Update

So my apologies to all my readers for my epic lack of posting so far throughout this season. As a college student I must unfortunately say that my classes have to come before baseball and the tail end of this past semester was a bit killer on my free time and thus my ability to keep you all updated on the happenings of the Blue Crabs.

The Blue Crabs got their first home win in the second game against the Long Island Ducks in what proved to be a pitchers duel, going scoreless well into the late innings with Jeremy Owens crossing the plate for the win in the 8th after being walked. A couple of pinch hitting replacements brought Owens across the plate and gave the Blue Crabs the only run of the game.

The Crabs went on to win the series defeating the Long Island Ducks the next night 9-8. They went on the sweep the Camden Riversharks in a 3 game home stand, before splitting a 4 game road stand against the defending champion Somerset Patriots. The Crabs then lost 4 of the next 6 games, dropping 2 of 3 to the Lancaster Barnstormers, and 2 of 3 to the Somerset Patriots both at home. The Crabs then went on the road again winning two of 3 against the Lancaster Barnstomers, including a split of a day-night doubleheader that was the result of a rain out in the middle of the series.

Throughout May we saw some new faces join the clubhouse as well as wishes some players well as the moved on towards the Majors. In early May we signed an outfielder named Justin Christian who would go on to get signed by the Double-A team of the New York Yankees less then a week later. Pitcher Dewon Day was traded to the York Revolution, and Pitcher Dave McKae to Newark both for future considerations. Joe Newby also took some time off for personal reasons, though he is back in the active line up. Pitcher Kyle Zaleski has been back and forth from the inactive list all season, though we ultimately and recently traded him to the Can-Am league again for future considerations. Finally we signed former Major Leaguer Ryan Speier to a contract in the middle of May to add more depth to our pitching staff.

Travis Garcia missed some time recently due to an undisclosed injury, well at least I am unaware of the specifics of his injury, but he is back in the line up playing in the current Camden series. Also in good news for him, though it does hinder us slightly, John Halama has again been signed by a Triple-A club. John will be signing the paperwork after tonight's game to go to the Triple-A club of the Oakland Athletics. This will mark the 3rd time John has started the season with the Blue Crabs only to leave early in the season towards the major leagues. Halama has a 2-1 record thru 5 starts, including 1 complete game. Despite giving up 10 runs only 6 have been earned giving him a stellar ERA of 1.46. John has walked 5, hit 6 and struck out 20 thru 37 innings of work. As always we wish John the best of luck and hope to see him in the Majors soon.

Home Opener

The Blue Crabs dropped their home Opener to the Long Island Ducks 5-2. Starter John Halama went 6 innings allowing 7 hits and all 5 of the earned runs while striking out 6 and walking 1. John was nearly perfect save for the 4th inning when it seemed that no one could make a play, nor could we stop the ducks from crossing the plate. He faced all 9 batters in the order in the 4th, giving up 6 of the 7 hits he allowed on the night. The only other run given up by John was a solo home run in the 2nd.

Both the Blue Crabs runs came off the bat of Brian McFall, though due to a defensive error by the Ducks he gained only one RBI. His first run brought in was in the second, when on a sacrifice fly, Brian brought in Eric Crozier. The second run came when Matt Craig scored after being walked, while Brian reached base on a throwing error from the ducks.

With the exception of the top of the 4th inning, the Blue Crabs played a good game. While we still need to work on bringing player in scoring postion across the plate, it is still early in the season and we have plenty of time to make up lost ground.