Live At The Shorebirds!

Been awhile... Came late because of a meeting. Thanks to Papa Johns for the pizza in the press box, its all gone.

The official attendance of the game is 2,310.

The Birds are 36-29 and 2.5 games behind first place Lake County. They are not mathematically eliminated from being the first half SAL Champs.

Shorebirds starting pitcher ; Zach Britton who is 5-4 with a 3.31 ERA
BlueClaws starting pitcher; Jocob Diekman who is 1-3 with a 5.28 ERA

Bottom of the the third and the Birds are up 3-0

Top of the 4th - Still 3-o Birds

Bottom of the 4th - Wally Crancer walked to start the inning. Keiron Pope then doubled off the wall standing up clean with Crancer moving to third with no outs. Victor Castillo K'd looking. Pedro Florimon grounds into a fielders choice resulting in Crancer getting thrown out at home; Pope stayed at 2nd. Matt Angle blooped one to center and scored Pope and moved Florimon to 3rd. Ryan Adams grounds out to end the inning. 4-0 Shorebirds

Top of the 5th - Matt Rizzotti beat out an infield hit for a single to lead off the inning but then was picked off by Castillo from the plate trying steal on a dirt ball. Castillo made a great throw on a dribbler down the third base line for the 2nd out. Matt Tucker made a barehanded grab on a bunt to get the final out. 4-0 Birds

Bottom of the 5th - 1-2-3 inning. 4-0 Birds

Top of the 6th - Dennis Winn reached first with 2 outs with an infield hit but left stranded. 4-0 Birds.

Bottom of the 6th - Freddie Galvis made a helluva play to grab a shot up the middle step on 2nd and make the throw to first to end the inning. Still 4-0 Shorebirds.

Top of the 7th - Bolt K'd to start the inning and Mattair sat down swinging to end the inning. 4-0 Shorebirds

Bottom of the 7th - 1-2-3 inning. Still 4-0 Shorebirds.

Top of the 8th - Galvis walked to start the innning. Joel Naughton popped out, TJ Warren K'd, and Winn grounds out to end the 8th. 4-0 Shorebirds.

Bottom of the 9th - Matt Tucker singled to left with two outs on the board and Wally Crancer belts a shot to deep left for a two run shot. Pope singled up short but is stranded. 6-0 Shorebirds.

Top of the 9th - 1-2-3 Inning.

Final Score - Shorebirds 6, BlueClaws 0

Zach Britton moves to 6-4 for the season and Diekman moves to 1-4.