SAL1 Delmarva Shorebirds

'Birds Win Wild One in 11, 2-1

Published on July 7, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release


Salisbury, Md.- An eleventh inning wild pitch allowed Tyler Henson to scamper home from third base and the Shorebirds walked off with a narrow 2-1 victory over the Drive to open up the eight game homestand at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. A pitchers duel throughout, the Shorebirds were carried by starter Sean Gleason, who became the first Delmarva starter to toss eight innings this season. Gleason received a no decision despite allowing just one run on two hits over eight sensational frames, seven of which were perfect 1-2-3 innings.

Chad Povich, in just his fourth start of the season, was also sensational for the Drive. The righthander out of Dixie State tossed a season-high five and two-thirds for Greenville, surrendering just one run on four hits. Drive relievers Ryne Miller and Felix Ventura kept the Birds offense at bay for four and two-thirds, but Delmarva finally struck off Javier Garcia in the ninth.

After Henson's leadoff single to put the winning runner on, he advanced to second on Crancer's sacrifice bunt and moved to third on the ensuing throwing error by first-baseman Mike Jones. Kieron Pope struck out for the second out of the eleventh and Pedro Florimon had two strikes on him when Garcia's breaking ball squirted past catcher Will Vazquez, allowing Henson to score the winning run as the Shorebirds won their third straight. Aubrey Miller earned the win in relief for Delmarva. Pitching for the first time in nine days, Miller threw a scoreless eleventh for the Shorebirds.

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