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Late Gastonia Rally Costs Frederick on Friday

June 9, 2023 - Atlantic League (AtL)
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FREDERICK, MD - Late inning bullpen woes haunted Frederick again on Friday night as they dropped the series opener to Gastonia, 5-4. The loss drops Frederick to 12-26 overall, and drops them to 0-10 against the first-place Honey Hunters.

Max Povse got the start on the mound for Frederick, and made quick work of Gastonia with a 1-2-3 first inning that featured back-to-back strikeouts. In the second inning, Gastonia loaded the bases with a pair of walks and hit by pitch, but Povse was able to get Luis Curbelo to fly out to center field to end the inning.

Still without a hit to that point, Gastonia worked two one-out walks against Povse, when Carlos Franco took an outside pitch the other way and over the left field wall to give Gastonia a 3-0 lead on just one hit.

As has been a common theme all season, Frederick did not take long to try and chip away at the lead. After Craig Dedelow waked with one out, Raudy Read hit an absolute blast to left field, traveling 447 feet to cut the deficit to 3-2. The home run for Read was his eighth of the season, and extended his hit streak to 14 games.

Gastonia again threatened against Povse in the fifth, loading the bases with one out. Over the century mark in pitches, Povse locked in and struck out the next two batters to strand three and keep the game at a one-run margin. Povse finished his night with a season high eight strikeouts.

Frederick chased Zack Godley from the game in the fifth after five consecutive hits, including RBI singles from Dedelow and Jose Marmolejos. However, after Gastonia went to the pen, the next ten hitters were all retired. This included two perfect innings from David Richardson and perfect seventh from Ryan Conroy. Jaime Schultz followed by facing the minimum in the eighth.

Prior to that point, in the top half of the eighth, Gastonia had tied the game at four on a two out double from Scott Manea.

The top of the ninth was the disaster point for Frederick on Friday. Jack Reinheimer led off with a single and a steal of second base. After a walk to JC Escarra and a strikeout of Zach Jarrett, Frederick opted to walk Carlos Franco to load the bases, in favor of facing pinch hitter Pedro Gonzalez. With a full count and the runners in motion, Hernandez tried an inside move to second base. Breaking on the throw, Reinheimer was able to swipe home, beating Luke Becker's throw to put Gastonia on top again, 5-4.

In the ninth, with two outs, Frederick got runners on the corners with a Dedelow walk and Marmolejos single, but Read was caught looking to end the game.

Gastonia with the win holds firm to their first-place lead, moving to 26-11, while Frederick drops to 12-26.

Dustin Beggs will get the ball for Frederick on Saturday with a 6 PM start time. The game will be followed by a Fireworks Super Show.

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