Walk-Off Claws Win Again - 5-4 Over Rome on Thursday
The BlueClaws picked up their 10th walk-off win of the year, this time on a passed ball! ---
The BlueClaws picked up their 10th walk-off win of the year, this time on a passed ball!
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LAKEWOOD, NJ -
The walk-off win was the 10th by the BlueClaws this year and they erased a 4-1 deficit from the seventh inning. It was the eighth seventh inning-or-later comeback for the BlueClaws since July 23rd. Lakewood (36-16/77-44) is now 33 games over .500 for the first time in franchise history. They have taken the first two games of the series from Rome (23-28/63-58).
Down 4-1, the BlueClaws came back to tie the game with three runs in the seventh inning. Dalton Guthrie hit a SAC fly for the first and then
Guthrie started the ninth off
Rome opened the scoring with a three-run third inning. A two-run single from Brandon Venter put the Braves up 2-0 and they added a run on an RBI single from
Rodolfo Duran homered for the BlueClaws in the bottom of the fourth, his team-leading 16th home run of the season. Duran, the reigning South Atlantic League Player of the Week, now has four home runs since last Friday.
Duran had two hits in the win, including his home run.
The crowd of 9,444 was the seventh largest in BlueClaws history.
The teams finish their series on Friday night at 7:05 pm. RHP
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