SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Drop Three of Four to BlueClaws

Published on May 31, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Lakewood BlueClaws took three out of four games against the Lake County Captains by beating the Captains 8-3 on Saturday at Classic Park. The Captains gave up thirty two runs in the four game series on forty six hits. The Captains lead in the Northern Division is down to 2.5 games over Delmarva where the Captains head next.

The BlueClaws drew first blood in the top of the second inning against Captains starter Ryan Morris. Michael Taylor and Karl Bolt had back-to-back singles and Taylor scored on a single by Freddy Galvis to make it 1-0. The Captains came right back in the bottom of the inning against Claws starter Chance Chapman when Dustin Realini singled to extend his on-base streak to twenty one games. Three batters later, with Realini at second, Jeff Hehr doubled to score Realini and it was tied 1-1.

The BlueClaws scored twice in the fifth inning off of Morris. Joel Naughton walked, and two batters later, scored on an RBI double by Dennis Winn. Winn scored when the next batter Dominic Brown singled to make it 3-1. The Captains cut the lead to 3-2 in the bottom of the fifth inning on a solo home run from Hehr, his second home run of the year. The BlueClaws got the run back in the top of the sixth inning off of reliever John Gaub on another RBI single by Galvis to extend the lead to 4-2. Roman Pena hit a solo homer for the Captains in the bottom of the sixth inning and the Captains trailed by one again at 4-3.

The BlueClaws added two more runs in the seventh when they loaded the bases with no outs against Gaub. He was replaced by Kyle Landis who walked Bolt and two batters later Galvis grounded out to score Brown and the BlueClaws led 6-3. The BlueClaws added a couple of runs in the ninth inning to finish the scoring at 8-3. Morris went five innings and gave up three runs on five hits, walking three and striking out five to suffer his first loss of the year and drop his record to 6-1. Gaub went 1+ innings and gave up three runs. Landis pitched two scoreless innings and Gary Campfield and Kyle Landis pitched the ninth. Chance Chapman got the win to up his mark to 3-4.

The Captains begin a big seven game road trip on Monday at 7:05 PM against the second place Delmarva Shorebirds. The Captains will send RHP Chris Archer (1-6, 3.89) to the mound against the Shorebirds RHP Sean Gleason (2-4, 2.83). The game can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM. After three games in Delmarva the Captains will play four games in Hagerstown starting Thursday.

The Captains return home to conclude the first half against the same two teams on Monday June 9th. Monday's game will feature Buck Night at Classic Park with $1 hot dogs, beer, and soda.

Tickets for all Captains home games are on sale at the Classic Park box office, by phone at 440-954-WINS (9467) or at captainsbaseball.com.

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