'Birds Turn Brooms Around in K-Town
Click here for Game 2 boxscoreKANNAPOLIS, NC - Two days removed from being swept in a doubleheader, the Delmarva Shorebirds turned things around to sweep the Kannapolis Intimidators in Thursday's twin bill at Intimidators Stadium, taking the opener 6-1 and the nightcap 8-4.Game OneCameron Bishop (6-3) went the distance for
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KANNAPOLIS, NC - Two days removed from being swept in a doubleheader, the Delmarva Shorebirds turned things around to sweep the Kannapolis Intimidators in Thursday's twin bill at Intimidators Stadium, taking the opener 6-1 and the nightcap 8-4.
Game One
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Delmarva struck early with a run in the second inning.
The Shorebirds turned the third into double-palooza, as
That lone blemish failed to flap Bishop, who faced the minimum over his final four innings and at one point retired eight in a row. McCoy started two double plays at short in the fourth and seventh, and Delmarva tacked on two in the seventh on a Craport sac fly and Ripken double. Bishop struck out Luis Curbelo in the bottom of the seventh to wrap things up neatly in under two hours.
Ripken paced the Delmarva attack in Game 1, going 3-for-4 with a double and RBI. Curran finished 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored, while Craport notched two hits and drove in two.
Game Two
The Shorebird (34-30) took advantage of an Intimidators (39-25) infield that fell asleep at the wheel in the top of the first. McCoy led off with a four-pitch walk, then
The teams swapped runs in the second inning. McCoy sparked a two-out rally with a walk, Becker followed with a single, and Jarrett dropped a bloop double down the right field line, chasing McCoy home to put the Shorebirds up 3-1. The Intimidators answered with an Anthony Villa one-out infield single, a hit batsman, and two-out RBI base knock from
Delmarva busted things open in the top of the fourth. Robertson singled to lead off, then McCoy drew his third walk of the game two batters later. After a groundout to move both runners up, Jarrett motored to first for an infield hit, plating Robertson. On the next pitch, Curran lifted a double to the wall in dead center, scoring McCoy and Jarrett with ease. Craport attacked the very next offering and pounded a line drive off the left field foul pole, good for his eighth home run of the season. The all five runs in the inning scored on three straight pitches, and the Shorebirds had an insurmountable 8-1 lead.
The Intimidators peeled off a run in the bottom of the fifth when Dietz gave up a single and hit three batters to force in a run.
Jarrett reached all four times he came to bat, going 3-for-3 with a double, run, two RBIs, and HBP. Curran drove in three runs to eclipse the 40-RBI threshold for the season, while Robertson finished 3-for-4 with a double and run. McCoy drew three walks and scored runs after all three.
Villa finished 2-for-3 with a double, RBI, and two runs to lead the Intimidators.
The two wins clinch a winning record for the Shorebirds in the first half of the season. Delmarva last finished above .500 for a half during the opening session of the 2016 campaign, entering the All-Star Break at 42-27.
The Shorebirds now head to West Virginia to close the first half with three games against the Power.