One Away

After getting out to a commanding 5-0 lead after the first inning the Blue Crabs found themselves unable to hold on to the lead but still able to lower their magic number to 1.

Starter Joe Gannon went 5.1 innings for the loss. He allowed 7 earned runs on 12 hits, while walking two batters and allowing a home run. Vinnie DeChristofaro pitched 1.1 innings of relief allowing one hit while walking 3 but no runs. He was replaced in the 6th by newcomer Paul Estrada. Estrada went 2/3rds of an inning allowing one earned run on 3 hits and a strike out. Matt Schweitzer, who has been gold as of late, pitched .2 innings of scoreless and hitless ball striking out both batters he faced.

Almost all the scoring took place in the first inning. John Ramistella led off the game with a solo home run. After three consecutive singles by Mike Just, Travis Garcia and Patrick Osborn, James Shanks would double scoring Mike and Travis. Jeremy Owens would follow suit doubling to score Patrick and James. However after the impressive first inning the Blue Crabs would be baffled not scoring again until the top of the 8th when Jeremy Owens would get his third RBI of the night on a two out home run.

In Other Blue Crabs News: With the Long Island loss we are either one win away or one more Long Island loss away from clenching our first playoff berth in team history. Tomorrow we again take on the Somerset Patriots at 5:05 pm on the Fourth of July. Tomorrow's starter will be Edward Rodriguez as we have recently loss starter Kenny Baugh to affiliated ball.