Crabs Split Doubleheader against Pats

By Atlantic League Independent Wire Services on June 11, 2009

Waldorf, MD – The Blue Crabs played a doubleheader Wednesday night against the Somerset Patriots. Both teams came into the day leading their respective divisions.

In game one, a makeup from Tuesday’s rain out, the Blue Crabs jumped out to a two-run lead in the bottom of the first with RBI hits from Patrick Osborn and Travis Garcia.

In the fourth inning, John Ramistella broke a 2-2 tie with an RBI single that scored James Shanks. Shanks added an insurance run in the bottom of the sixth. After leading off the inning with a triple, Shanks scored on a Mike Just single.

A two-run lead was more than enough for closer Jim Ed Warden who pitched a scoreless seventh inning for his 13th save of the season.

Joe Gannon improved to 4-5 on the year with the win, allowing one earned run on five hits in five innings of work.

Kip Bouknight fell to 3-3 on the season. Bouknight gave up three runs on nine hits in four innings of work.

In game two, Travis Garcia hit a homerun to put the Blue Crabs up 1-0, but that was all of the offense that Southern Maryland could put together.

The Patriots took the lead in the third with two separate hits scoring a run each. In the fifth inning, Jeff Nettles hit a two-run homerun to add insurance as the rain approached.

In the top of the sixth, the rain came heavy and secured a 4-1 win for the Patriots.

Brian Adams improved to 6-2 for the Patriots with the win.

Kenny Rayborn fell to 3-3 on the year with the loss.

The rubber match is scheduled for Thursday at 7:05 p.m. Right-hander Kenny Baugh (2-2, 5.75) has the mound for the Blue Crabs and will face Somerset’s Jared Gothreaux (2-5, 6.15), also a righty.

Somerset Patriots at Blue Crabs (Game 1)

Jun 10, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Somerset Patriots 2 (28-16)          Blue Crabs 4 (27-17)

AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

Smith,S cf         2  1  0  0        Ramistella,J rf    4  1  3  1

Rodriguez,M rf     3  0  3  1        Acey,J dh          2  0  2  0

Pressley,J 1b      3  0  0  0        Osborn,P 3b        3  1  1  1

Hagen,M 2b         3  0  0  0        Crozier,E 1b       4  0  1  0

Nettles,J 3b       3  0  1  0        Garcia,T ss        2  0  0  1

Olivares,T ss      3  0  0  0        Owens,J cf         3  0  0  0

Anderson,T c       3  0  0  0        Shanks,J lf        3  2  3  0

Johnson,B pr       0  0  0  0        Burkhart,L c       3  0  1  0

Nelson,J dh        3  0  1  0        Just,M 2b          3  0  1  1

Ayala,E lf         2  1  1  0        Gannon,J p         0  0  0  0

Bouknight,K p      0  0  0  0        Schweitzer,M p     0  0  0  0

Basner,R p         0  0  0  0        Hensley,M p        0  0  0  0

Warden,J p         0  0  0  0

Totals……      25  2  6  1        Totals……      27  4 12  4

Score by innings:                   R  H  E

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Somerset Patriots     002 000 0  -  2  6  0

Blue Crabs            200 101    -  4 12  1

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E – Ramistella,J. DP – Somerset 1; Blue Crabs 1. LOB – Somerset 3; Blue

Crabs 9. 2B – Nelson,J; Ayala,E; Ramistella,J 2. 3B – Shanks,J. SH -

Acey,J. SB – Acey,J. CS – Rodriguez,M.

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

Bouknight,K L 3-3     4.0  9  3  3  2  1   2  0  0  0   18 21   1  8

Basner,R              2.0  3  1  1  1  2   0  0  0  0    9 10   2  2

Gannon,J W 4-5        5.0  5  2  1  1  2   0  0  0  0   19 20   5  7

Schweitzer,M          0.2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  1

Hensley,M             0.1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  1

Warden,J S,13         1.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   2  1

WP – Bouknight,K 2.

Strikeouts – Smith,S; Ayala,E; Owens,J 2; Burkhart,L. Walks – Smith,S;

Acey,J; Osborn,P; Garcia,T.

Umpires – Home:Marty Bauer  1st:Matt Beaver  3rd:Mark Facto

Start: 6:05 PM   Time: 2:09   Attendance:

Game Notes:

Official Scorer:  Gary Swenson           Thursday’s Probables:

SOM:  RHP Jared Gothreaux (2-5, 6.15); SMD:  RHP Kenny Baugh (2-2, 5.75)

Gannon,J faced 1 batter in the 6th.

Somerset Patriots at Blue Crabs (Game 2)

Jun 10, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Somerset Patriots 4 (29-16)          Blue Crabs 1 (27-18)

AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

Smith,S cf         3  1  1  0        Ramistella,J rf    3  0  2  0

Rodriguez,M dh     3  1  2  0        Just,M 2b          3  0  0  0

Pressley,J 1b      3  0  1  1        Acey,J dh          2  0  1  0

Hagen,M 2b         3  1  1  0        Osborn,P 1b        3  0  0  0

Nettles,J 3b       3  1  2  3        Garcia,T ss        2  1  1  1

Belcher,J c        3  0  1  0        Owens,J cf         2  0  1  0

Olivares,T ss      3  0  0  0        Shanks,J lf        2  0  1  0

Nelson,J lf        1  0  1  0        Jeroloman,C 3b     2  0  0  0

Ayala,E rf         2  0  0  0        Martinez,O c       2  0  0  0

Adams,B p          0  0  0  0        Rayborn,K p        0  0  0  0

Totals……      24  4  9  4        Totals……      21  1  6  1

Score by innings:                R  H  E

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Somerset Patriots     002 02  -  4  9  1

Blue Crabs            010 00  -  1  6  1

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E – Belcher,J; Just,M. DP – Blue Crabs 1. LOB – Somerset 6; Blue Crabs 6.

2B – Nelson,J. HR – Nettles,J(3); Garcia,T(9).

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

Adams,B W 6-2         5.0  6  1  1  1  2   0  0  0  0   21 22   7  6

Rayborn,K L 3-3       5.0  9  4  4  0  1   0  0  1  0   24 25   4  9

HBP – by Rayborn,K (Nelson,J).

Strikeouts – Hagen,M; Shanks,J; Jeroloman,C. Walks – Acey,J.

Umpires – Home:Matt Beaver  1st:Mark Facto  3rd:Marty Bauer

Start: 8:57 PM   Time: 1:47   Attendance: 3216

Game Notes:

Official Scorer:  Gary Swenson           Thursday’s Probables:

SOM:  RHP Jared Gothreaux (2-5, 6.15); SMD:  RHP Kenny Baugh (2-2, 5.75)

Rain delay of 30 minutes after 5 innings before game was called.

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