Blue Crabs Rally Back with a Big 4th

After the first inning, it appeared as if the Barnstormers would return the favor of a high scoring shut out. The Stormers broke out to a 3-0 lead after the first, making it 4-0 in the 3rd whereas the Blue Crabs had only one 1 hit in the first three innings.

That story would change however in the 4th when the Blue Crabs would send 10 batters to the plate scoring 6 of them. After seeing 3 called strikes in his first at bat Jeremy Owens wasted no time in swinging to lead off the fourth, driving in a towering homerun to end the shut out. Jermy Acey would then double on an errant play by the third baseman, he moved to third on an errant play by the catcher while our catcher Lance Burkhart was walked. Richard Giannotti would ground out for the first out of the inning but still scored a run. Octavio Martine would single and scored Lance Burkhart. Octavio would score on a John Ramistella single and John would score on a Mike Just double. Mike would score on a single hit by Travis Garcia. Travis would however be stranded at 1st at the man who started the rally Jeremy Owens would strike out to end the inning. Once the Blue Crabs took the lead they would not relinquish it, although it was threatened in the 5th when the Stormers tied the game, the tie however would only last the half inning, as we would score in the bottom of the fifth. Jermy Acey would single and score on an Octavio Martinez game winning RBI single. Two additional runs of insurance would come in the 6th when Jermy Acey would crack a two run bomb after Jeremy Owens had been walked with 2 outs.

After a rough start our pitching staff got everything under control. Ryan Bicondoa pitched an uncharacteristically low 4.1 innings allowing 8 hits, allowing all 6 runs all earned, while striking out 3 and walking 3. He also allowed one home run in the no decision. Edward Rodriguez had an incredible outing from the pen, going 3 innings allowing only one hit while striking out two for the win. Vinnie DeChristofaro would face one batter walking him. Byron Batson would then come in to face two batters walking one and getting the other out. Matt Hensley would close out the game going for the 4 out save, his 4th save of the season. He got two strike outs and walked no one allowing only one hit.

In Other Blue Crabs News: With the win we remain in first place, 5.0 games ahead of Long Island, and 9.0 games ahead of Camden and 10.5 games ahead of Bridgeport. We are still in need of an everyday first baseman but hopefully we will be able to pull this first half out as a win and then can spend the second half rebuilding what we lost to affiliated ball. Tomorrow we head north to Newark to face the Bears in a 3 game series, tomorrow's game being at 7:05, Tuesday’s at 6:05 and Wednesday’s day game at 11:05 AM.