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Lexington Helps BlueClaws Win Third Straight

Published on April 24, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws News Release


LEXINGTON, KY - The first two batters of the game for the Lakewood BlueClaws reached on Lexington Legends errors leading to an unearned run which became a theme for the BlueClaws in a 6-2 win over the Legends. The win was the third in a row for the BlueClaws (10-11), the first time they have accomplished that feat this season.

Tyson Brummett (2-0) gave the BlueClaws another solid start by throwing seven complete innings to earn his second consecutive win. His seven-inning outing pushed him ahead of teammate Drew Naylor for the South Atlantic League lead in innings pitched (31.0). Brummett allowed two earned runs on eight hits and walked two while striking out three.

Lakewood had first and third after back-to-back throwing errors by the third baseman Craig Corrado to start the ballgame. With one-out, Michael Taylor hit a groundball back up the middle that was snagged the diving shortstop Ronny Ramirez to get the forceout at second, that allowed Derrick Mitchell to score the only run of the inning.

Two more errors in the fourth inning led to a three-run frame for the BlueClaws. Dominic Brown reached on an infield single to start the inning and Michael Taylor reached on a throwing error by the pitcher Anthony Bello (0-1). With one out, Matt Rizzotti grounded the ball to first. Eric Taylor tried to start the double-play with a throw to second but Michael Taylor beat it out with a foot-first slide. Ramirez tried to still get Rizzotti and first but with no one covering the bag, his throw sailed into the first base dugout. Both Brown and Taylor were awarded home plate to expand the BlueClaws' lead to 3-0. Karl Bolt then chipped in with a single and Rizzotti scored on the groundout by Freddy Galvis.

Lexington scored a single runs in the bottom of the fifth and seventh innings off of Brummett. Kevin Carkeek led off the fifth with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Ramirez. In the eighth, both Nick Moresi and Matthew Cusick doubled to account for the Legends' second run.

Each time the Legends scored, the BlueClaws responded with one of their own. In the seventh inning, a two out single by Travis Mattair score Galvis from second who had walked to start the inning. Mike Durant lined a solo homerun over the leftfield wall, his fifth of the year, with one out in the eighth to give Lakewood the final 6-2 score.

All-in-all the BlueClaws scored their six runs (only two earned to Lexington pitchers) courtesy of nine hits and five Legends' errors. Corrado accounted for three errors with Bello and Ramirez each adding one. Lakewood stranded seven base-runners included leaving the bags full in the eighth.

The two teams will meet again on Friday at 7:05pm. Julian Sampson (1-1) will throw for the BlueClaws while Leandro Cespedes (1-1) will be on the hill for Lexington. Radio coverage of every Lakewood game is available on the Shore Sports Network (1160 WOBM-AM and 1310 Fox Sports Radio) with BlueClaws Beat kicking things off 15 minutes prior to first pitch.

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