SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Fall to Shorebirds 6-3

Published on April 23, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Salisbury, MD) - Pitching was the name of the game for the Delmarva Shorebirds on Wednesday as they beat the Lake County Captains 6-3 to salvage the last game of the series. The Captains took two out of three games after sweeping a doubleheader on Tuesday. Shorebirds starter Luis Noel pitched 6.1 innings and gave up just one run on three hits to pick up his first win in 2008.

In the bottom of the fourth inning, Captains starter Chris Archer walked the bases loaded to start the inning. Brendan Monaghan singled in one run and that would end Archer's day. He walked a total of six batters in the game and suffered his second loss of the year. Gary Campfield entered with the bases loaded and gave up a base-clearing double to Pedro Silveren and it was 4-0. After a walk, Matt Tucker singled home Silveren to put the Shorebirds up 5-0. Campfield gave up one run in his two innings of work.

The Captains put up a run in the top of the sixth inning off of Noel. Roman Pena doubled and scored two batters later when Adam White singled. Delmarva got the run back in the bottom of the sixth off of reliever Jonathan Holt on Matt Angle's first home run of the year. The Captains added two runs in the ninth when Pena singled home two runs.

The Captains head to Kannapolis for a four game series beginning Thursday at 7:05 PM. LHP Ryan Miller (3-0, 0.00) gets the start for the Captains against the Intimidators RHP Charlie Shirek (1-1, 0.38). The games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

The Captains return home on Tuesday, April 29 for an eight game home stand with four games each against Greensboro and Kannapolis. The News-Herald High School Home Run Derby debuts after the game on the 29th. The contest goes on after every Tuesday Captains home game with the finals following the game on July 8th. 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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