Blue Rocks Rally For First Home Victory Of The Season
As the weather got warmer, the Wilmington Blue Rocks’ bats heated up as they defeated the Hickory Crawdads 7-5 for the first home victory of the season.
As the weather got warmer, the Wilmington Blue Rocks’ bats heated up as they defeated the Hickory Crawdads 7-5 for the first home victory of the season.
After a Wilmer Perez double scored Jared Mckenzie to give the Rocks a 1-0 lead in the second, a two-run home run off the bat of Cody Freeman gave the Crawdads a 2-1 lead in the fourth.
A fifth inning leadoff solo shot for Angel Aponte extended the Crawdads lead 3-1 but the Rocks would begin to fight back in the bottom half of the inning.
A leadoff walk by Jake Alu followed up by a single by Jeremy De La Rosa put runners on first and second for number one prospect James Wood. Wood would drive in Alu with an RBI double which sparked a four run fifth inning to give the Rocks a 5-3 lead.
The Crawdads would not go down quietly though as they responded with an RBI single off the bat of Geisel Cepeda to cut the lead down to one.
A single for Wood after a stolen base by De La Rosa drove in another run making it 6-4 in the sixth and an infield single for TJ White would score Alu to give the Rocks an insurance run heading into the ninth.
A quiet ninth inning for the Crawdads would complete the Blue Rocks’ comeback and move them to 2-3 on the season as they continue their homestand.
The Blue Rocks will be back in action tomorrow against the Crawdads, first pitch is scheduled for 6:35 P.M.