Fish Shoutout Crabs, 4-0

By Atlantic League Independent Wire Services on May 30, 2009

Waldorf, MD – The Blue Crabs returned home to the friendly confines of Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland fresh off a 5-2 road trip, including a three-game sweep of Liberty Division rival Long Island. Awaiting the Crabs were the Bridgeport Bluefish, who were swept in a four-game series by Southern Maryland last week. In a tightly contested pitching duel, the Bluefish came away with the hard fought 3-0 victory, ending the Blue Crabs four-game winning streak.

Southern Maryland will look to bounce back tomorrow night in the second game of their three-game series with Bridgeport. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. Scheduled starters are right-hander Gary Knotts (0-2, 4.24) for Bridgeport and righty Kenny Rayborn (3-0, 1.47) for Southern Maryland.

As for Friday’s game…

After a 51-minute rain-delay, Southern Maryland sent reliever Edward Rodriguez to the mound to begin the game in place of scheduled starter Joe Gannon, as Gannon was held up traveling back to the ballpark from his home in Buffalo, NY, where he was tending to family business. Rodriguez filled in admirably, tossing two innings of scoreless, two hit baseball.

Gannon replaced Rodriguez to begin the third inning. Despite initially struggling to command his knuckleball, Gannon eventually recovered after allowing a run, holding the Bluefish scoreless for the next four innings. However, in the top of the eighth, Gannon’s control waivered, allowing two runs and three walks. Bridgeport’s two runs in the eighth inning were driven in by catcher Luis Rodriguez and right fielder Tyrone Pendergrass.

Offensively, the Blue Crabs struggled to come up with timely hits after scoring 20 runs in their three-game series against Long Island. Much of the Blue Crabs offensive struggles were attributed to Bluefish starter Esteban Yan, who for the second time in two weeks held the Atlantic League’s leading offense in check. Yan, who did not allow a run, scattered eight hits over nine innings and struck out five. With his complete game shut-out victory, Yan improved his record to 3-1.

Despite the loss, Blue Crabs leftfielder James Shanks extended his current team-high hitting streak to eight games with a single in the bottom of the eighth inning.

Bridgeport Bluefish at Blue Crabs

May 29, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Bridgeport Bluefish 3 (12-21)        Blue Crabs 0 (21-12)

AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

Greenberg,A cf     4  0  0  0        Giannotti,R rf     3  0  1  0

Caligiuri,J 2b     3  1  0  0        Shanks,J lf        3  0  1  0

Lopez,L 3b         4  1  1  0        Acey,J dh          4  0  1  0

Sing,B lf          4  0  1  1        Crozier,E 1b       4  0  0  0

Hoorelbeke,J 1b    4  0  0  0        Garcia,T ss        4  0  1  0

Rogers,E ss        3  0  1  0        Owens,J cf         4  0  1  0

Rodriguez,L c      4  0  2  1        Burkhart,L c       2  0  1  0

Pendrgrass,T rf    3  0  1  1        Polanco,E pr       0  0  0  0

Asadoorian,R dh    4  1  1  0        Martinez,O c       1  0  0  0

Yan,E p            0  0  0  0        Jeroloman,C 3b     3  0  1  0

Just,M 2b          3  0  1  0

Rodriguez,E p      0  0  0  0

Gannon,J p         0  0  0  0

Hensley,M p        0  0  0  0

Totals……      33  3  7  3        Totals……      31  0  8  0

Score by innings:                      R  H  E

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Bridgeport Bluefish   001 000 020   -  3  7  1

Blue Crabs            000 000 000   -  0  8  1

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E – Yan,E; Garcia,T. DP – Bridgeport 2. LOB – Bridgeport 9; Blue Crabs 7.

2B – Garcia,T. SH – Greenberg,A; Pendrgrass,T; Shanks,J. CS – Giannotti,R.

IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF Fly Gnd

Yan,E W 3-1           9.0  8  0  0  1  5   1  0  1  0   31 34   9 10

Rodriguez,E           2.0  2  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    8  8   1  4

Gannon,J L 2-5        5.2  4  3  3  4  3   0  0  0  0   20 26   8  6

Hensley,M             1.1  1  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    5  5   0  2

WP – Yan,E. HBP – by Yan,E (Giannotti,R).

Strikeouts – Greenberg,A; Lopez,L; Hoorelbeke,J 2; Pendrgrass,T;

Asadoorian,R; Shanks,J; Crozier,E; Owens,J; Jeroloman,C; Just,M. Walks -

Caligiuri,J 2; Lopez,L; Rogers,E; Burkhart,L.

