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Hagerstown Suns: Game Notes

August 8, 2019 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hagerstown Suns News Release


The Hagerstown Suns start a five-game series in four days at Whitaker Bank Ballpark vs the Lexington Legends tonight at 7:05 p.m. RHP Reid Schaller (1-2, 4.66 ERA) gets the nod for Hagerstown, while RHP Jon Heasley (8-4, 2.94 ERA) starts for the Legends.

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SUNS FALL TO FIREFLIES IN EXTRAS: The Suns allowed two runs in the top of the 10th inning and failed to score in the bottom half, resulting in a 5-3 loss to the Columbia Fireflies at Municipal Stadium Tuesday. Brian Sharp began the 10th on second base and then went to third on an Alex Troop (L, 0-1) wild pitch and scored on a Jose Medina sacrifice fly to give Columbia (44-67, 20-25) the lead. Later in the frame, Chandler Avant came through with an RBI single that scored the Fireflies' insurance run. Allan Winans (W, 1-2), who had worked a scoreless ninth as well, came back out on the hill for the 10th and held the Hagerstown (50-64, 20-24) bats down to complete the four-game sweep for Columbia. Each team scored a run in the eighth inning to keep the game tied heading into the ninth. Guillermo Granadillo's RBI sacrifice fly against Troop gave the Fireflies the lead. But the Suns answered back in the bottom half. Jake Simon walked the bases loaded and then Cole Daily's sacrifice fly tied the game

IRKING IRVIN: Jake Irvin's stellar second half continued Tuesday. He threw five innings, tying his season-high eight punchouts and did not allow an earned run. The Oklahaoma-product produced four quality in five appearances starts prior to Tuesday's game in the second half. His second half ERA is 3.40, compared to a 5.11 ERA in the first half of the season. He has dazzled in his last two outings against Rome, fanning 13 batters in 12 innings and allowing just three runs in the span.

CLUFF'S CASHING IN: Hagerstown's shortstop's longest hitting streak of the season, a 10-game mark that began July 26 ended with an 0-for-4 effort yesterday. The BYU-product is 12-for-35 during the stretch, which is good for a .343 average. Jackson Cluff also has two homers and four RBI during the streak. This season the Utah-native is hitting .256 through 40 games in the South Atlantic League.

HAKUNA MATATA PUMBA: Catcher Israel Pineda is riding a season-long six-game hitting streak. The Washington Nationals 10th-ranked prospect has increased his batting average from .203-.212 in the six games while garnering eight hits across 25 at-bats. He picked up his sixth homer of the season during the stretch as well, a mark good for second-most on the Suns active roster behind outfielder Jacob Rhinesmith, who has eight.

PAYBACK'S NOT GREAT: Last week the Suns swept Columbia in a four-game stretch on the road. Columbia came to Municipal Stadium and completed their own four-game sweep of the Suns Tuesday afternoon.

ALL I DO IS WIN-WIN: Joan Adon won his team-leading 10th game last night. The last Suns player to have 10 or more wins in a single season while donning a Suns uniform was McKenzie Mills, who accomplished the feat in 2017. Adon has now earned a win in three consecutive starts for the first time this season. The righty has the second-most wins in the South Atlantic League, trailing just Osvaldo Bido , who has 11 for the Greensboro Grasshoppers.

CRONIN'S CRAFT: Lefty Matt Cronin has taken the South Atlantic League by storm. The former Razorback has now logged 10 innings with Hagerstown and has allowed just one earned run while holding oppenents to a .188 average. To add to that line, he's fanned 20 batters utilizing a strong fastball, curveball mix. Friday he logged a career-high 2 IP.

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