Game Blog: July 2nd (two games)
July 2nd, 2009We’re continuing one and playing another here tonight at FirstEnergy Park…here’s the text play by play from yesterday and you can listen to the game here.
5:19: Lakewood got a run on a SAC fly by Travis d’Arnaud in the bottom of the 5th at the resumption, now 3-1 Greensboro to the home 6th…Jared Simon pitching for Lakewood.
5:33: Three Ks in a row for lefty Andrew Loomis of Greensboro…3-1 Hoppers to the 7th.
5:57: Nothing much going on here…still 3-1 GBO to the 9th…All-Star Pete Andrelczyk in there for GBO for a 6 out save…He had a 1-2-3 8th…Ballestas the 8th and Diekman the 9th for the BlueClaws.
6:06: Diekman a shutout 9th…to the bottom half…Mattair, De Los Santos and Collier…3-1 GBO.
6:11: Game over…Andrelczyk a 1-2-3 8th and 9th with 4 Ks…3-1 final…game two later.
6:51: First pitch 7:00 for game two.
7:00: Myers in right / Mintken in left, the notable changes in game two.
7:09: Correa strikes out the side…19 pitches…to the bottom of the first.
7:22: 6 in a row for Correa to start…0-0 bottom 2.
7:28: 0-0 to the 3rd.
7:49: D’Arby Myers leads things off for the BlueClaws with a triple and Korby Mintken singles and advances to second on an error to set up a good situation for the BlueClaws. A SAC fly by Harold Garcia and a wild pitch by Brad Hand allow two to score and the BlueClaws to take a 2-0 lead.
8:07: Correa has six strikeouts now through four and a 2-1 lead as the Grasshoppers grab a run.
9:06: Bergh coming in for the save at 5-2…would be his 11th of the year.
9:28: It is…clean inning, BlueClaws win, great fireworks show as well.





Haven’t done this in a while…
We promised you big news today and of course we deliver…Jason Aldean will headline the first THUNDERFEST, an all-day country music festival on Sunday, September 27th at FirstEnergy Park. The festival is presented by Thunder 98.5, a Press Communications Radio Station, and the Lakewood BlueClaws.
Today, Minor League Baseball and the South Atlantic League lost their “Miracle Man.” Former South Atlantic League Founder and President John Henry Moss passed away today at the age of 90.
Here’s a new thing we’re doing at BlueClaws Blog…Player Q&As, but we’re letting you ask the questions. Simply submit any questions you might have for the first
Back on eBay…The BlueClaws have posted a
We’ll be back in the bed tonight for a special SLEEPY’S Broadcast in Bed, the second of five that we will do this season from the concourse behind home plate. So if you’re coming to the game, stop by and say hello. You can’t miss it.
Signs seem to point to former BlueClaws RHP Carlos Carrasco making his big league debut later this week. After a dynamite spring, Carrasco got off to an awful start with AAA Lehigh Valley, but has allowed two runs or less in five of his last seven starts just to runs over his last two starts. He’s won three in a row.
“I used the word ‘electric,’ “Rod Nichols, pitching coach for the Phillies’ triple-A Lehigh Valley club,
five innings, allowed just two hits, no walks, while striking out eight batters. He did not allow a run in the no decision. By virtue of that performance, Ballestas was named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week that ran from June 22-28th. Ballestas, recently promoted from Williamsport, will be a key member of the BlueClaws bullpen in the second half of the season.
special promotion for Wednesday’s game…Buy one ticket and get one free. This offer is only valid on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7:05 pm!