Shorebirds Game Notes vs. Lakewood
Published on August 1, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release
PREVIEW: The Shorebirds fell on Thursday night by a final score of 6-3 as the Lakewood Blue- Claws jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. Lakewood evened up the series at one game apiece as Mitch Horacek struggled to follow Luis Gonzalez's pitching performance from a night before. The left-hander matched a season-high with six runs allowed in his 10th defeat.
TODAY'S OPPONENT: Ranfi Casimiro will start game three for the Lakewood BlueClaws on Friday night. Casimiro sports a 2-9 record with a 5.53 ERA in 20 starts for the BlueClaws. That includes three matchups with the Shorebirds, going 0-2 with 14 runs allowed (10 earned) in 13 1/3 in- nings pitched vs. Delmarva. Casimiro has lost his last five decisions, with his most recent win coming on May 18th.
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 another one-run game by a final score of 4-3 over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Adam Jones hit yet another 1st inning home run, his 21st long ball of the year. Meanwhile, Kevin Gausman looked sharp again, allowing three runs on three hits in the win. The O's notched their 60th win of the year.
THE IRON IS HOT: 18 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
LUIS GONZALEZ | P
With six shutout innings vs. Lakewood, the Shore- birds' starter has now pitched 20 1/3 consecu- tive scoreless innings. Gonzalez currently sports a perfect 6-0 record while the Shorebirds are 10-2 in games in which the lefty starts. Over the current scoreless streak, Gonzalez has lowered his ERA from 3.07 to now 2.20.
WHO'S HOT - ALEX SANTANA
The Shorebirds' reliever pitched 2 scoreless innings vs. Lakewood on Wednesday. San- tana has now struck out 28 batters in 20 in- nings pitched. In nine straight appearances, Santana has struck out at least two batters.
WHO ELSE - CHANCE SISCO
The Shorebirds catcher is batting .384 (58- for-151) in 39 games in the second half. Sisco is now 1st in the SAL with a .345 batting average. Sisco had an 18-game hitting streak, the longest by a Shorebird this year.
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