SAL1 Hagerstown Suns

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Published on June 4, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hagerstown Suns News Release


About last game... The Hagerstown Suns (39-19) put up at least one run in five consecutive innings on Tuesday on their way to an 8-5 win over the Delmarva Shorebirds (34-24) at Municipal Stadium. The win improves Hagerstown's record at home this season to 22-7, and stretches the Suns lead to five games over the Shorebirds in the South Atlantic League's Northern Division standings.

The string of five consecutive innings with a Suns run began in the second when 3B Drew Ward led off with a solo homerun over the right field wall. In the third, Hagerstown took a 2-0 lead on an RBI single to left by RF Narciso Mesa. Mesa was playing in his first game with the Suns this season, and finished the contest with three hits.

Each team plated a run in the fourth. In the top half of the inning DH Connor Bierfeldt belted a two- out solo homerun over the center field wall to make it 2-1. The Suns responded in the bottom of the frame when 2B Brennan Middleton singled with runners on the corners and two outs. That brought catcher Spencer Kieboom home from third and made it 3-1 Hagerstown.

The lead stretched to four in the fifth. Mesa led off with a double to left, and scored from third on a groundout by LF Isaac Ballou. A line drive single to left by Ward drove in the other run of the inning to make it 5-1.

The final three Suns runs crossed the plate in the sixth, when Hagerstown sent eight hitters to the plate. Four singles sandwiched a sacrifice bunt to begin the frame and resulted in two runs scoring. The final run was brought home by a wild pitch with the bases loaded.

Delmarva was able to respond with three runs of its own the very next inning, thanks to a three-run homerun off the bat of RF Mike Yastrzemsky. Yastrzemsky went yard again in the ninth with a solo shot to set the final score at 8-5.

RHP Nick Pivetta (8-2) threw four innings in his first relief appearance of the year to earn the win. He gave up four earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four. Pivetta replaced starting RHP Lucas Giolito, who tossed three scoreless innings, giving up three hits while striking out five. Starting RHP Luc Rennie (2-5) suffered the loss for the Shorebirds. He worked 4.1 innings, allowing five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out two.

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 Austin Voth will be heading to the hill tonight for the Suns. He is making his 11th start and appearance this season. He last pitched on May 28 at Delmarva, going six innings and giving up two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out seven. It was the fifth time this year that Voth has struck out seven batters in a game. Tonight is his third time facing the Shorebirds this year. He also faced Delmarva at home on April 9, when he went 4.2 innings and surrendered four earned runs on five hits and three walks while striking out six. Voth is 0-2 at home this year with a 3.03 ERA in six starts. Overall he has thrown 50.2 innings this season, allowing 19 runs (14 earned) on 39 hits while walking 17 and striking out 58.

Tonight he goes up against RHP Hunter Harvey for Delmarva. Harvey is making his 11th start and appearance of the season as well. He last pitched on May 30 at Lakewood, going six innings and allowing one unearned run on two hits and two walks while striking out seven. This is Harvey's second time facing the Suns this season. He faced Hagerstown on April 16 at home, and threw six scoreless innings.

The deal with Delmarva... The Suns and Shorebirds are playing the 12th of 23 games against each other this season and the sixth of 10 that will take place in Hagerstown. The Suns are 5-6 against Delmarva this year. The Shorebirds are currently 34-24 overall, good for second place in the Northern Division standings.

Delmarva is currently fifth in team batting with a .263 average and second in pitching with a team ERA of 2.85.

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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