SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Fall Short 2-1

Published on July 22, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Augusta, GA) - The Augusta GreenJackets scored both of their runs in the seventh inning to take a lead that they would not give up as they beat the Lake County Captains 2-1 on Monday. The Captains Michael Valadez had two hits, a RBI and threw out a would-be base stealer. This was the Captains 31st one run ball game and they are now 13-18 in one run games. The Captains are now 1-5 on the road trip.

The Captains started the scoring with two out in the top of the fourth inning when Matt Brown doubled off of GreenJackets starter Chance Corgan. He would score two batters later when Michael Valadez singled to make it 1-0. The GreenJackets got the lead from Captains starter Joey Mahalic in the bottom of the seventh inning when Angel Villalona hit a solo home run to tie the game up. The Jackets got a double from Andrew Davis and when Elio Sarmiento singled, Davis was held at third. The throw to home plate from Captains right fielder Matt Brown skipped past catcher Michael Valadez and Davis came on to score and give the GreenJackets a 2-1 lead.

Mahalic saw his record fall to 6-4 going 6.1 innings and allowing the two runs on four hits, walking one and striking out two. At one point Mahalic had set down thirteen in a row. Gary Campfield came on in relief of Mahalic in the seventh and pitched 1.2 scoreless innings of relief. Ryan Paul picked up the win in relief to up his record to 3-2 and Andrew De La Garza went the final 1.2 innings to secure his sixth save.

The Captains and GreenJackets will play game three of the four-game series on Tuesday at 7:05 PM. RHP Chris Archer (2-8, 4.07) takes the mound for the Captains against the GreenJackets LHP Madison Bumgarner (9-3, 1.79). All Captains games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

The Captains will return home for an eight-game home stand on Friday, July 25th to face West Virginia and Greensboro. There will be fireworks on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the Captains play a special 7:05 PM game on Sunday night against the Power.

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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