SAL1 Hagerstown Suns

RECAP: Lakewood Slows Hagerstown, 7-1

Published on June 11, 2017 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hagerstown Suns News Release


Lakewood Slows Hagerstown, 7-1 Suns tally just four hits on Sunday afternoon

HAGERSTOWN, MD. - Following a pair of late-game comebacks, the Suns tallied just one run on four hits against a trio of Lakewood pitchers in a 7-1 loss on Sunday afternoon at Municipal Stadium.

18-year-old flamethrower Sixto Sanchez (Win, 2-2) held Hagerstown hitless into the fifth inning when Jake Noll reached base with a one-out single. The Suns tallied three more hits in the eighth inning and Blake Perkins cut the Lakewood lead to 4-1 with a two-out, RBI double, but the Suns never drew closer as the BlueClaws plated three more runs in the ninth.

Steven Fuentes (Loss, 2-2) replaced Suns starter Tyler Watson, who left after tossing just 45 pitches and stranding the bases loaded in the second. Fuentes again left the bases full of BlueClaws in the third, but David Martinelli broke through with an RBI double in the fourth and hit a towering, three-run homer over the bullpen in right-center field that put Lakewood up 4-0 in the sixth.

Edgar Cabral finished 3-for-4 at the plate for Lakewood including an RBI single against Hagerstown reliever Jacob Howell in the ninth. In his second appearance with the Suns this year, Howell allowed three earned runs while pitching the final three innings.

No Suns hitters recorded a multi-hit game on Sunday and the South Atlantic League's best offense struck out 13 times.

Following the loss, Hagerstown's lead atop the SAL Northern Division dropped to 1 1/2 games over the Greensboro Grasshoppers with eight games left to decide the first-half champion and automatic playoff qualifier. Lakewood entered the weekend in second place but is now sitting fourth, 2 1/2 games behind Hagerstown.

On Monday, Hagerstown will try to win the four-game series against Lakewood at 2:05 p.m. with All-Star lefty McKenzie Mills (5-2, 2.30) drawing the start against BlueClaws southpaw Ranger Suarez (4-1, 1.72). It's a Belly Buster Monday at Municipal Stadium with all $16 tickets good for all-you-can-eat hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, and popcorn. To get you tickets, call 301-791-6266 or visit hagerstownsuns.com .

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