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Delmarva Victorious in First Half Finale

June 20, 2024

Shorebirds Rally in the Eighth to Defeat Woodpeckers Delmarva Victorious in First Half Finale FAYETTEVILLE, NC: The Delmarva Shorebirds (23-42) concluded the first half of the regular season with a 4-2 win over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers (29-37). Delmarva struck first courtesy of their catcher, Cole Urman, who homered to start

Shorebirds Rally in the Eighth to Defeat Woodpeckers

Delmarva Victorious in First Half Finale

FAYETTEVILLE, NC: The Delmarva Shorebirds (23-42) concluded the first half of the regular season with a 4-2 win over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers (29-37).

Delmarva struck first courtesy of their catcher, Cole Urman, who homered to start the third inning, his second-straight game with a home run gave the Shorebirds a 1-0 lead.

The Woodpeckers tied the game with a solo home run from their catcher, Will Bush, in the fifth inning to make it a 1-1 game.

It remained 1-1 into the seventh, but Fayetteville broke the tie and took their first lead with a sacrifice fly by Waner Luciano, scoring Chase Jaworsky from third base to give the Woodpeckers a 2-1 edge.

But Delmarva had an answer in the eighth as an RBI double by Thomas Sosa tied the game at two. Anderson De Los Santos gave the Shorebirds the lead with a run-scoring single as Cole Urman touched home plate. One more run came home on a bases-loaded walk to Aneudis Mordán, giving Delmarva a 4-2 advantage.

Issac Solano worked himself out of a jam in the bottom of the eighth inning, using a pair of strikeouts to strand the bases full of Woodpeckers with nobody scoring, keeping it a 4-2 game.

He would be tasked with the ninth inning and delivered two more strikeouts to end the game, earning his first save to complete a 4-2 victory for Delmarva in the final game of the first half.

Blake Money (1-4) earned his first career victory in relief with Issac Solano (1) picking up his first save. Raimy Rodriguez (1-4) was saddled with the defeat for the Woodpeckers.

The second half of the regular season begins on Friday as Eccel Correa gets the start for the Shorebirds, opposed by the No. 12 prospect for the Houston Astros, Alonzo Tredwell. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.

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