Spinners Ride Five-Run Sixth, Go-Ahead Ninth Inning Single To 7-6 Victory
Staten Island, N.Y. - Going into the top of the ninth inning, the Lowell Spinners, proud affiliate of the 2018 World Champion Boston Red Sox, sat tied with the Staten Island Yankees, affiliate of the New York Yankees, at six runs apiece. After Nick Decker doubled to lead the inning
Staten Island, N.Y. - Going into the top of the ninth inning, the Lowell Spinners, proud affiliate of the 2018 World Champion Boston Red Sox, sat tied with the Staten Island Yankees, affiliate of the New York Yankees, at six runs apiece.
After
Lowell got on the board in the top of the first inning when Stephen Scott doubled and later scored on a sacrifice fly by 2019 NYPL All-Star
Staten Island rallied back, scoring three in the bottom of the fourth - two coming on a two-run double Pat DeMarco and the other coming when
They kept pouring it on in the bottom of the fifth when
The rest of the game was all Lowell, however, as the Spinners erupted for five runs in the bottom of the sixth inning - all coming off home runs.
The first home run came off the bat of Scott, a solo shot over the right field. Four batters later,
Four pitches later, Nick Decker made it back-to-back home runs - launching his sixth home run of the season over the right field fence and giving the Spinners a 6-4 lead.
Staten Island scored two in the bottom of the sixth inning and the rest of the game is history.
Offensively, Scott led the way going 3-for-5, falling a triple short of the cycle and finishing with seven total bases.
Noah Song got the start for Lowell and he spun a gem in the limited time that he did pitch. The 4th-round selection tossed a career-high three shutout, no-hit innings walking one and striking out six batters (also a career-high).
The win went to
The Spinners are back home on Saturday night, when they take on their Stedler-Divison foes in the second-place Connecticut Tigers with a 3.5 game lead in the division after the Tigers fell to the Hudson Valley Renegades at Dodd Stadium on Friday night.
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