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Ring lashes 13th double of season in 7-4 loss

SALISBURY, MD - After a long rain delay, the Columbia Fireflies restarted their offense most effectively, beating the Delmarva Shorebirds 7-4 on Thursday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

Originally scheduled as a doubleheader at 6:05 p.m., incliment weather forced a delay of 2:21, and the teams instead played one nine-inning game with the twin bill rescheduled for Friday.

Merandy Gonzalez (5-1) earned the win and got some revenge after last week’s shellacking against Delmarva, allowing three runs (one earned) on four hits in five innings, walking one and striking out seven. Zach Muckenhirn (1-3) took the loss after allowing seven runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings. Adonis Uceta picked up his third save after getting the final seven outs of the game.

The Shorebirds (15-18) struck first in the bottom of the first inning as Jake Ring lashed his league-leading 13th double of the season down the right field line. Preston Palmeiro then plated Ring on a line-drive single to left, making it 1-0.

Dash Winningham tied it on the first pitch of the second inning with a towering home run to right field. The Fireflies (17-16) kept the engine running in that inning with two outs. Ali Sanchez hit a single and scored on a Milton Ramos double to left. After a walk and a wilt pitch, Andres Gimenez singled to left to score both runs and make it 4-1.

Columbia took out further insurance in the top of the fourth. The bottom of the order again started the rally as Sanchez and Ramos led off with singles. Gene Cone plated Sanchez on a grounder to right, then after a popout Ramos scampered home on a passed ball. Luis Carpio singled to knock Muckenhirn out of the game. Cody Dube came in from the bullpen and hit Michael Paez with a pitch to load the bases. Winningham then hit a sac fly to right to bring home Cone and give the Fireflies a 7-1 advantage after seven unanswered runs.

Delmarva finally answered in their half of the fourth inning. Palmeiro reached on an error and Collin Woody Walked. Gerrion Grim singled to right field to load the bases, and Alejandro Juvier’s sac fly to center scored Palmeiro. After a groundout, Frank Crinella lined a single to right to score Woody and get the Shorebirds within 7-3.

The Shorebirds’ last best chance came in the bottom of the seventh. Irving Ortega and Ryan McKenna drew two-out walks, and Ring clocked a line drive to right to score Ortega and make it 7-4. Palmeiro came up as the tying run but Uceta got him to hit a comebacker to the mound for a groundout.

Ring notched another multi-hit game for the Shorebirds, going 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run.

Eight and nine hitters Sanchez and Ramos combined to go 5-for-7 with four runs and an RBI, providing a spark at the back of the lineup for the Fireflies. Winningham finished 2-for-4 with the home run and sac fly.
 

Joseph Fitzhenry

 

The Bowie Baysox (18-16) plated five in the first and held on for a 5-3 victory over the Richmond Flying Squirrels (13-19) in the series opener on a cold and dreary Thursday night at Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie. 

 

Trailing 5-3, The Squirrels had the potential tying run in scoring position in the sixth, but RHP Jesus Liranzo fanned Hunter Cole to end the threat. A pair of walks and a single had loaded the bases with two outs in the frame before Richmond plated a run on a Eliezer Zambrano RBI single and a bases-loaded walk.

 

Richmond threatened once again in the eighth with runners at the corners and one out, but RHP Ryan Meisinger got a pop out and a groundout to end the threat.

 

Baysox starter David Hess (5-1) was charged with the three runs on five hits to go along with four walks and three strikeouts in 5.2 IP. Liranzo (1.1 IP, 2 H, BB, 3 K) and Meisinger (2.0 IP, 2 H, BB, 2 K) combined to close things out for Bowie. Meisinger notched his fourth save of the season.

 

In the afore-mentioned five-run first, Austin Wynns delivered a two-run shot,Sean Coyle (2-2, 2 2B, 2 RBI) knocked home a pair with a two-run double andSharlon Schoop came through with an RBI infield single to give the Baysox a 5-1 lead. The home run was Wynns’ third of the season.

 

With his fifth win of the season, Hess has matched his win total from the 2016 campaign.

 

Richmond starter Matt Lujan (1-2) allowed the five runs on 10 hits while walking one and fanning four over six innings of work.

 

The five-run first came on the heels of the Flying Squirrels taking a 1-0 lead in the top half of the inning courtesy of a solo shot from Cole.

 

Aderlin Rodriguez (2-4) and Garabez Rosa (2-4, R) also had multi-hit games for the Baysox.

Tides Staff

 

The Indianapolis Indians used a five-run first inning to roll to a 7-1 win over the Tides Thursday night at Victory Field.

The Tribe wasted little time in jumping on Norfolk spot starter Steve Johnson (0-1), plating five runs on five hits in the first frame to take a 5-0 lead. Anderson Feliz had the big hit in the frame, a two-out bases-clearing single to put the Indians up 5-0. 

Norfolk was limited to six hits in the contest - each of which was a single. The only run the Tides could muster came in the sixth frame, when Robert Andino plated Michael Bourn with a single to center field. 

Playing his third game with Norfolk since being activated from the disabled list, Bourn finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. He's now batting .273 (3-11) since joining the Tides on Monday. 

Pedro Alvarez singled in the contest to up his hitting streak to seven games, while Jimmy Yacabonis tossed a scoreless inning of relief to extend his flawless run to open the 2017 season to 16.2 innings.

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