SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains fall to Shorebirds, 9-2

Published on August 17, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH)--The Lake County Captains were held to five hits for the second straight night Thursday as they fell to the Delmarva Shorebirds, 9-2, at Classic Park.

The Shorebirds (20-31) assured themselves a win in the season-series against the Captains (28-23). The Shorebirds have won 16 of 30 meetings with the Captains with the final regular-season game betwen the two rivals coming on Friday night at 7:05.

The Captains remain seven games out of first place with 17 to play. First-place Lakewood was beaten 5-0 at home against Hagerstown.

The Shorebirds rallied from a 1-0 deficit with four runs in the second inning against Jeff Stevens (6-2). Stu Musslewhite had a two-run double to give the Shorebirds the lead for good. Delmarva made it 7-1 in the fifth when Stevens loaded the bases and all three runs scored against reliever Julio Pinto.

Lorenzo Scott socked a two-run homer in the eighth against Jason Schutt to make it 9-2.

Stevens, who was named SAL Pitcher of the Week this week, saw his six-game winning streak and his 22 1/3 innings scoreless streak come to an end. He was charged with seven runs in 4 2/3 innings.

David Hernandez (6-7) improved to 3-0 against the Captains with six innings of two-hit baseball. He allowed only a first-inning run on a double by Chris De La Cruz, a wild pitch and an RBI groundout by Mike Butia.

Albert Vargas will start Friday's game for the Captains. Fireworks will follow the game. For tickets, call 440-954-WINS.

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