SAL1 Charleston Dirty Birds

Maloney shuts Power down

Published on July 12, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Charleston Dirty Birds News Release


Lakewood, NJ (July 12, 2006) -Lakewood Left hander Matt Maloney shut the Power offense down on Wednesday morning at First Energy Park, allowing only one run on three hits in seven innings of work as the Lakewood BlueClaws defeated the Power 4-1.

Avelino Asprilla hit a solo homerun off of Derek Miller in the bottom of the fourth inning to give Lakewood a 1-0 advantage. The BlueClaws increased their lead with a two run fifth inning. Greg Golson knocked in Cooper Osteen on a Sacrifice Fly and Clay Harris provided a two out RBI single. The Power scored their only run of the game in the seventh inning on a two out RBI base hit from Michael Brantley. The BlueClaws answered in the bottom of the seventh on John Urick's RBI double.

Matt Maloney (10-5) earned the victory, Andy Barb (13) earned the save and Derek Miller (8-2) obtained the loss. The loss snapped an eight game winning streak for Derek Miller, it was his first loss since April 23rd at Lexington. The Power are 47-41 overall and 8-11 in the second half after the loss while the BlueClaws improved to 52-37 overall and 15-5 in the second half after the win.

The Power will continue the four game series against the Lakewood BlueClaws at First Energy Park on Thursday night. Right hander Carlos Carrasco (6-5, 2.66) will make the start for Lakewood and the Power will counter with right hander Matt Kretzschmar (1-3, 6.59). The first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM.

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