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Chris Nash Goes 5-5 as Captains Win 8-1

May 9, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Greensboro, NC) - Chris Nash went 5-5 including a home run and drove in three runs as the Captains continued their fine play on the road on Friday beating Greensboro 7-1. Nash is the first Captains player this year to have a five hit game. The Captains are now 12-5 away from Eastlake and remain in first place in the Northern Division of the SAL.

Nash got the Captains going in the second inning off of Greensboro starter Colby Miller by hitting a two run home run to put the Captains up 2-0. That was his second home run in his last two games. The Hoppers got to Captains starter Kelvin De La Cruz in the second inning on a ground out by Ryan Curry that scored a run to make it 2-1. The Captains made it 3-1 when Roman Pena's ground out scored Adam White in the third inning. The Captains added three more runs in the sixth inning on a Miller wild pitch and RBI's by Doug Pickens and Matt Willard to stretch the lead to 6-1. The Captains added another run off reliever Steven Cishek in the eighth inning on a sacrifice fly by White to make it 7-1.

Kelvin De La Cruz struggled with his control walking five but only allowed one run in five innings and picked up the win to even his mark at 2-2. John Gaub relieved De La Cruz in the sixth inning and pitched two scoreless innings striking out four. He has struck out ten batters in his last two outings, 4.1 innings. Gary Campfield pitched the final two innings striking out three but was not eligible for a save.

The Captains and Grasshoppers play game four of the series on Saturday. LHP Ryan Morris will get the start (4-0, 2.84) against the Grasshoppers RHP Kyle Kaminska who is making his first start for Greensboro. The Captains and Greensboro will wrap up the series on Sunday with a 5:00 PM game. The games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

The Captains return home to Classic Park on Friday, May 16th to face the Lexington Legends. Friday is the second of twenty Fireworks Extravaganzas at Classic Park this season. All Friday and Saturday home games from here on out will be followed by fireworks. Tickets for all Captains home games are on sale at the Classic Park box office, by phone at 440-954-WINS (9467) or at captainsbaseball.com.

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