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Shorebirds Stop Captains 5-4

June 2, 2008 - South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Salisbury, MD) - The Delmarva Shorebirds climbed to within 1.5 games of first place by beating the Lake County Captains 5-4 on Monday. Wally Crancer had three RBI's to lead the charge for Delmarva. Roman Peña had two RBI's for the Captains.

The Shorebirds picked up two quick runs in the bottom of the first inning off of Captains starter Chris Archer when leadoff man Matt Angle singled. He went to second on Ryan Adams' single and scored on a double by Joe Nowicki with Adams taking third. After a hit batter and two strike outs, Adams scored when Kieron Pope walked and it was 2-0 Delmarva. The Captains got a run back in the top of the third off Birds starter Sean Gleason when a throwing error by Shorebirds third baseman Tyler Henson scored Michael Valadez to cut the lead in half at 2-1. The Shorebirds scored two more in the third inning. After Joe Mahoney and Henson singled, they both scored on a double by Wally Crancer, and the lead was 4-1. The Captains battled back with two more runs in the top of the fifth inning when Ron Rivas singled and Adam White walked. They moved to second and third on a ground out by Mark Thompson and scored on a two RBI single by Peña to make it 4-3.

The Captains tied it up 4-4 in the sixth off Shorebirds reliever Cliff Flagello when with one out Lucas Montero had an infield single. He went to third on a single by Valadez and scored on a ground out by Rivas. The Shorebirds took the lead back in the bottom of the seventh when reliever Joanniel Montero gave up a single to Nowicki. With one out Josh Judy relieved Montero and Henson gounded out moving Nowicki to second. Nowicki scored on a single by Crancer to make it 5-4.

Archer went four innings and gave up four runs, three earned on six hits, walking two and striking out six and did not factor in the decision. Montero relieved Archer in the fifth inning and pitched 3.1 innings allowing one run and suffered his second loss to drop his record to 0-2. Josh Judy followed Montero finishing the seventh and pitching the eighth inning. Cliff Flagello picked up the win in relief to up his mark to 2-2 and Mick Mattaliano secured his eleventh save pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

The Captains play game two of the series with Delmarva on Tuesday at 7:05 PM with Captains sending LHP Ryan Miller (7-0, 1.20) to the mound in search of his eighth win against the Shorebirds RHP Luis Noel (5-1, 2.79). The game can be heard on AM 1330 WELW, WELW.COM or CAPTAINSBASEBALL.COM. After Wednesday's game in Delmarva the Captains will play four games in Hagerstown starting Thursday.

The Captains return home to conclude the first half against the same two teams on Monday, June 9th. Monday's game will feature Buck Night at Classic Park with $1 hot dogs, beer, and soda.

Tickets for all Captains home games are on sale at the Classic Park box office, by phone at 440-954-WINS (9467) or at captainsbaseball.com.

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