Tri-City Falls 1-0 to IronBirds
August 7, 2015 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Tri-City ValleyCats News Release
ABERDEEN, MD - Despite striking out eight batters, while allowing only four hits and no walks, the Tri-City ValleyCats fell 1-0 to the Aberdeen IronBirds at Ripken Stadium, in Aberdeen, Md., on Friday night.
One night after Kevin McCanna, Ralph Garza, and Zac Person combined to throw a no-hitter in a 5-0 victory, Ryan Deemes and Chris Murphy produced another solid pitching outing. In fact, Deemes, who got the start, did not allow a baserunner until Aberdeen left fielder D.J. Stewart singled to center field on a 3-2 pitch with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning.
That concluded a streak of 13 full frames without the ValleyCats allowing a hit, dating back to the eighth inning of their matchup against the Hudson Valley Renegades, on Wednesday. It also snapped a stretch of 10.1 innings without allowing a baserunner, which originated after an IronBird reached on a walk in the bottom of the third inning, on Thursday.
Deemes went on to strike out six batters in five scoreless innings, before giving way to Murphy, who struck out two batters, and allowed only two hits, in three frames. Unfortunately, the IronBirds pushed a run across in the bottom of the seventh, to take a 1-0 lead, and that lead held for the rest of the game.
Offensively, Tri-City was led by left fielder Aaron Mizell, who went 2-for-3 with a walk, while Brooks Marlow went 1-for-3, with his fourth double in his last five games.
The ValleyCats and IronBirds will face off in the final game of this three-game set, at 7:05 p.m., on Saturday. On the mound for Tri-City will be RHP Trent Thornton (3-0, 3.82), with RHP Zach Albin (1-5, 4.88) getting the start for Aberdeen.
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