Sunday Summaries

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by Adam Pohl

Mullins Has Big Night In Loss

 

Mullins Homers in Four-Hit Game but Baysox Fall 7-3.

 

Cedric Mullins homered to leadoff the game in a four-hit effort but the Baysox fell short in the series opener falling 7-3 to Erie Saturday night.

 

Erie had the first five batters reach in a four-run, eighth inning rally to break open a tie ballgame. The late lead was the first of the night for the SeaWolves.

 

Mullins started the night with a bang. He lifted a solo HR down the line in right field. He would have three more hits on the night including a bunt single in the ninth inning.

 

In the sixth inning, tied at 1-apiece, Adam Brett Walker launched another titanic clout. The blast was a 430-foot shot to left centerfield that gave the Baysox a 2-1 lead. It was his third in as many games and fifth in ten games with Bowie.  Later in the frame, Erick Slacedo singled home Austin Wynns with two down to make it 3-1.

 

But Erie tied the game with two in the sixth inning before their four-run eighth.

 

Jesus Liranzo worked three scoreless innings for a second consecutive start in the game. He walked four and struck out three. Austin Hays made three fantastic catches including a full extension diving grab in shallow right-center field.

 

by Will Deboer

BIRDS DROP EARLY BOMBS, WIN FOURTH STRAIGHT
Billingsley, Ring, Woody go yard in first three innings of 9-3 win

SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds went yard early and often to beat the Lakewood BlueClaws 9-3 on Saturday night at Perdue Stadium, stretching their season-high winning streak to four games.

Down 1-0 after Darick Hall’s RBI double in the top of the first, Cole Billingsley mashed a leadoff homer to right in the bottom of the frame, the Shorebirds’ (3-0, 32-39) first leadoff home run of the season. Preston Palmeiro drew a walk two batters later, and Collin Woody slashed a double to left center to bring him around. Chris Clare walked and Frank Crinella singled to load the bases, and Alejandro Juvier hit into a fielder’s choice to bring home Woody and make it 3-1 Delmarva.

The fireworks continued in the second and third innings. Jake Ring went yard to right, his 10th of the season, in the second. In the third it was Woody, who cracked a towering solo shot to left, his third of the year.

Preston Palmeiro drove in a run with a two-out RBI single in the fourth, while Clare doubled and scored on a wild pitch in the fifth. When the dust settled, the Shorebirds had a 7-1 lead after scoring in their first five innings.

The BlueClaws (0-3, 40-33) got two back in the top of the sixth. Hall delivered his league-leading 53rd RBI with a line drive solo shot to right, and Henri Lartigue went deep to right center to make it 7-3. Hall and Lartigue hit back-to-back shots the night before.

Delmarva reinforced the lead in the bottom of the seventh. Clare worked out a one-out walk, and Crinella laced a triple to the wall in right center to bring him home. Crinella then came in when Jose Antequera committed an error at third base on a grounder by Juvier, giving the game its final margin.

Jhon Peluffo (5-2) grabbed the team lead in wins coming out of the bullpen, allowing two runs on two hits over two innings. Adonis Medina (2-6) was saddled with the loss after giving up five runs on five hits in three innings, including all three Shorebird home runs.

Woody led the way for the ‘Birds at the plate, going 2-for-5 with a double, homer, two RBIs, and two runs. Crinella finished 2-for-4 with a triple, run, and RBI, while Juvier plated two runs without a hit.

Lartigue paced the BlueClaws, finishing 2-for-4 with his own double, homer, and two RBIs. Lartigue and Mickey Moniak had two hits each.

Travis Seabrooke started for Delmarva and lasted four innings, allowing one run on two hits while walking three and striking out one.

Orioles closer Zach Britton made his latest rehab appearance in the top of the seventh. He walked Antequera to lead off but induced a 6-4-3 double play from Carlos Duran and got Daniel Brito to roll out to short, facing the minimum on 11 pitches.

Steven Klimek took it the rest of the way, pitching a scoreless eighth and ninth to lock it down.

by Geoff Arnold

HILLCATS RUN PAST KEYS

KEYS DROP THIRD STRAIGHT TO OPEN SECOND-HALF

 

LYNCHBURG, VA –The Lynchburg Hillcats (43-29) stole seven bases and utilized nine Frederick Keys (31-41) walks en route to a 5-2 victory on Saturday night at City Stadium. With the setback the Keys have lost three straight and 12 of their last 14 games.

 

Lynchburg’s seven steals marked the most allowed by the Keys in a game this year. Sam Haggerty led the charge with three, while Ka’ai Tom added two and Jodd Carter and Willi Castro nabbed one base apiece.

 

For the third straight game, the Hillcats got on the board first with a second inning marker. Following three straight one out singles off Brian Gonzalez, Haggerty grounded a ball to shortstop. Drew Turbin took the toss to get one out and threw to first quickly, but the throw was late to bring home Yonathan Mendoza.

 

In the fourth, Willi Castro singled home Martin Cervenka from second, while the Hillcats added single markers in the fourth, sixth and seventh stanzas. After Haggerty stole second in the fourth, Tom dunked a single down the leftfield line to make it 3-1. A wild pitch in the sixth plated Haggerty from third and a sac-fly by Claudio Bautista concluded the Lynchburg scoring.

 

Frederick managed a run in the fifth on an RBI single by Steve Laurino that scored Shane Hoelscher from second. The Keys third baseman then singled in Glynn Davis in the eighth.

 

Overall, the Keys struck out 14 times, with Hillcats starter Triston McKenzie racking up eight. Earning the win, McKenzie (6-4) gave up one run on eight hits. Gonzalez (2-6) suffered the loss allowing three runs on eight hits in five innings. He walked four and struck out six. Jordan Milbrath recorded the save, tossing 1.2 innings of scoreless baseball. The right-hander struck out four.