Delmarva Shorebirds Game Notes
Published on July 16, 2011 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release
Series: Game 1
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STAT OF THE NIGHT: Ty Kelly has not committed an error in 49 consecutive games played. The last time he made an error was on May 16 against Lakewood when he made two errors. He has not committed a single error in the outfield this season.
PREVIEW: Following a thrilling 13-inning win over the Asheville Tourists, the Shorebirds play game one against the Hickory Crawdads (Rangers). Mike Mooney hit a line drive single into right field to score Garabez Rosa in the 13th to lift the âBirds to a 6-5 win. The Shorebirds gained a game on first place Hickory, who lost 6-5 last night to West Virginia. The Shorebirds won their first series in July, three games to one over Asheville.
BACK-TO-BACK: Mike Mooney has put together back-to-back multi-hit games to jump his batting average from .143 to .197. He is 5-for-10 in his last two games.
ROSA'S HOT: Shorebirds shortstop Garabez Rosa takes a six-game hit streak into game one. He is 9-for-22 (.409) during the stretch. He is 5-for-10 in the last two games.
50 PERCENT FOR EXTRA BASES: Jeremy Nowak has 20 hits this season and ten have gone for extra bases (7 doubles, 1 triple, 2 home runs).
STARR TO ABERDEEN, DOWDY DL: Sammie Starr was sent to Aberdeen yesterday and Josh Dowdy was placed on the DL retroactive to July 13.
RARE COMPANY FOR KELLY: With 10 more hits, Ty Kelly will become just the second player in franchise history to record 100 hits in two different seasons. The only other player to accomplish the feat is Quincy Ascencion, who had 112 hits in 2005 and 104 hits in 2006. Kelly had 126 hits in 2010 (17th most in a single season in franchise history) and has 89 hits this year. Gary Cates is the all-time hits leader with 360, but he only recorded 100 hits once in 2001.
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