Garcia, Brogdon, Warren Combine on Franchise Record 23rd Shutout of Season
The BlueClaws set a new franchise record with their 23rd shutout of the season. ---
The BlueClaws set a new franchise record with their 23rd shutout of the season.
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HICKORY, NC -Julian Garcia,
The BlueClaws (33-16/74-44) have now taken two of three in the series with the Crawdads (30-20/60-58) and are back to 3.5 games ahead of Hickory in the SAL Northern Division with 19 games left. The teams finish their series on Monday afternoon.
Lakewood leads the minors in shutouts with their 23 and had tied their franchise record, set last year, in a 5-0 win at Charleston on Thursday night. The BlueClaws have now won 16 of their last 21 games and 23 of their last 31 games.
The BlueClaws opened the scoring with two runs in the fourth off Crawdads starter
Bremer came out after 4.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits.
Lakewood starter
Connor Brogdon came on in the sixth and threw three scoreless innings, allowing just an infield single in the eighth inning, while adding five strikeouts. Brogdon, who was the Phillies Minor League Pitcher of the Month for July, has not allowed an earned run in 22 innings dating to June 22nd.
Zach Warren finished things off to earn his 11th save, 10 of which have come in the second half.
Dalton Guthrie had two hits, both doubles, for the BlueClaws and is 10-22 on the current road trip.
The teams finish their series on Monday afternoon at 12:05 pm. RHP
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