run lead in the first inning, but the Storm Chasers won 11-8 by scoring the game’s final three runs. Every Omaha starter had at least one hit, topped by right fielder

got his sixth save by pitching two innings of hitless relief. He walked one and struck out two.

• Seven players had a multi-hit game as Class AA Northwest Arkansas pounded out 16 hits in a 9-1 win over Springfield. Catcher

each pitched two innings, allowing one hit.

• Third baseman

This story was originally published May 9, 2014 at 11:52 PM with the headline "Starling starts rally with his legs for Wilmington."