Salisbury, Md. – The
Delmarva Shorebirds (16-22) scored three runs in the eighth inning to
defeat the Lakewood BlueClaws (21-19) 6-5 on Wednesday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
Lakewood
scored first in the first inning against Williams Louico. Tim Carver
reached on a hit by pitch. He stole second base and reached third on a
fly ball to right-center. Then, Kelly Dugan hit a grounder to short to
score Carver.
The
Shorebirds took their first lead of the series in the bottom of the
first. Jerome Pena hit a one out single. Then, Nicky Delmonico
walked. Michael Ohlman followed with a base hit into center field to
score Pena. With runners at second and third on an error by the center
fielder, Connor Narron ripped a two run double to left field to give the
Shorebirds a 3-1 lead.
Lakewood
responded with two runs in the fifth inning. Miguel Alvarez reached on
a lead off walk. He moved to third on two passed balls charged to
Wynston Sawyer. Alvarez scored on a wild pitch by Louico. Later in the
inning, Brock Stassi singled to score former Shorebirds catcher Gabriel
Lino, who walked.
In
the seventh inning, Lakewood took the lead. Alvarez hit a double to
the alley in left-center field and scored later on a base hit by
Alejandro Villalobos.
Down
4-3 in the bottom of the eighth, the Shorebirds scored three runs.
Narron opened the inning with a liner into center. Then, Brenden Webb
walked. Jason Esposito dropped a sacrifice bunt and the relief pitcher
Luis Paulino fired high to first, allowing Narron to score the tying
run. Then, Sawyer lifted a sacrifice fly to center field to score Webb,
which gave the Shorebirds a 5-4 lead. Mychal Givens followed with his
third hit of the game to stretch the lead to 6-4.
Zach
Petersime entered in the ninth inning for Delmarva. He gave up a run
on back-to-back hits by Lino and Villalobos as Lakewood cut the deficit
to 6-5. Petersime got Tim Carver to ground towards Givens to end the
game. Petersime notched his fourth save of the season.
Guzman, who entered for Louico in the sixth inning, earned the win over three innings. He yielded two hits and a run.
The Shorebirds and BlueClaws play the series finale on Thursday night at 7:05pm. RHP Parker Bridwell is the scheduled starter for Delmarva.
