SAL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Win Second in a Row

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


(Lakewood, NJ) - The Lake County Captains took advantage of sloppy defense by the Lakewood BlueClaws en route to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory on Sunday. Two of the three Captains runs were unearned. Captains pitching held Lakewood scoreless for the last six innings of the game. The Captains record is now 2-2 in the second half.

The BlueClaws started the scoring in the second inning on a solo home run by Mike Durant off of Captains starter Ryan Miller to take a 1-0 lead. It was Durant's 11th home run of the year. The Captains tied it at 1-1 in the top of the second against the BlueClaws starter Chance Chapman. Following two, two out errors by the BlueClaws second baseman Derrick Mitchell, Roman Pena singled home Adam White. The Claws came right back in the bottom of the third when Mitchell singled home D'arby Myers to make it 2-1.

The Captains tied it at 2-2 in the sixth inning when Matt Brown hit a sacrifice fly off of BlueClaws reliever Moises Melendez. The Captains took the lead 3-2 against Chris Kissock in the top of the eighth inning when Dustin Realini scored on a throwing error by the Claws shortstop Freddy Galvis who was trying to complete a double play.

Miller did not factor in the decision as he went five innings giving up two runs on six hits, walking two and striking out three. Paolo Espino followed Miller in the sixth inning and threw three scoreless innings and picked up his first win. Vinnie Pestano pitched a scoreless ninth inning to notch save number fifteen. Kissock took the loss and his record fell to 1-3.

The Captains return home on Monday for a seven game home stand against Delmarva, Lakewood and Hagerstown. Monday's game time is 7:05 PM with the Captains sending RHP Jonathan Holt (2-4, 4.03) to the mound against the Shorebirds LHP Nate Nery (0-0, 12.00). The game can also 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. 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.

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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