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Baysox Take Two In Akron

June 24, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
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(Akron, OH) - Jason Berken threw a complete game two-hit shutout in the first of two Baysox wins in Akron Tuesday night. Bowie took game one 5-0 behind Berken's dominant performance and the bats came out for game two as the Baysox took the nightcap 7-1. Rommie Lewis made his second start of the year for Bowie and went 3.2 innings, giving up a run on three hits before the bullpen came in to combine for 3.1 shutout innings to seal the deal.

The Baysox got off to a quick start in the top of the first inning of game one. With two out, Lou Montanez hit a single to right and Jeff Nettles doubled him home. Nettles advanced to third on a wild pitch by Steven Wright and came in to score on a fielding error by Josh Rodriguez, giving the Baysox an early 2-0 lead.

Bowie hung two more runs on the board in the third when Lou Montanez got things started again. Montanez picked up a one out single up the middle and Jeff Nettles got a base hit into right field, moving Montanez to third. Nettles managed to reach second when Brandon Sardinha made a wild throw trying to get Montanez. Nolan Reimold flied out for the second out, but Mike Rodriguez picked up his third triple of the year to score Montanez and Nettles, making the Bowie lead 4-0. Ryan Finan pushed it to 5-0 with a solo shot to right field to lead off the fourth inning and Berken took it from there.

Berken walked two and struck out seven Aeros on his way to the seven-inning shutout. He took a no-hit bid into the bottom of the sixth inning before Jose Constanza got a single into right field. The Baysox snapped their season-long seven game losing streak with the victory and Berken improved to 5-3 on the year.

Game two got started much the same way as game one with the Baysox jumping out to an early lead. Carlos Rojas drew a one-out walk in the top of the first and Lou Montanez got a base hit to left field, moving Rojas to third. Jeff Nettles brought Rojas home with a sacrifice fly and the Baysox took a 1-0 lead.

Bowie got two more runs in the top of the second. Sebastien Boucher scraped out an infield hit to shortstop and stole second base with Travis Brown up. Brown lashed a base hit into right field to bring Boucher home and advanced to third on the throw home. Mike Rodriguez singled in Brown to make the lead 3-0.

The Baysox broke the game open in the top of the third when Lou Montanez led off with a base hit into left and Jeff Nettles picked up an infield hit to second base. After Nolan Reimold popped out, Ryan Finan hit a single up the middle and Montanez and Nettles came in to score on a fielding error by Jose Constanza, allowing Finan to advance to second. Finan moved up to third base on a groundout by Brian Peterson and Sebastien Boucher knocked Finan home with another single, increasing the Bowie lead to 6-0.

Akron scraped out a run to cut it to 6-1 in the bottom of the fourth when Lewis gave up two walks and an RBI single to Damaso Espino, but Gerardo Casadiego came in to end the threat.

Bowie added one more run for good measure in the top of the sixth when Carlos Rojas picked up an infield hit and advanced to second base on an error by Wes Hodges. Lou Montanez got a base hit up the middle and Rojas moved to third base before Jeff Nettles drove him in with his second sacrifice fly of the game.

After sweeping the doubleheader, the Baysox improve to 43-34 and snap their season-long seven game losing streak. Lou Montanez collected five hits over both games and Mike Rodriguez and Jeff Nettles each had three RBI on the day. The Baysox look to start a winning streak Wednesday in Akron when RHP Brad Bergesen (7-2, 2.11 ERA) goes up against RHP Frank Herrmann (7-3, 5.00 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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