Sports stats



SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains dropped by 'Birds

June 23, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Delmarva Shorebirds pitching proved to be too much for the Lake County Captains on Monday night as they beat the Captains 3-1. The Captains were held to just two hits and saw their second half record drop to 2-3.

The Shorebirds scored a run in the first inning against Captains starter Jonathan Holt on an RBI single by Anthony Martinez. A bases loaded double play ball prevented any further damage and it was 1-0. The Captains scored in the bottom of the first against Shorebirds starter Nate Nery when Matt Brown hit a sacrifice fly that scored Adam White and it was tied at 1-1. The Shorebirds took a 2-1 lead in the second when Matt Angle scored on a wild pitch.

The lead went to 3-1 when Jason White hit a sacrifice fly off of reliever John Gaub to score Pedro Florimon.

Holt took the loss to see his record drop to 2-5 as he went three innings giving up two runs on five hits, walking one and striking out three. Joanniel Montero followed Holt in the fourth inning and threw three scoreless innings. Gaub came on in the seventh inning and pitched two innings giving up the one run. Gary Campfield pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the Captains. Nery picked up his first win of the year to go to 1-0. Mick Mattaliano pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the Shorebird to pick up his 16th save.

The series continues on Tuesday at 7:05 PM with the Captains sending RHP Chris Archer (2-7, 4.21) to the mound against the Shorebirds RHP Robert Neigebauer (0-0, 2.00). The game can also be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

The News-Herald High School Home Run Derby will continue after the game on Tuesday. The contest goes on after every Tuesday home Captains game with the finals following the game on July 8th.

Wednesday will be a BIG WIN WEDNESDAY. The Captains will give away $1000 in cash and prizes as the first 1,000 fans through the turnstiles will receive an envelope containing anything from a dime to a certificate for $500 cash. BIG WIN WEDNESDAY will take place every Wednesday for the rest of the 2008 season.

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.

Check out the Lake County Captains Statistics



South Atlantic League Stories from June 23, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central