SAL1 Delmarva Shorebirds

Shorebirds Game Notes vs. Lakewood

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


PREVIEW: The Shorebirds lost on Friday night with an untimely error boosting the Lakewood BlueClaws to a four-run fifth inning and a 7-4 win. A two-out grounder sneaked by Drew Dosch at third base to allowing the tying and go-ahead runs to score in the fifth inning. Bennett Parry was making his first start with Delmarva since his promotion from Aberdeen.

TODAY'S OPPONENT: Matt Imhof will start for the Lakewood BlueClaws in the series finale. Im- hof has made just two starts for Lakewood, going 0-1 with a 3.38 ERA. The left-hander has faced Kannapolis twice, going no more than five innings in the start. Imhof has also pitched for the GCL Phillies and Williamsport Crosscutters since being drafted. The Phillies selected Imhof 47th overall in the 2nd round of this year's draft out of Cal Poly.

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 2-1 over the Seattle Mariners. Wei-Yin Chen pitched amazing once again, improving to 12-3 while allow- ing just one run in 7 1/3 innings. Meanwhile, Andrew Miller made his Orioles' debut after being acquired at the trade deadline. The O's are now 61-47 on the season.

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 .391 (61- for-156) in 40 games in the second half. Sisco is now 1st in the SAL with a .348 batting average. Sisco had an 18-game hitting streak, the longest by a Shorebird this year.

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