CarL1 Wilmington Blue Rocks

Wilmington's Offense Does It Again in Win against Salem

Published on August 25, 2018 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Wilmington Blue Rocks News Release


Wilmington, DE- The Wilmington Blue Rocks (62-68 / 31-29) used another strong performance to take the second game of the series against the Salem Red Sox (60-68 / 28-32) with an 8-2 win Saturday night at Frawley Stadium. Gerson Garabito battled his way through five innings and allowed one run to earn the win while eight different Blue Rocks picked up a hit in the victory. With the win and a Lynchburg Hillcats loss, the Blue Rocks are five games out of first place with 10 to play as the Blue Crew continue their playoff push.

The Rocks erased a one-run deficit in the bottom of the fifth inning thanks to a two-out rally. Rudy Martin tied the game with an RBI triple before D.J. Burt singled home Martin to give Wilmington its first lead of the game, 2-1. Meibrys Viloria followed with an RBI double to cap the scoring and made it a 3-1 Wilmington lead. In the bottom of the sixth, the Blue Rocks were at it again. Travis Jones singled home Gabriel Cancel to make it a 4-1 contests before Martin delivered with his second RBI hit of the night and Jones scored on a wild pitch to put the Rocks up 6-1. Salem tacked on a run in the seventh on a double play ball to get within four runs, but that's all the Blue Rocks would surrender.

Wilmington tacked on two more runs in the bottom of the eighth inning thanks to an Angelo Castellano two-run single to pad the Rocks' lead, 8-2. After loading the bases through the first three batters of the game, Garabito was able to battle his way through five innings and allowed just the lone run to pick up his seventh win of the season.

The Blue Rocks will go for the series sweep on Sunday, August 26 with first pitch scheduled for 1:35 p.m. Wilmington will send left-hander Daniel Tillo (2-4, 4.45 ERA) Salem will have righty Jake Thompson (5-11, 4.91 ERA) on the mound. Fans can catch all the action with Matt Janus and Cory Nidoh on 89.7 WGLS-FM.

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Through the first two games of the series, the starting pitching has been strong for Wilmington. Gerson Garabito allowed just one earned run in five innings of work to earn the win. In the series opener on Friday, Ofreidy Gomez set the tone and threw seven strong innings, allowed just one run to help the Blue Rocks snap their 10-game losing streak, which was the longest of the season. The two pitchers have combined to toss 12 innings, allow two runs (both earned) on 10 hits, five walks and have whiffed five batters.

Rudy Martin has turned it around at the plate over his last two games. Entering the series 2-for-his-last-32, Martin is 5-for-9 through the first two games of the series with two runs scored, a pair of doubles, a triple and has driven in four runs. Martin also stole his 26th base on Friday, matching a single-season, career-high which he set last season. Overall on the night, the Blue Rocks' offense has eight different hits collect a hit while five different players drove in a run.

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