Seven! 'Birds Down 'Dads, Continue Historic Start
SALISBURY, MD - For the first time in franchise history, the Delmarva Shorebirds are 7-0 to start the season after a 5-1 win over the Hickory Crawdads on Wednesday afternoon at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.The Shorebirds (7-0) had never started better than 6-0 in their 23-year history before sweeping two
SALISBURY, MD - For the first time in franchise history, the Delmarva Shorebirds are 7-0 to start the season after a 5-1 win over the Hickory Crawdads on Wednesday afternoon at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
The Shorebirds (7-0) had never started better than 6-0 in their 23-year history before sweeping two series against Asheville and the Crawdads (0-6) for a perfect homestand. Delmarva now has the best record in all of Minor League Baseball and is one of only two remaining undefeated teams. The Cedar Rapids Kernels (Class-A, MIN) of the Midwest League are 4-0 as of press time.
Delmarva opened the scoring in the bottom of the first.
The Crawdads got that run back in the top of the third.
The deadlock would be short-lived. With one out in the bottom of the third, Moesquit cracked a soft liner into shallow center field. Jenkins sold out for the dive but missed the ball, allowing it to get behind him and roll to the warning track. Moesquit then turned on the afterburners, rounding second and immediately thinking about home. The relay throw came in up the line to the first base side, and Moesquit slid in ahead of the swooping tag, touching home plate for an inside-the-park home run to make it 2-1.
The Shorebirds surged further ahead with a three-spot in the sixth. Hickory reliever
Moesquit led the way at the plate for the Shorebirds, going 3-for-4 with his inside-the-parker, two runs, three RBIs, and two stolen bases.
Jacobs finished 2-for-3 with a double and a run in his first action of the season for the Crawdads.
The seven-game winning streak is one shy of the Shorebirds' longest from last year, an eight-gamer from July 17-25. Through the first 63 innings this season, Delmarva has trailed at the end of two.
The Shorebirds now hit the road for the next seven games, starting with the first of four at the Lakewood BlueClaws on Thursday night.