Umpires – Home:Jim Tatum  1st:Jose Colls  3rd:Eric Diaz

Start: 7:05 PM   Time: 2:28   Attendance: 4729

Game Notes:

Saturday’s Probables: BRI: RHP Gary Knotts(0-2); SMD: RHP Ken Rayborn(3-0)

Official Scorer: Gary Swenson

51-minute rain delay prior to start of game

Bridgeport Bluefish at Blue Crabs

May 29, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Score by innings:                      R  H  E

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Bridgeport Bluefish   001 000 020   -  3  7  1

Blue Crabs            000 000 000   -  0  8  1

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Bridgeport Bluefish inning 1

Greenberg,A grounded out to 2b.  Caligiuri,J grounded out to ss.  Lopez,L

singled through the left side.  Sing,B grounded out to ss.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0

errors, 1 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 1

Giannotti,R singled to center field.  Shanks,J grounded out to p, SAC, bunt;

Giannotti,R advanced to second.  Acey,J flied out to cf.  Crozier,E struck

out looking.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 2

Hoorelbeke,J popped up to 2b.  Rogers,E singled through the left side.

Rodriguez,L grounded out to 3b; Rogers,E advanced to second.  Pendrgrass,T

struck out swinging.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 2

Garcia,T flied out to cf.  Owens,J grounded out to 3b.  Burkhart,L walked.

Jeroloman,C struck out swinging.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 3

Gannon,J to p for Rodriguez,E.  Asadoorian,R singled to right field.

Greenberg,A out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt; Asadoorian,R advanced to

second.  Caligiuri,J walked.  Lopez,L infield fly to 1b.  Sing,B singled

through the left side, RBI; Caligiuri,J advanced to second; Asadoorian,R

scored.  Hoorelbeke,J reached on a fielding error by ss; Sing,B advanced to

second; Caligiuri,J advanced to third.  Rogers,E grounded out to p.  1 run,

2 hits, 1 error, 3 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 3

Just,M singled up the middle.  Giannotti,R popped up to ss.  Shanks,J flied

out to cf.  Acey,J grounded out to 3b.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 4

Rodriguez,L grounded out to ss.  Pendrgrass,T flied out to 1b, bunt.

Asadoorian,R popped up to 1b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 4

Crozier,E flied out to lf.  Garcia,T doubled to left field.  Owens,J singled

to left field, advanced to second on the throw; Garcia,T advanced to third,

out at home lf to c.  Owens,J advanced to third on a throwing error by p,

failed pickoff attempt.  Burkhart,L popped up to 3b.  0 runs, 2 hits, 1

error, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 5

Greenberg,A struck out swinging.  Caligiuri,J grounded out to ss.  Lopez,L

grounded out to 3b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 5

Jeroloman,C grounded out to ss.  Just,M struck out swinging, out at first c

to 1b.  Giannotti,R hit by pitch.  Giannotti,R out at second c to 2b, caught

stealing.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 6

Sing,B flied out to rf.  Hoorelbeke,J struck out swinging.  Rogers,E flied

out to 2b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 6

Shanks,J struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch.  Acey,J flied

out to rf.  Crozier,E reached on a fielder’s choice; Shanks,J out at second

p to ss.  Garcia,T grounded out to 3b.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 7

Rodriguez,L singled up the middle.  Pendrgrass,T out at first 3b to 2b, SAC,

bunt; Rodriguez,L advanced to second.  Asadoorian,R fouled out to 1b.

Greenberg,A flied out to rf.  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 7

Owens,J flied out to cf.  Burkhart,L singled to right field.  Jeroloman,C

singled to left field; Burkhart,L advanced to second.  Polanco,E pinch ran

for Burkhart,L.  Just,M grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b;

Jeroloman,C out on the play.  0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 8

Martinez,O to c for Polanco,E.  Caligiuri,J walked.  Lopez,L walked;

Caligiuri,J advanced to second.  Sing,B fouled out to 1b.  Hoorelbeke,J

struck out swinging.  Rogers,E walked; Lopez,L advanced to second;

Caligiuri,J advanced to third.  Rodriguez,L singled to left field, RBI;

Rogers,E advanced to second; Lopez,L advanced to third; Caligiuri,J scored.

Hensley,M to p for Gannon,J.  Pendrgrass,T singled to center field, RBI;

Rodriguez,L advanced to second; Rogers,E advanced to third; Lopez,L scored.

Asadoorian,R struck out swinging.  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 8

Giannotti,R out at first 1b to p.  Shanks,J singled through the left side.

Acey,J singled through the left side; Shanks,J advanced to second.

Crozier,E grounded into double play ss to 1b; Acey,J out on the play.  0

runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish inning 9

Greenberg,A grounded out to p, bunt.  Caligiuri,J grounded out to 3b.

Lopez,L struck out swinging.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 9

Garcia,T flied out to lf.  Owens,J struck out swinging.  Martinez,O grounded

out to ss.  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Game Notes:

Saturday’s Probables: BRI: RHP Gary Knotts(0-2); SMD: RHP Ken Rayborn(3-0)

Official Scorer: Gary Swenson

51-minute rain delay prior to start of game

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