Spinners Take Out Frustration on Lake Monsters
Lowell (2-3) put together a two-out rally in the top of the first inning and never looked back. Travis Shaw and Boss Moanaroa were issued back to back walks, and Seth Schwindenhammer singled in the first run of the game, dumping a Texas Leaguer into left field. After a Carson Blair single loaded the bases, Matty Johnson drew a bases loaded walk to push across the second run. Drew Turocy then roped a two-run single into right field to score Schwindenhammer and Blair.
The Spinners kept the offense coming in the second inning as Keury De La Cruz walked, moved to second on a groundout, stole third and then strolled home when Shaw singled up the middle. The next batter, Moanaroa crushed a 3-2 fastball over the right field wall for his second homerun of the season, a two-run blast.
Three straight doubles to lead off the fourth inning by Shaw, Moanaroa and Schwindenhammer brought two more runs in and Johnson plated the tenth Spinner run with an RBI groundout two batters later.
Turocy tripled with one out in the seventh inning, and then bolted home on an infield single by De La Cruz for the 11th run for Lowell, while in the ninth, De La Cruz doubled in a run and then scored a few batters later on a passed ball for the final run of the rout.
Jason Garcia, a 17th round pick of the Red Sox organization in 2010, was solid in his Spinners debut, but could not pick up the win, hitting his mandated pitch count in the fifth inning. He allowed one unearned run on three hits, walking three and striking out three. Swen Huijer (1-0, 1.29) picked up the victory with four innings of stellar long relief, facing just one batter over the minimum, striking out three in his scoreless stint.
Every Spinner starter reached base tonight, led by Moanaroa, who had three RBI and scored three runs. De La Cruz, Shaw, Schwindenhammer, Blair and Turocy all had multi-hit nights as the team pounded 14 hits, continuing an offensive renaissance on the road.
2008 Lowell Spinner and current Portland Sea Dog Mike Lee (0-1, 6.75) continues his rehab assignment with the 2011 club tomorrow night in the rubber game of this three-game set with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.