Cats Rip Spinners, 9-4
Published on July 5, 2014 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Lowell Spinners News Release
TROY, NY - The Tri-City ValleyCats got to Lowell Spinners starter Heri Quevedo early and often, tagging the right-hander for eight runs on seven hits and five walks over 4.1 innings as the Spinners fell to the host ValleyCats, 9-4, Saturday night in Troy.
Tri-City (14-8) took advantage of a lead-off walk by Bobby Boyd in the first inning, jumping out to a 2-0 lead on a one-out home run by J.D. Davis. The ValleyCats added a run in the third inning on a solo home run by Ryan Bottger, to extend the lead to 3-0.
Lowell (11-11) got on the board in the fourth. Nick Longhi led off the inning with a single, extending his hitting streak to eight games. A one-out single by Jordan Procyshen moved the runner to second and a wild pitch moved both men into scoring position. A Mauricio Dubon groundout brought home Longhi to cut the Tri-City lead to 3-1.
The ValleyCats quickly answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning, with Jose Solano leading off the inning with a double and scoring on a steal of home.
Tri-City blew the game open in the fifth inning. Quevedo struck out Davis to start the inning, but walked the next two batters before a Solano single loaded the bases. Mott Hyde delivered an RBI single before Quevedo was lifted for Emfember Martinez, who was greeted by an RBI single from Alex Hernandez. After a strikeout Boyd singled to center to plate two and push the lead to 8-1.
After the ValleyCats pushed across another run in the sixth against Brandon Show the Spinners responded for three runs in the seventh to pull within five. Back-to-Back walks by Danny Bethea and Dubon led off the inning and Mike Meyers doubled to plate both, coming around to score on an RBI groundout by Danny Mars.
That was as close as the Spinners would get however, as the ValleyCats closed out the night with a 9-4 win.
Longhi was 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak, with Mars, Procyshen, Dubon, Flores and Meyers adding the other hits.
Quevedo (1-3, 9.67) was tagged with the loss, charged with eight runs, including the three inherited runners that Martinez allowed to score. Martinez got two outs, but allowed two hits to score his inherited runners. Show, who retired just one batter in his professional debut, fared better in his second outing, allowing one run on one hit and two walks over two innings. Rob Smorol threw a scoreless inning, striking out one to close out the game.
The Spinners look to salvage a win from the series when Jake Drehoff (0-0, 4.42) gets the ball for a 5pm first pitch.
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