Barnstormers Beat Crabs in 13

By Atlantic League Independent Wire Services on July 7, 2009

Waldorf, MD – After clinching the first-half title for the Liberty Division on their recent road trip to Newark and Somerset, the Blue Crabs returned back to the friendly confines of Regency Furniture Stadium on Monday night for the series opener against the Lancaster Barnstormers.  Southern Maryland jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the third inning. Lancaster starter Trey Hodges went two innings, giving up 6 runs, but picked up a no decision.  Lancaster rallied in the middle innings to keep the game close. Crabs’ starter Joe Gannon went 7.2 innings, giving up six runs on 11 hits. However, he left the game with the Blue Crabs leading 7-6.  Mike James blew the save for the Blue Crabs in the ninth inning, giving up two runs as Lancaster took an 8-7 lead. However, John Ramistella kept the Blue Crabs alive with a two out homerun to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth.  The Blue Crabs had a chance to win it in the 11th inning when they loaded the bases with no outs. However, they failed to score when Ramistella lined out and Acey was caught off third base. Nick Abel then picked up a timely strikeout to continue the game.  In the top of the 13th inning, Byron Batson gave up a home run to Lancaster’s L.J. Biernbaum. Ross Peeples came in and picked up his second save of the season for the Barnstormers. Abel (1-0) got the win in relief after blowing a save. Batson (2-3) picked up the loss.  The game was the longest of the season in time and innings for the Blue Crabs, going 4:48.

Barnstormers at Blue Crabs

Jul 06, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Barnstormers 9 (31-36)               Blue Crabs 8 (40-27)

AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

Turner,L ss        5  1  1  3        Ramistella,J rf    6  2  2  1

Sabatella,B 1b/2b  7  0  2  0        Just,M 3b          5  1  0  1

Woods,M cf         4  1  1  0        Garcia,T ss        7  1  3  2

Biernbaum,L dh     7  1  2  1        Osborn,P 1b        7  0  2  2

Haran,G c          4  2  0  0        Shanks,J lf        7  0  2  0

Bravo,D 2b         1  0  0  0        Owens,J cf         5  1  0  0

Morris,J 1b        5  2  4  1        Acey,J 2b          6  1  1  1

Mulhern,R lf       6  2  4  2        Burkhart,L dh      5  2  3  0

Campbell,M rf      6  0  3  2        Jeroloman,C pr/dh  1  0  1  0

Housel,D 3b        5  0  0  0        Martinez,O c       6  0  2  1

Hodges,T p         0  0  0  0        Gannon,J p         0  0  0  0

Ovalles,J p        0  0  0  0        Schweitzer,M p     0  0  0  0

Scobie,J p         0  0  0  0        James,M p          0  0  0  0

Musser,N p         0  0  0  0        Estrada,P p        0  0  0  0

Camacho,E p        0  0  0  0        Batson,B p         0  0  0  0

Abel,N p           0  0  0  0        DeCrstfaro,V p     0  0  0  0

Peeples,R p        0  0  0  0

Totals……      50  9 17  9        Totals……      55  8 16  8

Score by innings:                           R  H  E

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Barnstormers          001 101 032 000 1  -  9 17  2

Blue Crabs            042 010 001 000 0  -  8 16  0

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E – Housel,D 2. DP – Barnstormers 1; Blue Crabs 2. LOB – Barnstormers 13;

Blue Crabs 17. 2B – Campbell,M; Osborn,P; Acey,J; Martinez,O. HR -

Turner,L(5); Biernbaum,L(8); Mulhern,R(6); Ramistella,J(10). SH -

Burkhart,L; Martinez,O. SF – Mulhern,R. SB – Sabatella,B; Woods,M; Haran,G.

CS – Sabatella,B; Owens,J.

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

Hodges,T              2.0  6  6  6  3  3   1  0  1  0   12 16   2  1

Ovalles,J             2.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    8  8   5  0

Scobie,J              1.0  3  1  1  0  0   0  0  0  0    6  6   0  3

Musser,N              1.0  2  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    5  6   1  1

Camacho,E             2.0  1  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    6  7   1  3

Abel,N W 1-0          4.0  2  1  1  1  4   0  0  0  0   14 17   2  5

Peeples,R S,2         1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  4   0  2

Gannon,J              7.2 11  6  6  5  1   0  0  1  0   30 37  11  8

Schweitzer,M          0.1  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    1  1   0  0

James,M               1.0  3  2  2  1  1   0  0  0  0    6  7   1  1

Estrada,P             2.0  2  0  0  1  3   0  0  0  0    7  8   0  2

Batson,B L 2-3        1.1  1  1  1  2  0   0  0  0  0    4  6   3  0

DeCrstfaro,V          0.2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    2  2   2  0

WP – Hodges,T. HBP – by Hodges,T (Owens,J); by Gannon,J (Haran,G).

Strikeouts – Sabatella,B; Woods,M; Biernbaum,L; Haran,G 2; Mulhern,R;

Ramistella,J; Just,M; Garcia,T 2; Osborn,P 2; Owens,J 4; Acey,J. Walks -

Turner,L 2; Woods,M 3; Haran,G 2; Morris,J; Housel,D; Ramistella,J 2;

Just,M 2; Owens,J; Acey,J.

