Splitting the Double Header

Today the Blue Crabs split their double header against the Camden Riversharks.

The first game was a back and forth battle that saw the Blue Crabs take the lead 3 times, the 3rd time being on a Mike Just RBI single which would turn out to be the Game winning RBI. Although it was Mike's only hit of the game it was quite possibly the most important hit of the game. The bulk of the offense came off of homeruns, a solo shot by Captain Jeremy Owens in the second and a 3-run bomb by Chuck Jeroloman in the 4th. In the 7th and final inning of the game the Blue Crabs tacked on 4 additional runs to take a final lead of 9-4. James Shanks and Jermy Acey were able to score on a 2-RBI Triple by first baseman Eric Crozier. Pitcher John Halama was able to go for the full game thus pitching in his league leading second complete game.

The second game was not quite as good for the Crabs as they would go on to lose 4-2. This game however saw the introduction of new Blue Crabs starter Matt DeSalvo. The offense started off promising with a lead-off triple by Giannotti which he would come in to score from on a sacrifice ground out by James Shanks. Despite getting at least 16 batters on base only two would be able to come in score. Matt DeSalvo had an impressive start going 5 innings, with 4 strike outs, 2 walks and a hit batter. Some bad throws by the team however came back to haunt them and the inability to get base runners home resulted in the loss. Matt Hensley came in to the game in the 6th and despite giving up a single and a walk he let no runs score and kept the game close. The game was a hard loss but we were hitting well just not timely. We made good plays and hopefully will be able to pull the best out of these two games and pull off the split of the series as well.