SAL1 Delmarva Shorebirds

Shorebirds Outslug Crawdads 12-10 In Game One

July 23, 2011 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Delmarva Shorebirds News Release


Hickory, N.C. - The Delmarva Shorebirds (46-53, 11-18) plated two runs in the ninth inning and used a season high 12 runs to defeat the Hickory Crawdads 12-10 at L.P. Frans Stadium on Saturday night. The Shorebirds end a season long six-game losing skid with the victory.

The Crawdads sprinted to an early 4-0 lead after the bottom of the first. Jake Skole was issued a one out walk and came around on a double down the right field line by Andrew Clark. Later in the inning, with two aboard, Josh Richmond hit a three-run homer over the left field wall to lift the Crawdads to a 4-0 lead.

The Shorebirds sent 12 batters to the plate in the top second and scored six runs to take the lead. Michael Rooney was issued a leadoff. Then, on a wild pitch by Matt Thompson, Rooney raced to second and turned to third. The first baseman Clark picked up the ball near the Shorebirds dugout and fired high to third, allowing Rooney to score. After a walk and a single, Michael Mooney lined a two-RBI double off the base of the right field wall. Jeremy Nowak singled to score Mooney, which tied the game at 4-4. Michael Ohlman then hit a liner to right field to give the Shorebirds a 5-4 lead. Garabez Rosa's hit produced the sixth run on a fielder's choice grounder.

The Crawdads tied the game at 6-6 in the bottom of the second. Clark hit a sacrifice fly to right field and Telis singled to score Jurickson Profar.

The Shorebirds regained the lead in the third. Nowak recorded his second RBI single of the game to score Mooney, who led off the inning with a single.

The see-saw battle continued into the fourth when the Crawdads took an 8-7 lead on a two-run homer by Christian Villanueva.

The Shorebirds regained the lead with three runs in the seventh inning, but Hickory tied the game at 10-10 with two runs in the bottom of the seventh.

In the ninth, Mooney hit a single up the middle to open the inning. Webb then dropped a sacrifice bunt to advance Mooney to second. Ty Kelly followed with a single up the middle to score Mooney to give the Shorebirds an 11-10 lead. Later in the inning, Michael Ohlman hit a two-out single into right field to give the Shorebirds a 12-10 lead.

David Walters entered in the ninth and tossed aside the Crawdads in order to earn his 22nd save of the year.

Randy Henry earned his third win of the season over two innings while Jorge Marban was tagged with the loss.

Shorebirds starter Tim Berry lasted 3.2 innings and allowed seven hits and eight runs. Reliever Cameron Roth shutout the Hickory offense over the next 2.1 innings. He allowed just two hits.

Mooney and Webb paced a 12-hit Shorebirds attack with three hits apiece. Mooney also finished with three RBIs. Four Shorebirds players finished with multiple RBIs.

The Shorebirds play game two against the Crawdads on Sunday night at 5:00 p.m. RHP Scott Copeland is the scheduled starter for the Shorebirds.

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