Naylor Earns First Victory with Solid Start
Published on April 23, 2008 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws News Release
HAGERSTOWN, MD - Drew Naylor settled down after getting out of trouble in the first inning and kept the Hagerstown Suns scoreless through his six innings of work as the Lakewood BlueClaws took the final game of the series 4-1. It was his first win of the season and he lowered his ERA to 2.48 with another six strikeout performance.
Naylor now leads the South Atlantic League in innings pitched (29.0) and strikeouts (33).
Karl Bolt drove in a run in each of his first three at bats for the BlueClaws as he went 2-for-3 as the designated hitter. His first homerun of the season gave Lakewood (9-11) a 1-0 lead in the second inning. He drove in the second run in the fourth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly that scored Derrick Mitchell.
Hagerstown (8-12) starter, Colton Willems, left the game after five innings after allowing the BlueClaws to take a 3-0 lead. Joel Naughton went 4-for-4 and started a rally in the fifth with a one-out double. With two outs, Mitchell singled to center and brought home Naughton. WIllems, the former first-round draft pick, allowed three earned runs on five hits while walking two and striking out three.
The BlueClaws expanded their lead in the in the sixth to 4-0 by piecing together three hits against reliever James Lehman, making his 2008 debut. Dominic Brown singled to start the frame and with one out Mike Durant's second single of the game put runners on first and second. Bolt delivered again with a base hit to left scoring Brown from second. The three RBI by Bolt double his season total and raised his batting average 33 points.
The only run scored by the Suns was unearned to reliever Chris Kissock after he replaced Naylor to start the seventh. Stephen Englund started the inning by reaching on a Dennis Winn throwing error. Jake Smolinski then doubled to center and the relay throw was mishandled by Derrick Mitchel. The error by Mitchell allowed the run to score and cut the Lakewood lead to 4-1.
Kissock allowed two baserunners in the eighth and was replaced by Jared Simon who recorded he final four outs for his second save of the season.
The BlueClaws roadtrip continues on Thursday in Lexington, KY at 7:05pm. Tyson Brummett (1-0, 2.25) will make his fifth start of the season for Lakewood. Radio coverage is available of every BlueClaws game by tuning into the Shore Sports Network (1160 WOBM- AM or 1310 Fox Sports Radio).
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