SAL1 Delmarva Shorebirds

Shorebirds Game Notes at Lakewood

Published on May 29, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release


PREVIEW: The Shorebirds stumbled in their finale with the Hagerstown Suns, losing 12-2 on Wednesday morning. The loss was the largest margin of defeat for Delmarva on the year, and it snapped a seven-game winning streak. Luc Rennie allowed a career-high nine runs, but only two of those runs were earned.

TODAY'S OPPONENT: Drew Anderson will start the opener for the Lakewood BlueClaws. Ander- son has gone 3-3 with a 3.34 ERA in six starts in 2014. The right-hander has won each of his last two starts, and he has not given up more than one run in his last three outings. Anderson lost his only start against Delmarva, a 3-0 game on May 12th. The Philadelphia Phillies drafted Anderson in the 21st round of the 2012 MLB Draft out of high school in Reno, Nevada. 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 lost 8-3 in the rubber match with the Milwaukee Brew- ers. Nelson Cruz hit his 18th and 19th home runs of the year, but it wasn't enough against the NL Central leaders. The O's have fallen back to 26-25 on the season, 4 1/2 games back of the Toronto Blue Jays.

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

SEBASTIAN VADER | P

On Tuesday night, Vader collected his sixth straight victory, all coming his last six starts. Vader retired the first 13 batters he faced before a double in the 5th inning. The right-hander improved to 7-1 on the year, tying the South Atlantic League lead for wins with Brady Lail and Nick Pivetta. Vader also low- ered his ERA to 3.09.

WHO'S HOT - JIMMY YACABONIS

Through his first 16 appearances, the Del- marva closer has yet to allow a run. Yacabo- nis is perfect 12-for-12 in save opportunities with a 1-0 record. In 18.0 innings, Yacabonis has struck out 23 batters.

WHO ELSE - JEFF KEMP

Jeff Kemp went 4-for-4 on Sunday with an RBI triple to help Delmarva to a four- game sweep of Kannapolis. The Delmarva shortstop just had a 10-game hitting streak snapped in game two on Monday.

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