Fan No. 5-Million and Win No. 800 Friday Night at Firstenergy Park
Published on June 15, 2012 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws News Release
LAKEWOOD, N.J. - On the night where the BlueClaws welcomed fan No. 5,000,000 through their turnstiles, Lakewood also earned their 800th win in franchise history with a 4-3 win over the Hickory Crawdads.
Chris Duffy's sacrifice fly with the bases loaded and one out in the 8th inning brought home Carlos Perdomo for the go-ahead run in Lakewood's win. The RBI was Duffy's second of the game as he finished 1-for-3 with two RBI.
Ervis Manzanillo struck out a season-high eight batters in six innings but earned the no-decision. He finishes the first half winless with a 0-5 record. Mike Nesseth picks up the victory which is his team-leading fifth on the season and Colton Murray locked down the 9th inning for his fourth save.
The BlueClaws and Crawdads will play the third game of a four-game series to conclude the first half of the season. Lakewood will send Colin Kleven (4-5, 3.66) to the mound and he will start against Hickory's Santo Perez (2-5, 6.91) Saturday night.
First pitch for Saturday's game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Listen to all the action on WOBM 1160-AM and WOBM 1310-AM beginning at 6:50 p.m. with the BlueClaws Beat pre-game show.
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