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Games 62 and 63: BlueClaws (36-24) vs Shorebirds (32-27)

Monday, June 15th, 2009

A battle between first and second place pits the BlueClaws and the Shorebirds in a three-game series at FirstEnergy Park. Tonight’s game is a doubleheader (two seven-inning games), with a regularly scheduled game following a makeup of the June 5th game at Delmarva which was rained out. However, Lakewood will be the home team for both games

LWD: RHP Jason Knapp (2-4, 3.92)
LCO: RHP Ryan O’Shea (5-2, 3.05)

The Magic Number is…: Seven. However, if Delmarva fails to make up a game with the Hickory Crawdads it could be six. That means, if the BlueClaws amass a combination of wins and losses from their closest opponent (now Delmarva) totaling seven, they will clinch the first half championship in the South Atlantic League Northern Division and a playoff spot. Their lead in the division is four, with ten games to play.

Streaking Towards the Playoffs…The BlueClaws have six separate win streaks of at least three games this year, including the current one, and have yet to lose three games in a row at any point this season. They are on a four-game win streak after the sweep if Lake County.

They’ll Play Two: After game one, the teams will break for 30 minutes before game two, both seven innings. The game two starters will both be making their season debut, RHP Trevor May for the BlueClaws and RHP Patrick Kantankevich for the Shorebirds

Game notes…Audio…Rest below…Enjoy

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Jason Knapp in USA Today…

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

BlueClaws pitcher, and 2008 Phillies second-round pick, Jason Knapp was featured in USA Today earlier this week. Paul White was up in Lakewood and sat down with the right-handed pitcher, who will start tonight’s BlueClaws game in Hickory. Knapp is 1-2 with an ERA of just 1.85. The BlueClaws have only scored seven runs in his four starts.

Anyway, here is the article. And some snippets…

“He’s an animal,” Phillies minor league pitching coordinator Gorman Heimueller says. “He believes he’s good. That’s something you’ve got to have, that cockiness in a good way.”

“I’ve never had a problem throwing inside,” Knapp says. “If they’re in the box and they’re too close, they’ve got to expect they’re going to have to get out of the way.”

The last quote from Knapp echoes something that he told us yesterday on the BlueClaws pre-game show. Asked about who he compared himself to or admired, Knapp wasted no time in talking about Roger Clemens (the good parts). Knapp said he loves to throw inside and back hitters off the plate, something that is quite impressive for an 18-year old pitching in a league full of 22-24 year olds.

We’ll have more on Knapp in an upcoming issue of the Catch of the Day.

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Last Chance to Catch our First “Catch”

Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Today at our 1:05 pm game is your last chance to grab a copy of our first ‘Catch of the Day’ with Cole Hamels on the cover styled after ‘Time Magazine’s Man of the Year’. They’re free at our ballpark, take a look. Come back next homestand for a new copy, styled after another famous magazine cover.

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