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Wednesday, July 07, 2010

SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES: 7/6 vs. Hickory

PREVIEW: The Shorebirds aim to get back in the series after a 2-0 loss last night to the Hickory Crawdads. The Shorebirds were shutout for a fourth time yesterday. Delmarva managed only four hits against the combination of Braden Tullis and Joseph Ortiz.

CONLEY GOES YARD: For the first time since April 30 (51 games played), Conley belted a home run in game one, his second of the year. Conley went 178 at-bats between homers.

LARGEST CROWD: On July 4th, 8,416 fans flocked to Perdue Stadium for the Independence Day Bash. It was the largest crowd of the season. The previous high for ‘10 was 7,759 fans on May 22. The largest crowd in 2009 was 8,981 on August 8.

NINE TRIPLES FOR BUMBRY: Two nights ago, Steve Bumbry recorded his team leading ninth triple of the season. He is the first Shorebirds player to record nine triples in a season since Nate Spears notched 11 in 2004. B.J. Littleton holds the single-season record for triples with 18 in 2001.

LIMITED VS. HICKORY: The Shorebirds have only scored 14 runs in six games against Hickory this season.

KELLY’S NIGHT: Ty Kelly recorded half of the Shorebirds hits and boosted his BA to .260.

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