Wilmington Drops Opener of Mills Cup Championship Series
Wilmington, DE - The Wilmington Blue Rocks could not hold an early lead as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in Game One of the Mills Cup Championship Series on Tuesday at Frawley Stadium. Wilmington trails the best-of-five series 1-0 in its bid to capture the franchise's
Wilmington, DE - The Wilmington Blue Rocks could not hold an early lead as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Fayetteville Woodpeckers in Game One of the Mills Cup Championship Series on Tuesday at Frawley Stadium. Wilmington trails the best-of-five series 1-0 in its bid to capture the franchise's first Carolina League crown in two decades.
After tossing three scoreless innings to start his outing, Fayetteville finally got to Rocks southpaw
Lynch struggled with command, but battled his way through five frames. The 22-year-old walked four, but yielded just the two scores on four hits and fanned seven in a losing effort.
A little two-out magic, coupled with aggressive baserunning, led to the game's first run for Wilmington in the third. With two down and the bases empty,
Unfortunately for the home team, that was all the Rocks could muster. Wilmington managed just four hits, with only Isbel and Delaware native
Their best chance to tie the game came in the seventh.
Fayetteville got an insurance run in the top of the ninth courtesy of a Marty Costes single to center.
The Blue Crew got the potential tying-run to the plate in the ninth against Humberto Castellanos, but the righty whiffed Perez to nail down the save.
Woodpeckers starter Parker Mushinski held the Rocks to just a single score on three hits while registering eight strikeouts over five innings to get the win.
Wilmington will host Game Two of the Mills Cup Championship Series on Wednesday at 6:35 p.m. Right-hander