Wilmington Comes From Behind to Take Series Against Keys
FREDERICK, MD-The Wilmington Blue Rocks (8-8) used a five-run seventh inning to come from behind and defeat the Frederick Keys (6-11) by a 12-10 count on Saturday afternoon at Nymeo Field. The loss marked the Keys sixth in a row despite recording a season-high 17 hits.Wilmington seized control of the
FREDERICK, MD-The Wilmington Blue Rocks (8-8) used a five-run seventh inning to come from behind and defeat the Frederick Keys (6-11) by a 12-10 count on Saturday afternoon at Nymeo Field. The loss marked the Keys sixth in a row despite recording a season-high 17 hits.
Wilmington seized control of the game in the top of the seventh, scoring five times off
The Keys asserted themselves early, scoring eight times on 12 hits in the first three innings. Wilmington got the initial run in the first on Rivera RBI single, but the Keys countered with a solo home run by
A Kort Peterson two-run homer swung the pendulum back in the Blue Rocks favor, but not for long. Sending 11 men to bat in the third, the Keys plated six runs on six hits. After
Wilmington chipped away, adding single markers in their next two trips.
The Blue Rocks made it a two-run ballgame with a two-run sixth, helped out by two Keys errors.
The Keys plated a run in the eighth. McKenna drew a two-out walk, and Billingsley drove him in with a double to left field. That was as close as the Keys would get, as Matt Wynne stranded two Keys in the ninth to earn his first save of the year and preserve a 12-10 win.
Frederick and Wilmington conclude their series on Sunday afternoon. Right-hander