Hagerstown, MD - Aldrem Corredor had two of the Hagerstown Suns' five hits as the Hickory Crawdads upended the Suns at Historic Municipal Stadium on Tuesday night, 7-0. The Suns fall to 18-33 overall and will play the second game of a three-game set on Wednesday with a 7:05 PM
Hagerstown, MD - Aldrem Corredor had two of the Hagerstown Suns' five hits as the Hickory Crawdads upended the Suns at Historic Municipal Stadium on Tuesday night, 7-0. The Suns fall to 18-33 overall and will play the second game of a three-game set on Wednesday with a 7:05 PM first pitch.
Hickory took the first lead of the series in the top of the first against Suns starter Jackson Stoeckinger. Bubba Thompson reached on a throwing error by Yasel Antuna and stole second. Ryan Dorow flew out to right, allowing Thompson to tag and move to third with one out. Yohel Pozo hit a ground ball to short with the infield playing in, but Antuna threw Thompson out at the plate to keep the game scoreless while Pozo reached on a fielder's choice. Tyreque Reed followed Pozo with a double, and both runners scored when Pedro Gonzalez doubled off the base of the wall in left-center to give the Crawdads a 2-0 lead.
Hickory scored another run in the third on a sacrifice fly with Thompson scoring, but the Crawdads left-fielder dealt a big blow to the Suns in the fifth. Thompson smashed a lead-off homer to left field, giving the visitors a 4-0 advantage. A pair of runs crossed in the seventh to make it a 6-0 lead, while Thompson capped the Crawdads scoring with an RBI single in the eighth against Sam Held, giving Hickory a 7-0 win.
Stoeckinger (2-4) went six innings in a loss, allowing four runs (two earned) on six hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Held threw two innings in relief, allowing three runs on six hits with a walk and three strikeouts. Jared Brasher tossed a hitless ninth, striking out the side.
Notes: Corredor has his 10th multi-hit game of the season… He joins Antuna and Cole Freeman who also have 10 multi-hit efforts this season… Corredor extended his hit streak to three-games… Esthay also has a three-game hitting streak… Freeman tied his season and career-high with two walks… The Suns used their second pinch-hitter of the season when Paul Panaccione entered for Luis Garcia to lead off the seventh… Hagerstown hit into three double-plays, which is a season-high… Stoeckinger has gone at least six innings in four outings this year… Six innings is also the lefty's career high… He had his second quality start of the season… Suns pitchers have 12 quality outings as a staff… The Suns take on the Hickory Crawdads on Wednesday with a 7:05 PM first pitch… Wednesday is Bark in the Park… Fans can bring their four-legged furry friends along for the ball game… The Suns will start LHP Nick Raquet (3-5, 2.66 ERA) while Hickory will send RHP Noah Bremer (0-0, 6.23 ERA) to the hill… The broadcast can be heard, starting with the pregame show at 6:50 PM on www.hagerstownsuns.com by going to multimedia and "Listen Live" which also has downloads for a free app on the iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android... The broadcast is also available on the Hagerstown Suns Radio Network in the Tune-In Radio App.
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