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August 30th Game Recap

 

MEDIA RELEASE 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 30, 2007

Contact: Jon Shestakofsky (978-805-5117 / jshesta@lowellspinners.com)

 

Spinners Cruise to Victory

Lowell beats up on Tri-City, wins 13-0

 

LOWELL, MA – Yamaico Navarro went 5-for-5 with four RBI while two Spinner pitchers combined to twirl a six-hit shutout as the Lowell Spinners defeated the Tri-City ValleyCats 13-0 on Jacoby Ellsbury Notebook Giveaway Night, sponsored by Pepsi, Sal’s Pizza, Conover Tuttle Pace, Lowell Sun, Cox Management, Royal Caribbean and Garavanian Travel.

 

With Oneonta’s loss to Vermont, the Spinners climbed to within one game of the Stedler Division leading Tigers.

 

Lowell (38-30) wasted no time putting runs on the board, scoring two in the bottom of the first inning on a double by Navarro.

 

The Spinners busted the game wide open in the bottom of the third, scoring five runs and driving Tri-City (21-42) starter Mike Koons (0-3) from the ballgame. Navarro had an RBI single, Carlos Fernandez-Oliva scored on a wild pitch and Deshaun Brooks launched his second homerun of the season, a three-run blast over the right-center field fence to put Lowell ahead comfortably.

 

Lowell added a single run in the fourth on another Navarro single and scored three more times in the sixth on a bases-loaded double by Rafael Cabreja.

 

The Spinners completed the scoring in the seventh on an RBI triple by Brooks and an RBI groundout by pinch hitter Jorge Jimenez.

 

Lowell starter Miguel Socolovich (5-3) breezed to his fifth win of the season, allowing just three hits in six innings with four strikeouts. Ryne Lawson picked up his first save of the year with a three-inning scoreless outing that also included four strikeouts.

 

TD Banknorth Player of the Game Navarro picked up four singles and a double amongst his five hits tonight and is now batting .486 in nine games against the ValleyCats this season.

 

Oscar Tejeda was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three runs scored tonight while Brooks was 2-for-4, including his first professional triple, with three RBI.

 

Cabreja, Ryan Dent and Ty Weeden had Lowell’s other hits as the Spinners pounded out 13 total.

 

Tomorrow night, the Spinners final regular season home game of the season, is Boston Red Sox Jersey-Off-the-Back Night, sponsored by Pepsi and Hood, in which fans can leave LeLacheur Park with Spinners game-worn jerseys. Nick Hagadone (0-1, 2.45) goes for the Spinners scoreless innings record, getting the start in a game with serious playoff implications. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. and first pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Standing room tickets are available.

 

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