August 31th Game Recap
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 31, 2007
Contact: Jon Shestakofsky (978-805-5117 / jshesta@lowellspinners.com)
Spinners Playoff Hopes Take a Hit
Lowell baffled by Tri-City pitching staff, loses 10-0
LOWELL, MA – Three
Tri-City pitchers held Lowell’s offense scoreless on just five hits as the ValleyCats
defeated the Spinners 10-0 on Boston Red Sox Jersey Off the Back Night,
sponsored by Stevens Business Service, Pepsi and Hood.
With a win by Oneonta, the
Spinners fell to two games behind the Stedler Division leading Tigers with
seven to play.
Tri-City
(24-43) scored first in the fourth inning on a bases-loaded walk and put the
game far out of reach in the top of the fifth, scoring five runs on just two
hits.
The
ValleyCats tacked on three more runs in the eighth, with the big hit a two-run
double by designated hitter Collin DeLome. Tri-City finished the scoring in the
top of the ninth on another bases-loaded walk.
Spinners
starter and TD Banknorth Player of the Game Nick Hagadone gave the Spinners
three scoreless innings, allowing just one hit and striking out five. With
three scoreless innings, Hagadone reached 20 consecutive scoreless innings,
breaking the Spinners team record for consecutive scoreless innings set by Matt
Kinney in 1996.
Adam
Blackley (2-2) took the loss with one of the more interesting pitching lines in
the 2007 season. Blackley pitched an inning and a third, allowed six runs on
just one hit, with one of them earned. He walked six and struck out one.
Carlos
Gonzalez allowed three runs on three hits in three and two-thirds innings of
long relief, striking out four while Eric Beattie allowed one run in an inning
of relief.
Carlos
Fernandez led the Spinners bats with a 2-for-3 night while Jorge Jimenez, Ryan
Dent and Kade Keowen each had one hit.
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