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Ramos Powers Wilmington Past Salem in Series Opener

August 21, 2015 - Carolina League (CarL1)
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WILMINGTON, DE - A five-run fifth inning catapulted the Wilmington Blue Rocks past the Salem Red Sox on Friday night, 7-5 at Frawley Stadium. Mauricio Ramos smacked his team-leading eighth homerun of the season while Luis Rico worked three scoreless innings in relief for his seventh win at Advanced-A.

Trailing by a run entering the bottom of the fifth, the Rocks' offense went to work after Salem starter Teddy Stankiewicz retired the first two batters of the inning. Carlos Garcia started the surge with a bunt single, his second hit of the game. After a walk to Jack Lopez, Ramos gave Wilmington their first lead of the game with a dinger, a three-run shot making it 5-3 Blue Crew. After allowing two more men to reach, Stankiewicz's day was done as he was replaced by Kyle Kraus. Kraus was greeted to the contest by a two-RBI double down the left-field line from Cam Gallagher plating two and giving Wilmington a 7-3 lead at the end of the inning.

The Red Sox jumped on Rocks' starter Alec Mills early when they took a 3-0 lead in the top half of the first, thanks mainly to a slew of soft contact from Sox hitters. After the first two men of the frame got on with softly struck grounders, Cole Sturgeon opened the scoring with a line-drive single in front of Elier Hernandez in right. After Mills was able to record two outs, another soft grounder, this one from Forrestt Allday, made it 2-0. A chopper off the bat of Zach Kapstein rounded out the scoring as Salem left the first half-inning with the advantage.

Wilmington fought back in the bottom of the inning. Garcia led-off the frame by extending his hitting streak to eight games with a single into right field. After moving up two bases on two consecutive wild pitches from Stankiewicz, Garcia scored on a Lopez sacrifice fly. Another sac fly from Hernandez made it a 3-2 ballgame after one.

Rico picked up his seventh win of the season, his second consecutive victory piggybacking behind Mills. The southpaw worked three scoreless frames. Estarlin Cordero extended his team-lead in saves when he worked a scoreless ninth. He now has nine saves this year.

The Rocks and Sox continue this their three-game series on Saturday night. Zach Lovvorn, who has turned in four straight quality starts, gets the ball for Wilmington. Lovvorn is 3-3 with a 3.61 ERA. Kevin McAvoy will counter for Salem. He is 8-9 with a 4.06 ERA. First pitch from Frawley Stadium is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

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