Blue Rocks Drop a Pair to Potomac
July 3, 2019 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Wilmington Blue Rocks News Release
Wilmington, DE- It was a rough Wednesday night for the Wilmington Blue Rocks, who dropped a pair of games to the Potomac Nationals at Frawley Stadium. The Blue Crew lost the resumption of Tuesday's suspended contest, 10-4, and fell 2-1 in the regularly schedule affair.
The night started with a 4-4 contest in the bottom of the fourth inning. Potomac went in front with a run in the fifth on a Telmito Austin RBI-grounder. KJ Harrison increased the lead with a run-scoring double in the seventh. Potomac added another tally in the frame when Harrison came home on Josh Mitchell's wild pitch. The P-Nats put the game away with three more in the ninth. Omar Meregildo cleared the bases with a double to the left-field corner.
The regularly scheduled game was a pitchers' duel between Potomac's Tim Cate and Wilmington's Daniel Tillo.
Tillo (4-7) turned in a quality start and made just one real mistake all night, but paid for it dearly. The lefty lasted six innings, yielding only three hits and fanning five. He did surrender a two-run dinger in the sixth to Aldrem Cooredor, which ended up being the difference in the game.
Meanwhile, Cate (1-1) tossed a complete game, allowing just one run on three hits while fanning eight and walking only two. Kyle Kasser drove in the Rocks' lone run when his single in the third plated Offerman Collado.
Wilmington hits the road for a six-game road trip starting Thursday at Potomac. Jonathan Bowlan hits the hill for the Rocks, with first pitch slated for 7:05 p.m. Fans can catch all the action with the Voice of the Blue Rocks, Cory Nidoh, on 89.7 WGLS-FM.
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The Blue Crew have entered one of the strangest stretches they've encountered on a schedule in recent memory. Wilmington is playing back-to-back home-and-homes. The Rocks hosted Potomac for three then hit the road to visit Potomac in a three-game series. After that they play three at Salem before welcoming the Red Sox to Frawley Stadium for three more. Adding an extra layer of oddity to the two-week span is that the Rocks and Sox will play a day-night doubleheader on July 8. Game one will begin at 11 a.m. and the nightcap is not slated until 6 p.m. Wilmington is 1-2 during this stretch of 12 games versus two teams.
Wilmington has had an abnormally low number of rubber matches in 2019. The Blue Crew played just their fourth series-deciding game on Wednesday. Equally as strange is the fact that the first-half CL North champs are still looking for their first rubber match win this season. The Rocks are now 0-4 in such contests on the campaign.
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