Wilmington Starts Road Trip With Wire-to-Wire Win
Woodbridge, VA- The Wilmington Blue Rocks scored a wire-to-wire win on Friday, beating the Potomac Nationals 5-1 at Northwest Federal Field. Dennicher Carrasco hit a two-run homer while Jackson Kowar turned in a quality start for the Blue Crew. The win was Wilmington's fourth straight and moved the team a season-high eight games
Woodbridge, VA- The Wilmington Blue Rocks scored a wire-to-wire win on Friday, beating the Potomac Nationals 5-1 at Northwest Federal Field.
The Rocks scored their first two runs thanks to Brewer Hicklen. The prospect outfielder opened the game with a triple and then came home
Kowar made it stick with ease. The righty allowed just one run on four hits over six frames. Kowar (3-2) fanned five and walked only one as he got revenge on the P-Nats for beating him at Frawley Stadium last week.
Potomac pitcher
The Blue Crew continues their seven-day, eight-game road trip with a doubleheader on Saturday at Potomac. Lefty Marcelo Martinez gets the ball for Wilmington with first pitch of the opener slated for 5:05 p.m. Fans can catch all the action with the Voice of the Blue Rocks Cory Nidoh on 89.7 WGLS-FM.
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Wilmington's starting pitching has been virtually untouchable over the last four games. The quartet of Rito Lugo, Daniel LynchBrady Singer and Jackson Kowar combined to toss 24 innings while allowing just one run. Lugo made a spot start and kept the Keys at bay over five frames in the nightcap of Tuesday's doubleheader. Lynch retired 16 in a row at one point on Wednesday and did not allow a ball out of the infield after Jake Ring's lead-off single in the second. He equaled his career-long outing, tossing seven frames while yielding just two hits, fanning nine and walking none. Singer fanned a career-high 10 and walked none in six innings on Thursday and Kowar yielded just one run over six innings to start the road trip on Friday.
The Blue Crew have feasted on southpaw starting pitching this season. Wilmington put five runs up against Potomac lefty Grant Borne on Friday and got the win. The Rocks are now 11-2 versus left-handed starters in 2019.
Wilmington has had an odd schedule to start the 2019 season. Wilmington opened the campaign with a series against Salem and then played 17 consecutive games against CL South opponents. The Rocks went 9-8 during that stretch. The Blue Crew are now in the midst of playing 24 out of 26 against the CL North. The Rocks are 13-6 so far during this divisional-heavy portion of the slate and 13-8 on the year against CL North foes.
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