Crabs Drop Undefeated Revolution

Despite the fact that the Revolution were getting off to the best start in the league, the Blue Crabs were able to pull off a win against them.

Joe Gannon pitched a gem of a start going 7 innings without allowing a runner to score on his watch; he would however give up one run. Gannon struck out 4 batters while only walking one. Joe scattered 4 hits through 7 innings, including a lead off single given up in the 8th before coming out of the game. Lefty Matt Schweitzer pitched the 8th and appeared to struggle slightly. After giving up a single to begin his outing, the two base runners were advanced into scoring position by a sacrifice bunt. Matt would then hit the next batter, P.J. Rose who had recently hit a game-winning walk off grand slam. Schweitzer would then walk in a run that would be charged to Joe Gannon before striking out the last two batters of the inning. Matt Hensley would pitch the 9th. With a two run lead going into the inning; Matt would allow a lead off single. He would then strike out the next two batters, but the base runner would successfully steal second to put himself into scoring position. After getting the first two outs, Matt gave up an RBI single to shrink the lead to one. Hensley would however finish out the inning keeping the save and win intact by striking out the last batter he faced.

Richard Giannotti gave the Blue Crabs an early with a solo home run in the 3rd. The Crabs wouldn't score again until the 7th when they would add 2 more runs. With one out Liu Rodriguez would be hit by a pitch and score on an RBI double hit by Patrick Osborn. Patrick would also score coming in on a sacrifice fly hit by Jeremy Owens. Those three runs would be just enough to secure the Blue Crabs win over the York Revolution.

In Other Blue Crabs News: The Blue Crabs have granted Byron Batson his outright release from the team and have also traded Vinnie DeChristofaro to the American Association for future considerations. To help soften the blow of losing Eric Crozier and Travis Garcia in recent weeks, the Blue Crabs have signed former Major Leaguer Michael Tucker who is most likely going to be our new first baseman. Jason LaVorgna still remains on the inactive list while Edward Rodriguez remains on the disabled list. Also in action tonight was Blue Crabs second baseman Mike Just who missed the Long Island series while attending to a family matter.