SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Beat Braves 5-1

Published on August 17, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Rome, GA) - Dustin Realini had four hits and drove in two runs and the Captains bullpen threw 6.2 scoreless innings to lead the Lake County Captains to a 5-1 win over the Rome Braves on Sunday. The Captains remain hot as they are 6-1 on the road trip and are winners of their last eight out of ten games. The Braves took an early lead when David Berres bunted his way on against Captains starter Erik Berger. Berger was hurt on the play and was replaced by Jonathan Holt. Three batters later Freddie Freeman singled home Berres and it was the Braves with a 1-0 lead. The Captains tied it up at 1-1 in the top of the sixth inning when Realini doubled and then scored on Chris Nash's single.

The Captains took the lead in the seventh inning against Braves reliever Adam Bullard when Juan Valdes plated a run with a ground out and Realini singled in another run to give the Captains a 3-1 lead. It went to 4-1 when Ron Rivas singled home Matt Brown in the eighth inning. The Captains got a RBI double from Realini in the ninth inning to up the lead to 5-1.

Berger got a no decision going 2.1 innings in his Captains debut allowing one run on three hits, while striking out two. Holt improved his record to 3-6 pitching 3.2 scoreless innings allowing three hits and striking out two. Dallas Cawiezell came on in the seventh inning and threw two scoreless innings. John Gaub pitched a scoreless ninth inning. Bullard took the loss in his Braves debut.

The Captains and Braves wrap up the series on Monday at 7:00 PM with the Captains sending RHP Joey Mahalic (7-4, 3.48) to the mound to face the Braves RHP Edgar Osuna (8-4, 3.27). All Captains games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

The Captains return home on Wednesday, August 20th to wrap up the regular season portion of the home schedule as they host the Lakewood BlueClaws. The Captains will host the SAL playoffs beginning on September 5th.

Wednesday is WIN BIG WEDNESDAY at Classic Park! The Captains will give away $1,000 in cash and prizes! The first 1,000 fans through the turnstiles will receive an envelope containing anything from a dime to a certificate for $500 cash. The prizes include one (1) $500 winner, one (1) $100 winner, ten (10) $10 gas card winners, and twenty (20) $5 Captains gift card winners.

Thursday is THIRSTY THURSDAY & TATTOO NIGHT at Classic Park! Fountain Sodas and Draft Beer will be 50% off until 9:00 p.m. Gates open early for a special pre-game performance by 1988. Plus, 1988 will perform another hour-long set immediately following the end of the game. It's also the Fourth Annual Captains Charities Garage Sale & Chinese Auction featuring various sports memorabilia donated by the Captains and other professional sports organizations. Come out to the ballpark and get a free Captains tattoo courtesy of Alligator Ink Studios.

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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