Cutters Swept at Home
The Williamsport Crossscutters were swept by the Connecticut Tigers Friday night at Susquehanna Bank Park at Bowman Field after losing 5-1.
Cutters starter Ricardo Pinto (0-3) allowed just 2-run homer to Tim Remes in 5 innings of work, but couldn't get any offensive support in the loss.
Matt Shortall had a one out single in the fifth inning off Tigers starter Fernando Perez (4-2) breaking up another potential no-hitter.
The Tigers added two runs off Cutters reliever Mark Meadors in the seventh inning on a base hit, walk and two costly errors to make it 4-1.
Aaron Brown got the Cutters offense going with a lead-off triple in the seventh and one batter later Rhys Hoskins delivered Brown with an RBI single off the bag at third base to cut the lead to 4-1
Manny Martinez surrendered a solo homer to Joey Pankake leading off the eighth inning to make the final score 5-1.
The Cutters have now lost four straight games and have fallen four games behind Connecticut in the wild card race. Connecticut has won five games in a row to claim the wild card lead.
Tomorrow, August 2, 2014 the Cutters open a 3-game series with the Aberdeen Ironbirds at 7:05 p.m.
The Williamsport Crosscutters annual Cutters Kids Camp will be held Saturday, August 2 from 9am-1pm for children aged 7-14 at Susquehanna Bank Park. Christmas is 155 days away and we're celebrating! Anyone bringing a new unwrapped toy to the Box Office receives a free general admission ticket. All toys donated to our local Toys for Tots campaign to help those less fortunate in our area.
Play Baseball Bingo presented by Albright Life & Rogers Uniforms every Sunday Cutters home game! Our next Baseball Bingo event takes place on August 3. Game time is 5:05 p.m. verses Aberdeen.
Donate a bag of gently used clothing on Monday, August 4 and get a FREE general admission ticket or ½ price box seat. All clothing donated to the American Rescue Workers. Game time is 7:05 p.m. verses Aberdeen.
Cutters Carvings: Aaron Brown hit his first triple as a Cutter leading off the seventh inning…Rhys Hoskins had an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh for his team leading 29th RBI… Matt Shortall had a one out single in the fifth inning for the other Cutters hit on the night…Each pitching staff struck out nine batters…