Wilmington's Offensive Woes Continue in Fifth Straight Setback
Wilmington, DE - Jackson Kowar equaled the longest start this season by a Blue Rock, but the Wilmington offense failed to take advantage in a 6-2 loss to the Winston-Salem Dash on Tuesday at Frawley Stadium. Kowar allowed just two runs over seven frames, but the Blue Crew attack mustered only
Wilmington, DE - Jackson Kowar equaled the longest start this season by a Blue Rock, but the Wilmington offense failed to take advantage in a 6-2 loss to the Winston-Salem Dash on Tuesday at Frawley Stadium. Kowar allowed just two runs over seven frames, but the Blue Crew attack mustered only four hits. The defeat was the fifth in a row for the Rocks and assured them a second consecutive series setback.
Kowar fanned five. He did issue three free passes, but yielded only six hits. The Dash managed just single tallies against him in the second and sixth innings.
Wilmington drew even after both scores. Crisitan Perez plated the first run with a seeing-eye single to right and
A critical error by the Blue Crew in the eighth put Winston-Salem ahead to stay.
Snider (2-1) took the loss, allowing three unearned runs in his lone frame.
Wilmington concludes its seven-game homestand on Wednesday at Frawley Stadium as the Rocks host the Dash for the final time this season. Left-hander
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The Blue Crew have not been able to buy a big hit over the last five games. Wilmington has gone just 3-for-41 with runners in scoring position since Saturday. On the year the Rocks are hitting only .157 with men at second and/or third base. Overall, the struggling Rocks' offense is last in the Carolina League in batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage in 2019. Wilmington has not scored more than four runs in a game since April 15.
The Blue Rocks continue to struggle defensively in 2019. Wilmington committed an error for the seventh consecutive game. The Blue Crew is last in the Carolina League with 30 total errors as a team. The team has committed at least three errors in five different games and at least one defensive miscue in all but four contests this year.
Wilmington may call the Carolina League's Northern Division home, but in the early part of the season the Blue Crew will be much more familiar with the CL South. The Rocks wrap up a string of 17 consecutive games against southern division foes on Wednesday. Wilmington swept a three-game series at home against the Dash and then took three of four at Carolina before taking two of three at Winston-Salem. The Rocks dropped a four-game series at home against Down East and are in the midst of welcoming the Dash back to Frawley Stadium for three more. Wilmington is currently 10-6 during this long stretch of southern hospitality.
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