'Birds Stumble Out of Gate in Second Half
SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds had their offense held in check by the Kannapolis Intimidators to start off the second half, falling 9-0 on Thursday evening at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.John Parke (7-4) picked up the win for the Intimidators (1-0, 40-28) in his seven scoreless innings of work,
SALISBURY, MD - The Delmarva Shorebirds had their offense held in check by the Kannapolis Intimidators to start off the second half, falling 9-0 on Thursday evening at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium.
Peluffo and Parke matched scoreless three innings to start things off. In the fourth, Kannapolis led off with a
The fifth inning featured more Intimidator offense. Justin Yurcheck reached on a one-out single, then
Kannapolis brought further damage in the sixth. Brown led off the inning with a single and stole second base, followed by a Curbelo RBI single to make it 4-0. Kannapolis picked up three more runs in the inning after two bases-loaded walks and a fielder's choice by
J.J. Muno took a bases-loaded pitch off the shoulder in the eighth, forcing in the last run to give the game its final margin.
The Shorebirds managed just five hits in the ballgame and no runner made it past second base.
Curbelo finished 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs for Kannapolis. Frost went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs.
The Shorebirds continue their series against the Intimidators on Friday night.