'Birds Fall Quietly to 'Claws in Six
SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds' bats fell silent as the Lakewood BlueClaws took the series finale 4-0 in a rain-shortened six-inning game on Wednesday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.Rafi Gonell (3-1) earned the win with five shutout innings for the BlueClaws (9-16, 38-57). Gonell faced just two over
SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds' bats fell silent as the Lakewood BlueClaws took the series finale 4-0 in a rain-shortened six-inning game on Wednesday night at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
Lakewood opened the scoring in the second.
In the third, Lakewood doubled their lead on one swing. McCarthy Tatum roped a solo homer down the left field line for a solo shot, his first professional homer, giving the BlueClaws a 2-0 edge.
After a single out was recorded in the bottom of the sixth, the skies opened up, sending the game into a delay leading to the eventual decision to end it early.
The Shorebirds collected just one hit in the game, a fourth inning single from Robert Neustrom.
Guzman spearheaded the Lakewood attack, adding a single in addition to his two-run inside-the-park homer.
Delmarva has now lost back-to-back series for the first time all season. The bad weather also resulted in the first rain delay of any kind for the Shorebirds since May 23 at home against Lakewood, a span of 52 games.
The Shorebirds now hit the road to begin a four-game series with the West Virginia Power.