‘Birds Drop Series to Salem with 9-2 Loss Friday Night

SALISBURY, MD – The Delmarva Shorebirds offense was held to just four hits total as they lost to the Salem Red Sox 9-2 on Friday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

The loss for the Shorebirds (9-22) secured the series win for the Red Sox (16-15) who have taken the first four games of the six-game set.

Salem got on the board immediately in the first inning. Eddinson Paulino tripled to open the ballgame and was plated on a Brainer Bonaci single. After a groundout moved Bonaci to second, Niko Kavadas singled him home to make it 2-0.

With one out in the second, Davis Tavárez doubled and was then singled home by Mishael Deson to cut it to a 2-1 deficit.

A four-run fifth for Salem busted the game open. Karson Simas reached on an error to start the frame and Paulino then doubled with a subsequent throwing error allowing both to score on the play. A single and two walks then loaded the bases before an RBI groundout for Tyler Miller and sacrifice fly for Eduardo Vaughan made it 6-1.

Salem added two more in the ninth on another RBI groundout and sacrifice fly.

Delmarva shaved a run off in the bottom of the ninth on an Isaac De León RBI double to bring the final tally to 9-2.

Juan Daniel Encarnacion (2-3) fired six innings of one-run ball to earn the win for Salem. Encarnacion struck out eight while walking one and allowing two hits.

Shane Davis (1-3) suffered the loss for Delmarva after conceding five runs (four earned) in four-plus innings on five hits and two walks, striking out four.

The Shorebirds and Red Sox continue their series on Saturday, May 14. Daniel Federman (0-4, 8.41) gets the ball for Delmarva against Tyler Uberstine (2-0, 2.45) for Salem. First pitch from Perdue Stadium is slated for 7:05 p.m. with pregame coverage beginning at 6:50 p.m. on MiLB.TV and theshorebirds.com with Sam Jellinek on the call.

ABOUT THE DELMARVA SHOREBIRDS

The Delmarva Shorebirds were founded in 1996 and have been the Class-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles since 1997. The Shorebirds have won two South Atlantic League championships in 1997 and 2000 and were named the MiLB.com Minor League Team of the Year in 2019 after going 90-48 in the regular season. Based in Salisbury, Maryland, the Shorebirds are proud to represent the entire Delmarva Peninsula and have hosted two SAL All-Star Games in 1999 and 2011. The Shorebirds are owned by 7th Inning Stretch, LP, based in Stockton, California headed by Chairman Tom Volpe and President Pat Filippone.