EL1 Chesapeake Baysox

Baysox nipped in close game

Published on July 2, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Chesapeake Baysox News Release


(Harrisburg, PA) - The Baysox led most of the way but could not finish off the pesky Senators, dropping a 4-3 back-and-forth contest in Harrisburg Wednesday night. Bowie could not capitalize on another fantastic outing from starting pitcher David Hernandez and lost on a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth. Hernandez has given up just two runs and six hits in his last 24.2 innings of work over four starts. With Wednesday's no-decision, he has come away with just one victory in that span.

The Baysox broke a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth when Mike Rodriguez led off the inning with a double. Carlos Rojas laid down a sacrifice bunt to move Rodriguez to third and the Senators walked Lou Montanez to put runners on the corners with one out. Nolan Reimold grounded out to third base but it was enough to bring Rodriguez home and give the Baysox a 1-0 lead.

Hernandez gave up just three hits going into the bottom of the seventh inning. With one out in the seventh, he gave up a base hit to Bill Rhinehart and hit Javi Herrera with a pitch to put runners on first and second. That was the end of the night for Hernandez, he finished with 6.1 shutout innings of work, giving up four hits and striking out four. Ryan Keefer came on to take over for Hernandez and retired the side in order to end the threat.

The Senators would not be denied and broke through in the bottom of the eighth. Mike Daniel led off with a base hit to left and William Bergolla reached on a bunt single to put runners at first and second with no outs. Leonard Davis laid down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners to second and third and Keefer walked Luis Jimenez intentionally to load the bases. Keefer got Edgardo Baez on strikes but Bill Rhinehart smashed a double over Nolan Reimold's head in right field to bring in all three runners. Keefer got Garrett Guzman to strike out to end the inning, but the Senators had taken a 3-1 lead.

Bowie got back in it with a two-out rally in the top of the ninth. Ryan Finan drew a one-out walk and Sebastien Boucher hit a ground ball to shortstop. Seth Bynum got Finan with the force at second but Boucher was able to beat the relay throw to first base to keep the Baysox alive. Blake Davis kept things going with a double down the right field line, putting runners at second and third with two away. Mike Rodriguez smacked a base hit to right field to score Boucher and Davis and tie the game at 3-3 before getting caught in a rundown to end the inning.

Rommie Lewis came in to take over for Keefer in the bottom of the ninth and got Seth Bynum on strikes to lead off the inning. Mike Daniel drove a double to left field and Lewis intentionally walked William Bergolla to put runners on first and second with one out. Leonard Davis grounded a single into right field but Daniel got held up at third base to load the bases. Luis Jimenez chopped one back up the middle out of the reach of shortstop Blake Davis and Daniel came in to score the winning run.

With the loss, the Baysox move to 48-37 on the year, second place in the Southern Division. The Baysox look to make it three wins out of four against the Senators Thursday night with RHP Chorye Spoone (3-3, 4.21 ERA) taking on RHP Bobby Brownlie (6-0, 3.33 ERA).

The Bowie Baysox are in their 16th season as the "AA" affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. Baysox individual game tickets, season ticket plans, group outings, picnics and birthday parties are currently available for booking by calling the Baysox front office at (301) 464-4880.

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