Clean Sweep: Spinners Swept out of Troy, 11-3
Published on July 6, 2014 under New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Lowell Spinners News Release
TROY, NY - The Lowell Spinners had no answer for the Tri-City ValleyCats offense all weekend long as the ValleyCats once again scored early and often, completing a three-game sweep of the Spinners with an 11-3 win Sunday evening at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium.
Tri-City (15-8) picked-up right where they left off Saturday night, getting to Jake Drehoff for two first inning runs to jump out to an early 2-0 lead.
The ValleyCats would continue their offensive barrage, which included seven hits in the first two innings, plating two additional runs in the second inning to extend the lead to 4-0 on two-run double by J.D Davis.
Lowell (11-12) would scratch across a run in the top half of the fourth inning after Cole Sturgeon tripled to the left field gap to lead off the inning, scoring on a Sam Travis RBI single. A passed ball moved Travis to second and a Jordan Betts single gave the Spinners runners on the corners with one out, but a Mauricio Dubon double play ended the inning and ultimately the Spinners best chance of the day.
Tri-City would add a single run in the bottom half of the inning to again push the lead to four where the score would remain into the sixth inning. There, Spinners' reliever Oscar Perez would run into trouble, allowing a three-run home run by Davis to extend the Cats lead to 8-1.
The Spinners again plated a single run in the seventh, scoring on a Mike Meyers RBI single, but again left two men on base without plating an additional run. It would prove costly, as the ValleyCats once again answered a Spinners run, this time with three of their own. After the first three men reached to lead off the inning, a Ryan Bottger two-run double capped a three run inning to push Tri-City's lead to 11-2.
Lowell added a run in the eighth, with Bryan Hudson creating his own offense after a lead-off single. Hudson promptly stole second, took third on a throwing error by the catcher and scored on a Cole Sturgeon single, making the score 11-3, where it would remain.
The Spinners spaced out nine hits, lead by multi-hit games by Sturgeon and Betts. Unfortunately, the ValleyCats battered Spinners pitching for 17 hits and 11 runs. Drehoff (0-1, 5.24) allowed 10 hits in four innings, allowing five runs (four earned) while striking out three. Perez allowed the three-run home run over 1.1 innings of work, giving way to Ellis Jimenez who allowed three runs on two hits and a walk in his inning of work. Edwar Garcia was the only pitcher to come through unscathed, pitching 1.2 hitless innings out of the pen.
The Spinners look to get back on track when they travel to Vermont for a two-game set with the Vermont Lake Monsters. Randy Perez (1-2, 3.06) gets the ball for a 7:05 first pitch.
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