Luis Valdez Swats Team-Leading Fourth Triple of the Season as ‘Birds Drop Fifth Straight to GreenJackets

Valdez tripled and scored the ‘Birds only run in the ninth inning

August 6, 2022

SALISBURY, MD. – The Delmarva Shorebirds couldn’t get anything going against Augusta GreenJackets starter Sam Strickland, as the Shorebirds fell 7-1 on Saturday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium. For the sixth time in seven home games, the Shorebirds (13-22, 34-66) saw their opponent, in this case the GreenJackets (51-48,

SALISBURY, MD. – The Delmarva Shorebirds couldn’t get anything going against Augusta GreenJackets starter Sam Strickland, as the Shorebirds fell 7-1 on Saturday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.

For the sixth time in seven home games, the Shorebirds (13-22, 34-66) saw their opponent, in this case the GreenJackets (51-48, 15-18), get on the board in the first inning.

Connor Blair rocked the first pitch of the game over the wall in left for a solo homer, his seventh of the season. Adam Zebrowski added an RBI single later in the inning to make it 2-0.

In the fifth, Augusta put the first two on and eventually loaded the bases with one out. Braulio Vasquez then beat out a fielder’s choice to drive in a run and make it 3-0.

The first three walked to open the seventh for Augusta. A Zebrowski sacrifice fly scored a run before a fielder’s choice re-loaded the bases. Mahki Backstrom and Francisco Floyd then followed with RBI singles to make it 6-0.

Augusta added one more run in the eighth on an Eliezel Stevens RBI single.

The Shorebirds broke up the shutout bid in the ninth when Luis Valdez tripled to open the inning and was then balked home to make it 7-1.

Sam Strickland (4-2) fired eight shutout innings for the GreenJackets in the win. He allowed just two hits and a walk, striking out 11.

Juan De Los Santos (2-9) suffered the loss for Delmarva, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and four strikeouts over three innings.

The Shorebirds wrap their series with the GreenJackets on Sunday, August 7 at Perdue Stadium. The Shorebirds have yet to announce a starter while Augusta goes with Rainiery Rodriguez (2-2, 3.12). First pitch is slated for 5:05 p.m with pregame coverage beginning at 4:50 p.m. on MiLV.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.