SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Swept in DH by Tourists

Published on July 13, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH) - The Lake County Captains were only able to come up with one run and six hits in the doubleheader as Asheville swept the Captains 4-1 and 2-0. This was the second time in ten doubleheaders that the Captains have been swept. They have swept five themselves and split three.

In game one, the Tourists took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fifth inning when Darin Holcomb singled off of Captains starter Ryan Morris driving home Michael Mitchell. The Captains tied it up in the bottom of the fifth when Richard Martinez homered against Tourists starter Bruce Billings and it was 1-1. The Tourists got the game winner off of reliever Rob Bryson in the top of the seventh inning when Everth Cabrera hit a sacrifice fly to score Beau Seabury to make it 2-1. The Tourists added two more runs in the inning on a two-run home run from Holcomb and the final was 4-1.

Morris got a no decision going five innings and giving up one run on seven hits, walking two and striking out four. Bryson relieved Morris in the sixth inning and took the loss giving up three runs in two innings of work. Bruce Billings went 6.1 innings and picked up the win and improved his record to 7-6. Randall Taylor got the last two outs and picked up his league leading 26th save.

In game two, the Tourists scored in the first inning against Captains starter Kelvin De La Cruz when Darin Holcomb's two-out fly ball was lost in the sun by right fielder Lucas Montero. Jeffrey Cunningham scored and it was 1-0. The Tourists scored again in the third inning on a suicide squeeze bunt by Michael Mitchell that scored Lars Davis and it was 2-0.

De La Cruz went the distance and set down the last fifteen that he faced but took the loss giving up two runs on only four hits while striking out seven. Connor Graham went the distance as well and threw a one-hit shutout to move his record to 8-4.

The Captains will conclude the series with the Tourists on Monday at 7:05 PM. The Captains will send Cleveland Indians starter RHP Fausto Carmona (0-0, 0.00) to the mound and he'll be followed by RHP Joey Mahalic (6-2, 4.13) against the Tourists RHP Cory Riordan (6-7, 3.69). All Captains games can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM.

Monday's game will feature Buck Night at Classic Park with $1 hot dogs, beer, and soda. Monday is also Bark in the Park. The Lake County Captains invite all four-legged friends and owners to the sixth annual Bark in the Park event at Classic Park. Pooch passes are only $3 with all proceeds benefiting the Lake Humane Society.

The Captains will begin an eight-game road trip to Greenville and Augusta beginning on Wednesday. They will return home on Friday, July 25th to face West Virginia and Greensboro.

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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