SAL1 Hagerstown Suns

Suns Notes

Published on June 19, 2014 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hagerstown Suns News Release


About last game... The Hagerstown Suns (44-26) closed out the first half of the season on Sunday evening with an 8-5 win over the Greenville Drive (34-35). Despite the win the Suns lost out on the first half South Atlantic League Northern Division title, which was clinched by the Greensboro Grasshoppers (44-26) earlier in the day.

The Suns offense, which had been held to just four runs over the first 28 innings of the series with Greenville, finally came to life in the sixth. Down 3-1 entering the frame, LF Isaac Ballou sent a one-out double to center field. Catcher Spencer Kieboom followed with a triple to left, which brought home Ballou to make it 3-2. Third baseman Drew Ward made it three straight extra-base hits as he sent a towering homerun over the right-center field wall for his sixth homerun of the season. That gave the Suns a 4-3 lead, and it turned out to be a lead they would not relinquish.

Hagerstown was able to hold onto the lead by tacking on four more runs the very next inning to stretch the advantage to 8-3. Second baseman Brennan Middleton started off the bottom of the seventh with a line drive single to center field. Two batters later, RF Narciso Mesa began a string of three straight singles, which wound up driving in two runs. A sacrifice fly by Kieboom brought in the third run of the frame, and the fourth run scored on a single up the middle by Ward. In total Hagerstown sent eight batters to the plate in the inning and collected five hits.

Greenville cut its deficit to three in the eighth despite getting just one hit in the frame. Three walks and two wild pitches from RHP Jake Johansen led to the damage. Johansen was making his first relief appearance of the season and had just been activated from the Disabled list earlier in the day.

It was LHP David Napoli (1-0) who got the win for Hagerstown in his Suns debut. He pitched just one inning, and did not give up a base runner. RHP Austin Voth started for Hagerstown and went five innings, allowing three earned runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five. LHP Jake Walsh pitched the final 1.1 innings for the Suns to record his eighth save in nine chances this season. Starting LHP Trey Ball suffered the loss for Greenville. He went 5.1 innings and gave up four earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out four.

On the Mound... LHP Hector Silvestre will be heading to the hill this evening for the Suns. He is making his 12th start and appearance this season. He last pitched on June 13 at home against Greenville, lasting just one inning and allowing two earned runs on one walk and three hits including one homer. It was the second time this season Silvestre went just one inning in a start, but the first time on April 11 was due to injury. On the road this season Silvestre is 0-2 with a 7.71 ERA in four starts. Overall this year he has tossed 47.0 innings, surrendering 25 earned runs on 45 hits including seven homers. He has walked 11 and has struck out 20. Tonight he goes up against LHP Sean Townsley for Greensboro. Townsley is making his seventh start and 13th appearance of the year. He last threw on June 9 in relief at West Virginia. In that game he threw four innings, surrendering one earned run on four hits and one walk while striking out three. His last start was on June 4 at Lakewood, when he allowed one run in five innings.

Gearing up for Greensboro... The Suns and Grasshoppers are playing the fifth of 11 games against each other this season and the fifth of eight that will take place in Greensboro. The Suns are 1-3 against Greensboro this year. The Grasshoppers are currently 44-26 overall, good for a tie for first place in the Northern Division standings. Greensboro is currently second in team batting with a .283 average and second in pitching with a team ERA of 3.08.

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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