DAYTON, Ohio - Chih-Wei Hu struck out 10 batters in six innings Saturday night as the Cedar Rapids Kernels blanked Dayton, 4-0, before 8,226 fans at Fifth Third Field in Dayton.
Hu (3-0, 1.50 ERA) allowed only two hits and one walk.
Jake Reed pitched two perfect innings for the Kernels and struck out three batters. Nick Burdi tossed a 1-2-3 ninth inning to finish the two-hit masterpiece.
Engelb Vielma had two hits for Cedar Rapids. Logan Wade, Chad Christensen, Mitch Garver and Bryan Haar collected RBIs.
The Kernels scored three runs in the top of the first inning and the pitchers took it from there.
The Kernels (50-54) and Dayton (51-51) meet again Sunday afternoon. Cedar Rapids has won 13 of its last 16 games.
KERNELS (4): Vielma, ss, 4 1 2 0, Wade, 2b, 3 1 1 1, Christensen, 1b, 4 1 1 1, Garver, dh, 4 0 0 1, Haar, 3b, 3 0 0 1, Swim, rf, 4 0 0 0, Kanzler, cf, 3 0 0 0, Quesada, c, 3 1 1 0, Williams, lf, 3 0 1 0. Totals 31 4 6 4.
DAYTON (0): McGruder, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Ramirez, 1b, 4 0 0 0, Rahler, 3b, 3 0 0 0, Ervin, rf, 3 0 0 0, Rachal, dh, 3 0 0 0, Hudson, c, 3 0 1 0, Rosa, lf, 3 0 0 0, Daal, ss, 3 0 0 0, Benedetto, cf, 3 0 1 0. Totals 29 0 2 0.
Kernels 300 010 000 - 4 6 1
Dayton 000 000 000 - 0 2 1
Hu, Reed (7), Burdi (9) and Quesada. Stephens, Amezcua (6), Bender (9) and Hudson. W - Hu (3-0). L - Stephens (2-3). 2B - Williams (12), Hudson (12). E - Vielma (13), Stephens (1). T - 2:25. A - 8,226.
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