'Jackets Pummel 'Birds in Matinee

SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds couldn't maintain the energy from their near-mammoth comeback the night before, falling 10-0 to the Augusta GreenJackets on Sunday afternoon at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
John Gavin got things started with four scoreless innings, and John Russell (4-1) picked up the win in relief for the GreenJackets (20-9) with three innings of work, while Ryan Koziol pitched in his first game since September 2016 and tossed two hitless frames.
DL Hall (0-1) went four innings for the first time in his career but took his first loss for the Shorebirds (20-10), allowing three runs on three hits while walking four and striking out five.
Augusta took advantage of control issues from Hall in the second inning. Logan Baldwin managed a two-out single, then three straight GreenJackets walked, the last of which to Heliot Ramos forced in a run to make it 1-0. The GreenJackets produced two more in the fourth when Baldwin tripled to right and Jeffry Parra belted a two-run homer down the left field line, putting the visitors up 3-0.
Delmarva managed just four hits on the afternoon. The Shorebirds' best chances came in the third and sixth when they put two men on with fewer than two outs. Neither rally could produce a run, though, as the home side endured its third blanking of the season.
After seeing their 8-0 lead whittled down to one run on Saturday, the GreenJackets piled on in the eighth and ninth innings. A wild pitch and sac fly from Baldwin produced a pair of runs in the eighth. In the ninth, Manuel Geraldo doubled home a run, then Shane Matheny went deep to right for a two-run blast, and a two-run double from Parra put the final nails in the coffin for Delmarva.
Kirvin Moesquit went 2-for-4 for half of the Shorebirds' hits, while Seamus Curran and T.J. Nichting pounded out back-to-back singles in the sixth.
Baldwin shined for the GreenJackets at the plate and in the field, going 3-for-4 with a double, triple, RBI, stolen base, and three runs scored. He also made two top-notch defensive plays at the warning track in right field, crashing into the wall to save extra bases both times.
Parra finished 2-for-3 with a double, homer, and four RBIs.
The 10-run margin was Delmarva's steepest defeat of the season. The Shorebirds' previous low was a pair of three-run losses; everything else had been by either one or two runs.
The Shorebirds and GreenJackets suit up for the finale of their four-game series on Monday night. Michael Baumann (3-0, 1.80) takes the hill for Delmarva against Augusta's Jose Marte (3-0, 2.55). First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m. with gates opening at 6:00. Monday is 47 ABC $2 Buck Monday, presented by Wicomico Heating & Air Conditioning. Pregame coverage on Fox Sports 960 AM and the MiLB First Pitch App begins at 6:50 with Will DeBoer on the call.