Retro Jersey Rock?

Tonight the Blue Crabs, who have only been around 2 years, donned retro style jerseys that can best be described as polo’s with Blue Crabs on the front and stripes around the torso. The jersey’s that were auctioned off for a charity might have been the key to tonight’s come from behind win.

Kenny Baugh made the start for the Blue Crabs, going 6 innings for the win and the quality start having only allowed 3 runs, all which were earned. The three runs all came in the second and were the result of 4 hits, 5 walks and 2 strikeouts. Kenny pitched 2 1-2-3 innings in the 4th and the 6th. In the 7th we saw Matt Schweitzer come in, he pitched an inning of scoreless and hitless ball. Mike James pitched the 8th, allowing only one hit while striking out one. Closing out the game was righty Matt Hensley who allowed one hit and struck out two.

The Blue Crabs hitters used the long ball to their advantage hitting 3 home runs. The first was hit by Jermy Acey in the second, the second by James Shanks in the 5th both of which were hit with two outs. The final homer of the night was hit lead off by Lance Burkhart in the 6th. Mike Just single in the 3rd on a bunt attempt, and moved to third on a Travis Garcia double, both runners would score, Mike on a single hit by Patrick Osborn and Travis on a double play hit into by Jeremy Owens to tie the game. The Blue Crabs broke the tie and took the lead in the 5th on the Shanks home run. The Blue Crabs would then go on to score at least on run in each of the next 3 innings including Lances homerun in the 6th and two runs in the 7th. John Ramistella scored the final run in the 8th.

In other Blue Crabs News: We have finally extended our lead over the Long Island Ducks to 4.0 games with the win, we are also 8.0 games ahead of Camden and 10.0 games ahead of Bridgeport. With only 13 games left in the first half extending our lead over Long Island is a huge plus for us in this playoff push. We take on Lancaster again tomorrow night for the third game of the series.