'Birds, Suns Split Sunday Twin Bill
Click here for Game 2 boxscoreSALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds shut out the Hagerstown Suns 4-0 in game one but couldn't close the door in game two, falling 8-5 to split the doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.Game OneMatthias Dietz (4-1) pitched six scoreless innings in
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SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds shut out the Hagerstown Suns 4-0 in game one but couldn't close the door in game two, falling 8-5 to split the doubleheader on Sunday afternoon at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
Game One
The Shorebirds wasted no time once again putting up runs in the first inning.
Two batters later,
That's all it would take for Dietz to weave through the Suns' order. Dietz at one point retired 11 batters in a row, making quick work of Hagerstown in the third through sixth.
In the bottom of the sixth,
The three home runs tied for the most in a game for Delmarva this season.
Game Two
Control issues were the Shorebirds' (26-15) downfall in the seventh inning of game two. Down 5-4, the Suns (15-26) picked up three walks in the first four batters of the inning and wasted no time taking full advantage. Alex Flores plated two big runs on a double to left that put Hagerstown back up, and Cameron Esthay followed that with a two-run single of his own to push the Hagerstown lead to 8-5.
Delmarva was able to scrape one run across in the first inning. Moesquit led off the game similarly to how he did in the opener by working a walk off of Suns' starter
In the second, Lee's control issues led to a McCoy bases loaded walk, the fourth of the inning, allowing Max Hogan to cross the plate with another run. Craport continued his hot Sunday in the third, pounding another long ball for his second homer of the afternoon and trimming Hagerstown's lead to 4-3.
McCoy was the big bat the 'Birds' needed in the bottom of the fourth inning. After an infield single and hit-by-pitch, McCoy rocketed a two-run triple into the left-center gap to give Delmarva their first lead of game two at 5-4.
Meanwhile,
McCoy finished his blazing doubleheader 3-for-6 with a triple, home run, and five RBIs. Craport went 3-for-7 with two home runs and three driven in. McCoy and Craport combined for all of Delmarva's RBIs in the nightcap.
Flores and Esthay combined for three hits and six RBIs in the seven- and eight- slots for Hagerstown in game two.
The Shorebirds now head down to Hickory for a four-game series with the Crawdads beginning on Monday night.