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

Start: 7:05 PM   Time: 4:48   Attendance: 2573

Game Notes:

Official Scorer:  Gary Swenson                 Tuesday’s Probables:

LAN:  RHP Ben Fritz (3-4, 3.49); SMD:  LHP Keith Ramsey (0-0, 0.00)

Hodges,T faced 2 batters in the 3rd.

Barnstormers at Blue Crabs

Jul 06, 2009 at Waldorf, MD (Regency Furn Stadium)

Score by innings:                           R  H  E

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Barnstormers          001 101 032 000 1  -  9 17  2

Blue Crabs            042 010 001 000 0  -  8 16  0

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Blue Crabs inning 2

Sabatella,B to 2b.  Morris,J to 1b for Bravo,D.  Acey,J out at first p to ss

to 1b.  Burkhart,L singled to center field.  Martinez,O popped up to 2b.

Ramistella,J walked; Burkhart,L advanced to second.  Just,M walked;

Ramistella,J advanced to second; Burkhart,L advanced to third.  Garcia,T

singled up the middle, 2 RBI; Just,M advanced to second; Ramistella,J

scored; Burkhart,L scored.  Osborn,P doubled to left field, 2 RBI; Garcia,T

scored; Just,M scored.  Shanks,J flied out to lf.  4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors,

1 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 3

Mulhern,R homered to left center, RBI.  Campbell,M grounded out to 2b.

Housel,D walked.  Turner,L walked; Housel,D advanced to second.  Sabatella,B

flied out to lf.  Woods,M walked; Turner,L advanced to second; Housel,D

advanced to third.  Biernbaum,L flied out to cf.  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 3

LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 3

Owens,J hit by pitch.  Owens,J advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Acey,J

doubled to left center, (ground-rule), RBI; Owens,J scored.  Ovalles,J to p

for Hodges,T.  Burkhart,L fouled out to 2b.  Martinez,O doubled down the lf

line, RBI; Acey,J scored.  Ramistella,J popped up to 2b.  Just,M flied out

to rf.  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 4

Haran,G walked.  Morris,J singled up the middle; Haran,G advanced to second.

Mulhern,R singled through the right side; Morris,J advanced to second;

Haran,G advanced to third.  Campbell,M reached on a fielder’s choice, RBI;

Mulhern,R out at second 2b to ss; Morris,J advanced to third; Haran,G

scored.  Housel,D grounded into double play p to ss to 1b; Campbell,M out on

the play.  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 5

Scobie,J to p for Ovalles,J.  Acey,J grounded out to ss.  Burkhart,L singled

to right field.  Martinez,O singled through the right side; Burkhart,L

advanced to second.  Ramistella,J singled to shortstop; Martinez,O advanced

to second; Burkhart,L advanced to third.  Just,M reached on a fielder’s

choice, RBI; Ramistella,J out at second ss to 2b; Martinez,O advanced to

third; Burkhart,L scored.  Garcia,T grounded out to 3b.  1 run, 3 hits, 0

errors, 2 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 6

Biernbaum,L popped up to 2b.  Haran,G hit by pitch.  Morris,J singled to

left center; Haran,G advanced to third.  Mulhern,R flied out to lf, SF, RBI;

Haran,G scored.  Campbell,M singled to right field; Morris,J advanced to

second.  Housel,D reached on a fielder’s choice; Campbell,M out at second ss

to 2b.  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 8

Morris,J singled down the rf line.  Mulhern,R singled up the middle;

Morris,J advanced to second.  Campbell,M flied out to cf.  Housel,D grounded

out to ss; Mulhern,R advanced to second; Morris,J advanced to third.

Turner,L homered to left field, 3 RBI; Mulhern,R scored; Morris,J scored.

Schweitzer,M to p for Gannon,J.  Sabatella,B struck out swinging.  3 runs, 3

hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 9

James,M to p for Schweitzer,M.  Woods,M walked.  Biernbaum,L struck out

swinging.  Woods,M stole second.  Haran,G grounded out to 3b.  Morris,J

singled through the right side, RBI; Woods,M scored.  Mulhern,R singled

through the left side; Morris,J advanced to second.  Campbell,M singled to

right center, RBI; Mulhern,R advanced to third; Morris,J scored.  Housel,D

flied out to cf.  2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Blue Crabs inning 9

Abel,N to p for Camacho,E.  Burkhart,L grounded out to ss.  Martinez,O

grounded out to 2b.  Ramistella,J homered to left field, RBI.  Just,M

grounded out to 2b.  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Barnstormers inning 13

Woods,M walked.  Woods,M out at first p to 1b, picked off.  Biernbaum,L

homered to right field, RBI.  Haran,G walked.  DeCrstfaro,V to p for

Batson,B.  Morris,J fouled out to lf.  Haran,G stole second.  Mulhern,R

flied out to cf.  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Game Notes:

Official Scorer:  Gary Swenson                 Tuesday’s Probables:

LAN:  RHP Ben Fritz (3-4, 3.49); SMD:  LHP Keith Ramsey (0-0, 0.00)

Lancaster’s Housel batted right-handed in the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 8th

innings.

Hodges,T faced 2 batters in the 3rd.

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