SAL1 Lake County Captains

Better late than never for Captains in win

Published on June 30, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - Lucas Montero hit a home run from both sides of the plate including a two run homer in the top of the ninth inning off of Shorebirds closer Mick Mattaliano, to propel the Captains to a 4-2 win over Delmarva on Monday. The Captains tied it up just prior to the Montero homer on an error by the Birds Pedro Florimon. This was only the Captains second win this season when they trailed after eight innings. They are 2-24 in games they trail in after eight innings. The Captains upped their second half record to 5-7.

The Shorebirds grabbed the lead in the bottom of the third inning off of Captains starter Ryan Morris on a sacrifice fly by Tyler Henson that scored Jason White and the Shorebirds led 1-0. After a forty minute rain delay, the Captains tied it at 1-1 in the top of the fifth inning on a solo home run by Lucas Montero off of Shorebirds starter Zach Britton. The Shorebirds reclaimed a 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fifth inning when Henson doubled and eventually scored on a single by Anthony Martinez.

Morris did not factor in the decision going five innings allowing two runs on five hits, walking two and striking out two. John Gaub relieved Morris in the sixth inning and threw two scoreless innings striking out four. Gary Campfield picked up the win pitching a scoreless eighth inning and Kyle Landis got his first save with a scoreless ninth inning. Mattaliano suffered his first loss of the year.

The Captains conclude the two game series on Tuesday before heading to Kannapolis for a four game series starting on Wednesday. Game time Tuesday is 7:05 PM and the Captains will send RHP Jonathan Holt (2-5, 4.07) to the mound against the Shorebirds RHP Sean Gleason (5-1, 2.78). The Captains game can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM. The Captains return home on Monday, July 7th for an eight game home stand against Hickory and Asheville. Monday's game will feature Buck Night at Classic Park with $1 hot dogs, beer, and soda.

Tickets for all Captains home games including the 2008 SAL Playoffs are on sale at the Classic Park box office, by phone at 440-954-WINS (9467) or at captainsbaseball.com. Tickets for the Playoffs remain the same as regular season game tickets, $9 reserved seat, $7 bleachers, juniors, and seniors, $6 lawn. Lawn seats for the Playoffs will only be sold once the reserved seats and bleachers are sold out. The $7 group rate will still apply to groups of 20 or more.

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