SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES: 6/8 vs. Hagerstown

FOUR HOMERS FOR BAXTER: T.J. Baxter leads the ‘Birds with four home runs on the season. Last season, Baxter connected on just one home run for the Aberdeen Ironbirds in 62 games.

SECOND IN SYSTEM: Josh Dowdy ranks second in the Orioles farm system in saves. Jose Diaz of Frederick and Frank Mata of Norfolk led the system with 8 saves. Dowdy is a perfect 7-of-7 in save chances.

MICHAEL OHLMAN TO BLUEFIELD: Shorebirds catcher Michael Ohlman was transferred down to Bluefield yesterday. He was sent back to Sarasota to work on a nagging right shoulder. Ohlman was batting .174 in 34 games for the Shorebirds.

PREVIEW: For the fifth time this season, the Shorebirds have put together consecutive wins as they dropped the Suns last night, 7-6. Bobby Bundy tossed a seven-inning gem to pick up his first win of the season. The Shorebirds are ten games out of first place with 11 games remaining in the first half of the season. The Suns are now five games back of the Hickory Crawdads.

THREE ALL-STARS: Jesse Beal, Brian Conley and Garabez Rosa will represent the Shorebirds in the 51st SAL All-Star Game on June 22 in Greenville, S.C. Beal leads the Shorebirds staff in wins (4), innings pitched (67.1) and ranks third on the staff in strike outs (41). Conley leads the Shorebirds in batting average (.302), hits (54) and on-base percentage (.424) and walks (41). Rosa ranks sixth in the Orioles minor league system with a .277 batting average. The Higuey, Dominican Republic native hit .338 in April.

BUMBRY IMPRESSING: Shorebirds outfielder Steve Bumbry has been swinging a hot bat of late. He has ten hits in his last 20 at-bats. Bumbry now ranks third in the Orioles minor league system with a .297 batting average. Nine of his 18 total RBIs on the season have come in the last nine games.

BERNARDO IS BACK: Catcher Luis Bernardo is back for his second go round with the Shorebirds this season. Bernardo was hitting .161 in 20 games for the Keys.