Nieporte Comes Through in 8th; Claws Win 4-3

June 27, 2018 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Jersey Shore BlueClaws News Release

LAKEWOOD, NJ - Quincy Nieporte drove home Rodolfo Duran with a two-out RBI double in the eighth inning to give the BlueClaws a 4-3 win over Hagerstown on Wednesday night at FirstEnergy Park.

The BlueClaws (4-2/45-30) have won four of their first six in the second half and got to 15-games over .500 for the year for the first time. Hagerstown (1-5/28-46) falls to 5-11 against Lakewood this year.

Nieporte's RBI double came off Sam Held (2-4), who took the loss. Julian Garcia came on and threw a 1-2-3 ninth inning to earn his first professional save. Garcia joins Zach Warren and Connor Brogdon with saves for Lakewood in the second-half.

After the Suns got a run in the first inning off Will Stewart, the BlueClaws answered with two in the bottom of the first. After loading the bases on two walks and a hit batsman, Lakewood got a two-run single from Daniel Brito to take a 2-1 lead.

Rodolfo Duran hit his team-leading ninth home run of the season to extend Lakewood's lead to 3-1 in the third inning. Duran has hit seven of his nine home runs since May 27th.

BlueClaws starter Will Stewart gave up one run over five innings but did not factor in the decision. He is second in the league behind teamm

The Suns tied the game with two runs in the sixth off Luis Carrasco (2-0), who was the winning pitcher. A Jake Scudder groundout made it 3-2 and Nick Choruby's RBI double tied the game.

Duran had two hits and Brito two RBIs for the BlueClaws in the victory.

The teams play game two of their three-game series on Thursday night at 7:05 pm. LHP Kyle Young (2-3) starts for Lakewood opposite LHP Seth Romero (0-1).

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