Rocks Lose Fourth Straight
Wilmington, DE- On a night where hits were hard to come by the Salem Red Sox got the one that mattered most in a 3-1 victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks Wednesday at Frawley Stadium. Marcus Wilson slugged a two-run homer in the top of the seventh inning which turned out
Wilmington, DE- On a night where hits were hard to come by the Salem Red Sox got the one that mattered most in a 3-1 victory over the Wilmington Blue Rocks Wednesday at Frawley Stadium.
Early on it was a pitchers' duel between Blue Crew starter
Bowlan (3-1) was greeted rather rudely, allowing a lead-off double to
Gonzalez was even better. The righty posted six straight goose eggs to start his night. In the seventh the Rocks finally got strung together a rally.
The Rocks continue their seven-game, six-day homestand on Thursday against Salem. The teams will play a doubleheader, with first pitch of the opener slated for 6:35 p.m. Tickets are available at BlueRocks.com and fans who don't make it to the ballpark can catch all of the action with the Voice of the Blue Rocks, Cory Nidoh, on 89.7 WGLS-FM.
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The Blue Crew are in the midst of one of the strangest stretches they've encountered on a schedule in recent memory. Wilmington is playing back-to-back home-and-homes. The Rocks hosted Potomac for three and visited Potomac for a three-game series. They were supposed to play three at Salem before Mother Nature intervened on Sunday. A suspended game combined with a scheduled day-night doubleheader on Monday forced one of the games to be moved to Wilmington. Fortunately for the schedule-makers the wait won't be long as the Rocks welcome the Red Sox to Frawley Stadium for what is now a four-game series. Wilmington is 3-5 during this stretch of 12 games versus two teams.
Four continues to be the magic number for the Blue Rocks this season. Wilmington is 33-5 when scoring four-or-more times in a game, but just 20-31 when registering three or fewer tallies in a contest.
The Blue Rocks are in the midst of their second-longest losing streak of the season. Wednesday marked their fourth consecutive defeat. The only longer slide this season came April 20-24 when Wilmington dropped six straight. Since then the Blue Crew had lost three in a row only twice.