Welcome back to Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, MD…Lakewood won the series opener last night 8-2, while Delmarva as dropped 6 out of 7…game notes here…audio here (at 6:50)

LWD: LHP Matthew Way (3-1, 2.81)
DEL: RHP Oliver Drake (8-8, 4.21)

Winning Halves…The BlueClaws need to go 2-2 in their last four to clinch their 8th straight winning half (3 of first 10).

Who’s Hot…Jeremy Hamilton (15-43), Travis d’Arnaud (12-33), Jim Murphy (12-32)

6:10: overcast, low 80s, nice day.

7:05: We are underway and Harold Garcia gets robbed by Elvin Polanco for out one.

7:11: After a perfectly executed hit and run from d’Arnaud moving Gose to third, Jim Murphy hits an RBI-single to take a 1-0 lead.

7:36: Way is through two scoreless, six up…six down…1-0 to the third.

7:55: With two outs and no one on, the BlueClaws get five hits and an error to produce four runs and take a 5-0 lead.

8:10: Way hasn’t allowed a hit through four…5-0 lead.

8:17: Same through five…he’s good.

8:40: Way left after 5.2 innings but left them loaded after a hbp, single and walk…Dusty Wathan gets newcomer Luke Wertz from the ‘pen and he allowes a walk and a single to score all three inherited runners…5-3 ‘Claws.

9:01: Again with two outs, the BlueClaws grab two more runs on a single by d’Arnaud and a double by Murphy…7-3

9:10: Wertz works a strong 7th…7-3

9:26: Lakewood, now on 15 hits has 9 runs…9-3 going to the ninth.

10:00: The BlueClaws strike for 16 hits and 9 runs, they win 9-3!

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