SwampDogs Late Rally Stifled by Steamers
July 16, 2017 - Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain)
Fayetteville SwampDogs News Release
EDENTON, N.C. - The Fayetteville SwampDogs (23-15) dropped their second straight game against the Edenton Steamers (22-15) on Saturday night by a score of 7-6.
The Steamers jumped out to a 6-1 lead before the SwampDogs rallied in the 6th inning thanks to a 3-run home run from Jayson Newman (Cal State Northridge) and a sac fly from Corey Treyes (Coppin State) to cut the Steamers lead to just 1.
The SwampDogs would tie up the game in the 7th inning on a solo shot from Jay Robinson (New Orleans) as the all-star evened things up at 6.
Dom Cuevoss (NC Central) gave the Steamers the winning run with a solo homer over the left field wall in the 8th inning off of Brian Ricker (Mitchell College) tagging the lefty with his first loss of the year dropping him to (1-1).
Carmen Giampetruzzi (Boston College) picked up his second win of the season improving to (2-0) as the all-star left hander over powered Fayetteville from the mound in the final two frames.
The SwampDogs return to the Swamp on Monday, July 17 for Nerd Night against the Martinsville Mustangs. The gates will open at 6 with first pitch at 7:05. For all your SwampDogs news and updates please visit GoSwampDogs.com and follow us on Twitter @GoSwampDogs. The SwampDogs season is presented by Fayetteville Kia.
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