Never Say Die

After what seemed to be a sure loss, the Blue Crabs lay down a record breaking 6th to take a commanding lead over the Newark Bears. Going into the 6th the Blue Crabs were down 4 nothing when after two outs Patrick Osborn hit a solo home run. His would be the first of 11 runs scored that inning as the Blue Crabs would send a total of 15 batters to the plate to face two different pitchers.

All of tonight's offense took place in the 6th inning. After two fly outs by Travis Garcia and Mike Just, Patrick Osborn hit a solo home run. James Shanks would single and score on a home run hit by Jeremy Owens. Again with the bases clear Jermy Acey would single and he would score on a home run by catcher Octavio Martinez. With the bases clear Chuck Jeroloman would walk, and move to second on a single hit by John Ramistella. Both runners would advance a base on a walk drawn by Mike Just. Chuck would score on a walk drawn by Travis Garcia. Mike and John would both score on a 2 RBI single hit by Patrick Osborn. Patrick and Travis would both score on a 3 run home run hit by James Shanks. Jeremy Owens would single but would be stranded there as Jermy flied out to end the inning.

Defensively we had some sloppy plays but were overall very impressive. Starter Kenny Baugh went 5 innings for the win allowing only 8 hits and 4 runs, only 2 of which were earned. Kenny walked three batters while striking out 4 and was charged with one balk. Center Fielder Jeremy Owens saved a run in the bottom the 5th throwing the runner out at the plate from center field. Jimmy Serrano pitched the 6th, a scoreless hitless 1-2-3 inning. Edward Rodriguez pitched in the 7th and 8th allowing 3 hits but no runs while striking out three. Jason LaVorgna closed out the game in only his third appearance since joining the Blue Crabs. Aided by the defense of John Ramistella, Jason got the first two batters in order with fly outs. He allowed one hit before getting the final out of the game on a called strike out.

In Other Blue Crabs News: With the win the Blue Crabs keep their lead over Long Island at 5.0 games, and 8.5 games over Bridgeport. With their loss tonight Camden is for all intensive purposes eliminated from the play off race for the first half as they fall to 10 games behind with 9 to go. With only 9 games to go the Blue Crabs only need to gain 4 more games ahead of Long Island to close out the first half and secure their first playoff bid in team history. Should Long Island and the Blue Crabs end the season with a tied record, the Blue Crabs would win the tie breaker as they have taken 7 of 10 games against the Ducks in head to head play. Tomorrow's game is set for an 11:05 am first pitch.