EL1 Chesapeake Baysox

Herrera Haults Streaking Baysox

Published on May 28, 2009 under Eastern League (EL1)
Chesapeake Baysox News Release


ALTOONA, Pa. - Altoona right-hander Yoslan Herrera tossed six shutout innings as the Curve downed the Baysox, 3-1 Thursday morning. Jake Arrieta got through five innings unscathed but a wild pitch and an RBI single in the sixth inning by Jonel Pacheco would prevent him from earning his fifth win of the season.

Early in the contest, both starters were at the top of their game. The teams remained scoreless until the bottom of the sixth when the Curve finally got to the Baysox right-hander. Arrieta allowed a single to Pedro Lopez to start the inning and Jim Negrych followed with a single of his own. Right fielder Joe Nowicki attempted to throw out Lopez at third, but Lopez slid in safely and Negrych advanced to second. With Pacheco at the plate, Arrieta uncorked a wild pitch, scoring Lopez and advancing Negrych to third. Pacheco followed with an RBI single to right later in the at-bat, giving the Curve a two-run advantage. Arrieta got out of the inning with any further damage, finishing his day after 6.0 innings allowing the two earned runs on six hits and three walks while striking out five.

Back came the Baysox in the top half of the seventh against Altoona reliever Sean Smith. Second baseman Miguel Abreu lined a one out single through the hole at shortstop and advanced to third when Altoona first baseman Jaime Romak missed the ball on a pickoff attempt. One batter later, center fielder Danny Figueroa reached on an infield single, scoring Abreu and bringing the Baysox within one. Figueroa has collected a hit in each of his four games since being activated from the disabled list on May 23, going 8-for-17 in that span.

Altoona added an insurance run in the seventh off Baysox right-hander Ryan Ouellette. Angel Gonzalez reached on a bunt single to second with one out. Lopez followed one batter later with his third hit of the game, chasing Gonzalez to third to put men on the corners with two out. Negrych singled up the middle to bring home Gonzalez, and gave Altoona an all important insurance run to make the score 3-1.

After late inning heroics yesterday, the Baysox looked to do the same with a two out rally in the eighth. Left fielder Jonathan Tucker singled and first baseman Brandon Snyder was hit by a pitch to bring the go-ahead run to the plate in the form of third baseman Michael Costanzo. The rally was not to be as Smith got Costanzo to go down swinging to end the threat.

Smith stayed on for the ninth, setting the Baysox down in order to snap their four-game winning streak and give the Curve win number 15 on the year. With the loss, the Baysox drop to 23-21 on the season, 9.0 games back of division leading Akron coming into play Thursday night.

The Baysox head home to begin a quick three-game home stand against the Harrisburg Senators at Prince George's Stadium. Fans will have a chance to help the Baysox set a world record by having the most people wear sunglasses at night.

The Baysox 17th season as the class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles is underway! Check out www.baysox.com to see all that's going on at the stadium this year, and don't miss a moment of the action as the Baysox attempt to bring home their first Eastern League championship. Individual game tickets and ticket packages are available now at www.baysox.com or by calling the Baysox box office at (301) 464-4865.

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