CarL1 Wilmington Blue Rocks

Keys Bash Blue Crew, Spoil Star's Debut

Published on June 27, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Wilmington Blue Rocks News Release


Frederick, MD - One night after enjoying their most lopsided win of the season, the Blue Rocks (34-40, 2-2) nearly suffered their biggest defeat. The scoreboard read 10-0 in favor of the Frederick Keys (44-30, 3-1) entering the ninth inning before the Blue Crew batted around, scoring three runs and avoiding a shutout with a 10-3 final. Adrian Ortiz drove in two of the runs on a two-hit night, but starter Bryan Paukovits (0-1) suffered a tough evening. In his Blue Rocks debut, the Midwest League All-Star allowed nine runs (eight earned) on 10 hits in 2.2 innings.

The Keys' Joe Mahoney drove in a pair of runs with a first-inning single and Jacob Julius plated a third with a groundout that same frame. But the 3-0 hole proved nothing next to Frederick's third-inning effort. The team batted around and chased Paukovits in a six-run inning. Rehabbing big leaguer Felix Pie ended the starter's night with an RBI single to right. Brendan Lafferty then allowed an inherited runner to score before striking out Ronnie Welty to end the inning.

Welty tagged Lafferty with his only run when he singled in a score with two down in the fifth. Lafferty gave scattered five hits and a walk over 3.1 effective innings. Henry Barrera tossed two scoreless and hitless innings to close things out, striking out four with an overwhelming fastball that reached 97 mph.

With one out in the ninth, Ben Theriot stalled the shutout bid with a hard infield hit to first that knocked Jamie Romak in from third base. Fernando Garcia worked a walk to load the bases and a strikeout later, Ortiz hammered home a pair with a single to center that rounded out the scoring.

The middle game of three on the series is scheduled for a 7 p.m. first pitch on Monday. Lefty Buddy Baumann (2-0, 1.99) will make his second Blue Rocks start. Frederick will toss right-hander Ryan Berry (2-0, 2.17).

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Eric Hosmer went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He went down looking on a questionable fastball in to end the eighth inning. After a short subsequent discourse with home plate umpire Mike Walsh, the league leader in plate-appearance-to-strikeout ratio got ejected. He joined Jamie Romak as the lone Blue Rocks players to be tossed from a game this season.

Center fielder Patrick Norris picked up an outfield assist when he doubled L.J. Hoes off of first base in a fly-ball double play off the bat of Jacob Julius that ended the fourth inning.

Norris went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. Since moving down to the nine-hole on June 8, he has hit .390 (16-for-41) over 15 games, lifting his batting average by 43 points (.203-.246). He also was caught stealing for the 11th time in 25 tries, tying him with Frederick's Xavier Avery for the most times nabbed in the CL.

Frederick has scored double-digit runs in three straight games. It had routed Winston-Salem in its prior two games, 11-2 and 10-4.

The Blue Rocks fell to 14-23 on the road where they have lost six of their last seven.

The team left nine men on base and went just 2-for-11 (.182) with runners in scoring position.

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