SAL1 Hagerstown Suns

Suns Media Notes

Published on June 3, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hagerstown Suns News Release


About last game... The Hagerstown Suns (38-19) increased their lead in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division standings to four games over the Delmarva Shorebirds (34-23) with a 4-2 win over the Shorebirds at Municipal Stadium on Monday night. The win improved the Suns record to 3-1 when playing Delmarva at home this season.

Hagerstown scored three of its four runs in the second inning to take a 3-0 lead. The rally began with two outs when 2B Brennan Middleton singled to left. Center fielder Rafael Bautista followed with a triple to the wall in center field, driving in Middleton to make it 1-0. Back-to-back walks issued to LF Isaac Ballou and SS Wilmer Difo loaded the bases. Right fielder John Wooten then hit a ball to SS Justin Viele, which he was unable to handle and resulted in a fielding error. That allowed two unearned runs to score and the Suns to take the lead for good.

Delmarva put up its first run in the fourth on a leadoff solo homerun off the bat of 1B Trey Mancini. The Shorebirds scored again in the top of the eighth on an RBI single by catcher Chance Sisco. That brought Delmarva within one, 3-2, but that would be as close as the Shorebirds would get as Hagerstown answered with a run of its own in the bottom of the eighth on an RBI single by Difo.

Starting LHP Hector Silvestre (2-2) threw seven innings (a season long), allowing one earned run on seven hits while striking out three to earn the win for the Suns. Starting RHP Sebastian Vader (7-2) suffered the loss for the Shorebirds. He went six innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks while striking out five. LHP Jake Walsh notched his fifth save of the year by tossing the final two innings for Hagerstown, surrendering one unearned run on four hits.

Hey now, you're an All-Star... The Hagerstown Suns in conjunction with the South Atlantic League announced today that six Suns players, along with the entire coaching staff, will be representing the team at the 55th annual South Atlantic League All-Star Game later this month. The game will be played in Hickory, NC on Tuesday June 17 at L.P. Frans Stadium, the home of the Hickory Crawdads.

The six Suns players named to the Northern Division team matches the Greensboro Grasshoppers for the most players named to the team by any South Atlantic League Northern Division club. It is also the same number of players the Suns had named to last year's South Atlantic League All-Star game. The Six players who will be representing the Suns this season in Hickory are RHP Nick Pivetta, RHP Austin Voth, LHP Jake Walsh, Catcher Spencer Kieboom, 2B Wilmer Difo, and INF John Wooten.

On the Mound... RHP Lucas Giolito will be heading to the hill tonight for the Suns. He is making his eighth start and appearance this season. He last pitched on May 11 at home against Kannapolis, throwing six scoreless innings and allowing just one hit and one walk while striking out seven. It was the first time he has pitched at least six innings this season, and it was his third scoreless outing of the year. Tonight is Giolito's second time facing the Shorebirds this season. He pitched at Delmarva on April 16, going five innings without allowing a run. At home this year he is 1-0 with a 3.21 ERA in three starts. Overall Giolito has pitched 32.1 innings, giving up 12 runs (nine earned) on 22 hits including two homers. He has walked 14 and has struck out 36. Tonight he goes up against RHP Luc Rennie for Delmarva. Rennie is making his ninth start and 10th appearance this season. He last threw on May 28 in a start at home against Hagerstown, going 7.1 innings and surrendering nine runs (two earned) on 11 hits. This will be his third time facing the Suns this season. He also pitched against Hagerstown on April 8 in Hagerstown, and went 4.2 innings while giving up seven runs (six earned) on 12 hits. On the road this year he is 0-2 with a 6.46 ERA in three games (all starts). Overall he has tossed 49.1 innings, surrendering 38 runs (28 earned) on 72 hits including four homers.

The deal with Delmarva... The Suns and Shorebirds are playing the 11th of 23 games against each other this season and the fifth of 10 that will take place in Hagerstown. The Suns are 4-6 against Delmarva this year. The Shorebirds are currently 34-23 overall, good for second place in the Northern Division standings. Delmarva is currently fifth in team batting with a .262 average and second in pitching with a team ERA of 2.75.

Listen Live... All Suns home games this season will be broadcast live with play-by-play provided by Eli Pearlstein on hagerstownsuns.com. Just click on the "Listen Live" or "Listen Live on Tunein Radio" link on the drop down menu when you scroll over the "multimedia" tab at the top-middle of the home page. Games can also be heard on your Iphone or android phone with the Tunein Radio app.

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