
IronBirds Strike out Renegades
July 15, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Aberdeen IronBirds News Release
The IronBirds defeated the Hudson Valley Renegades in the opening game of a three-game series, 5-1 on Wednesday night. Aberdeen's pitching staff struck out 15 hitters to pave the way for the victory.
Ain't No Valley Low Enough
The IronBirds scored their first runs in the third inning when Ricardo Andujar reached first on an infield single. He then scored on a Cedric Mullins RBI triple. Mullins launched a deep ball to right-center field that rolled to the wall and allowed him to hustle all the way to third. With Mullins at third base, D.J. Stewart extended the lead to two by hitting a sacrifice fly that pushed Mullins across the plate.
Can't Stop, Won't Stop
In the fourth inning, the IronBirds kept things going with handy hits, and a little help from the Renegades. Mike Odenwaelder reached first base on a line drive to centerfield. The next batter, Jerry McClanahan reached a full count. Odenwaelder took off to steal second base on the 3-2 pitch, which was called a ball, but some confusion between the Renegades catcher and second basemen led to a poor throw that allowed Odenwaelder to reach third on a throwing error. Ricardo Andujar was next to the plate, hitting a blooper to shallow center to score Odenwaelder from third base, extending the IronBirds lead to 3-0.
Retaliation
Hudson Valley scored their only run when catcher Taylor Hawkins was able to hit an RBI single to score Joe McCarthy making the score 3-1.
Too Hot To Handle
IronBirds Mike Odenwaelder put a ball into centerfield for a double to lead off in sixth inning and made it to third base after an Andujar groundout. Cedric Mullins hit a dart to the Renegades first basemen Alex Schmidt, who was unable to handle it, dropping the liner and giving the IronBirds another run.
The Easy Way
Jerry McClanahan came to the plate in the seventh inning with two-outs and the bases loaded. He was able to score the IronBirds final run of the game, making the score 5-1, when he reached a full count before recording an RBI-walk to score D.J. Stewart the easy way.
Birdwatching
Tanner Scott recorded a career-high seven strikeouts, two of them looking, with his fastball reaching 99 mph on the radar gun... The IronBirds pitchers combined for a total of 15 strikeouts, three away from a franchise record...Cedric Mullins recorded an RBI triple... Ricardo Andujar hit an RBI single to extend his hit streak to four games... Randy Gassaway had his seventh multi-hit game of season by recording two singles.
Up Next
The IronBirds will take on the Hudson Valley Renegades on Thursday night for game two of a three game homestand. First pitch will be at 7:05 p.m. Fans that are not able to attend the game can listen on the IronBirds Radio Network on the TuneIn Radio App or at MiLB.tv.
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