SALEM, VA (Thursday, August 23) - A career-best four hits by C.J. Chatham and a quality start by Denyi Reyes weren't enough to lift the Salem Red Sox to victory Thursday night, as they fell 3-0 to the Frederick Keys at Haley Toyota Field. The Red Sox (28-30, 60-66) stranded nine
SALEM, VA (Thursday, August 23) - A career-best four hits by C.J. Chatham and a quality start by Denyi Reyes weren't enough to lift the Salem Red Sox to victory Thursday night, as they fell 3-0 to the Frederick Keys at Haley Toyota Field.
The Red Sox (28-30, 60-66) stranded nine runners on base in the game and went 0-9 with runners in scoring position. Frederick (25-33, 60-67) pushed all their runs across on homers, and took the rubber match of the three-game series. Frederick relievers Alex Katz (H, 1) and Tyler Erwin (S, 17) held the Red Sox in check over the last 2.1 innings of action.
Neither team could break the deadlock through the first five frames, with Salem starter Denyi Reyes (L, 2-2) and Frederick hurler Cristian Alvarado (W, 11-10) each putting up zero after zero. The Keys cracked the scoreboard in the sixth inning, as Wilson Garcia ripped a one-out double up the first-base line and moved up to third on a groundout by Randolph Gassaway. With two outs, Jomar Reyes pounded a two-run blast over the wall in center to give the Keys a 2-0 lead. The Keys tacked on another in the top of the eighth, as Garcia blasted off for a solo dinger against reliever Algenis Martinez to give the Keys their final 3-0 lead.
Denyi Reyes took the hard-luck loss, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk in six innings while fanning three. Mark Montgomery made his Salem debut with a perfect inning, striking out one. Martinez gave up one run on one hit in two innings and whiffed a season-best four.
The Sox go on the road for the last time in the 2018 regular season, kicking off a seven-game swing with three-games at Wilmington starting Friday. Righty Kutter Crawford will toe the slab for Salem in the opener against Wilmington right-hander Ofreidy Gomez. First pitch from Frawley Stadium is scheduled for 7:05 p.m., and the pregame show with Ben Gellman and Suzie Cool begins at 6:45 p.m. on the Red Sox broadcast network.
