Sens Sweep Twin Bill With Bowie
The Harrisburg Senators swept their doubleheader against the Bowie Baysox Wednesday afternoon at FNB Field. The Senators took game one 9-4 and finished the sweep with an 8-6 win in game two.
The Harrisburg Senators swept their doubleheader against the Bowie Baysox Wednesday afternoon at FNB Field. The Senators took game one 9-4 and finished the sweep with an 8-6 win in game two.
The Senators jumped to an early lead in game one with three runs in the second. After the team loaded the bases with one out on a single, walk and an error,
Bowie scored their only two runs against Senators starter
Darnell did not factor in the decision, as he allowed two runs on seven hits across his four frames.
The score remained 5-2 Senators until the sixth when the Senators scored four runs to break the game open. After the first two-batters reached,
Bowie struck first in game two of the twin bill. With one out and runners at first and third, Aderlin Rodriguez hit a groundball to third to score the first run of the ballgame. Rodriguez reached on the play after Senators third baseman Drew Ward misplayed the groundball. One batter later,
The Senators rallied to take the lead with four runs in the second. Following a single and double by Drew Ward and
After scoring a run in the fourth, Bowie was able to tie it in the top of the fifth on a two-run home run by Aderlin Rodriguez.
With the game tied 5-5, the Senators quickly jumped back in front in the bottom of the fifth. With one out, Collier, tripled to left-center. The next batter, Raudy Read, hit into a run-scoring ground out to third to drive in Collier and give the Senators a 6-5 advantage.
The Senators added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth. With a pair of runners on base, Osvaldo Abreu lined a two-RBI triple into left-center to put club on top 8-5.
"We took advantage of balls up in the zone (in both games)," Senators manager Matt LeCroy said. "We stayed through the ball a lot better than we did last night and when you do that you put yourself in a good position to be successful."
"We did a lot of good things today, anytime you can sweep a doubleheader, no matter how you do it, it's a good thing."
The Senators and Baysox finish the series Thursday night.