SAL1 Delmarva Shorebirds

Shorebirds Game Notes at Kannapolis

Published on July 2, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release


PREVIEW: The Shorebirds were quick out of the gates, but a trio of lefties held down the Del- marva offense in a 5-2 Intimidators' victory. Andre Wheeler, Jordan Guerrero and Ben Brewster limited the Shorebirds to just five hits all game. A couple of home runs from Jeremy Dowdy and Trey Michalczewski were enough for Kannapolis in the series opener.

TODAY'S OPPONENT: Thad Lowry will start the middle game of the three-game set. Lowry has gone 3-4 with a 4.42 ERA in eight starts for Kannapolis. The right-hander lost his only start against Delmarva, surrendering three runs (two earned) on nine hits in four innings on May 23rd. Lowry does not strike out many batters with only 17 Ks in 38 2/3 innings. The Chicago White Sox drafted Lowry in the 5th round last year out of high school in Spring, Texas.

19TH SEASON: The 2014 season marks the 19th season of Shorebirds baseball on the Eastern Shore and 18th straight year as a Baltimore Orioles affiliate. The Shorebirds' first season was 1996 as a Montreal Expos farm team.

ORIOLES WATCH: The Baltimore Orioles won 8-3 over the Texas Rangers with Nelson Cruz and Steve Pearce going long again. Cruz is tied for the league lead with 26 home runs, and Pearce now has three homers in the last two games. The O's are now 44-39 on the season, still 1 game back of Toronto in the AL East.

THE IRON IS HOT: 19 out of the 25 players on the Shorebirds active roster appeared for the Ab- erdeen IronBirds in 2013. The IronBirds put together an impressive season, making the playoffs for the first time in their 12-year franchise history. Aberdeen won the McNamara Division in the New York-Penn League with a 40-32 record. The IronBirds lost in the first round of the NYPL play- offs, losing 2 games to 0 against the Tri-City Valley Cats.

PLAYER TO WATCH

WHO'S HOT/WHO ELSE

DREW DOSCH | 3B

The Shorebirds' All- Star third baseman has started the second half well. In back-to-back games in Hagerstown, Dosch delivered a 9th inning RBI base hit for a key insurance run. Dosch is currently batting .318, 9th in the South Atlantic League. Dosch is currently 2nd in the league with 98 hits, behind Wilmer Difo (106, HAG).

WHO'S HOT - JEFF KEMP

The Shorebirds second baseman had a huge night last Tuesday, going 5-for-7 with a home run and two doubles. The five hits were the most by a Shorebird in a single game this season.

WHO ELSE - CHANCE SISCO

Since the All-Star Break, Chance Sisco has been otherworldly. The Shorebirds catcher is batting .435 (20-for-56) in 12 games in the second half. Sisco is now 2nd in the SAL with a .336 batting average.

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