FAYETTEVILLE — Pitching and defense — along with some opportunistic base-running late — carried the Wilson Warbirds to a 2-0 victory in their Single-A Carolina League debut over the host Fayetteville Woodpeckers on Friday night, April 3.
Reliever Jose Meneses retired six of the seven batters he faced over the final two innings at SEGRA Stadium to pick up the first win for the franchise that was the Carolina Mudcats for the past 35 years before moving to Wilson in the offseason.
Each team managed just three hits but the Woodpeckers committed four errors while the Warbirds posted a clean sheet. Wilson turned a 6-4-3 double play to end the bottom of the fourth inning after the Woodpeckers put two on with one out…