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September 3rd Game Recap

 

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September 3, 2008

Contact: Jon Boswell (978-805-5117 / jboswell@lowellspinners.com)

 

Spinners Pitching Pounced by Tigers

Lowell pitchers allow 15 hits in defeat, 14-6

 

ONEONTA, NY – The Lowell Spinners offense staked the team to a 4-2 third inning lead, but the Oneonta Tigers offense was relentless, as the Tigers twice came back deficits in a 14-6 blowout of the Stedler Division Champions.

Lowell (39-32) got out to an early lead, scoring in the first inning. After Ryan Dent walked to lead off the game, a Pete Hissey single put runners on the corners and set-up a potential big inning. Tim Federowicz however bounced into a double play, scoring Dent to give the Spinners a 1-0 lead, but dampening any hopes of a big inning.  

Oneonta (31-40) took the lead right back in bottom half of the inning, scoring two runs off Lowell starter Wang-Yi Lin, making his Spinners debut. Lin, a native of Tainan City, Taiwan, allowed a one-out triple to Tigers shortstop Brandon Douglas, who came around to score on a groundout before back-to-back hits gave the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

The Spinners battled to retake the lead in the third inning following back-to-back extra-base hits to start the inning. Ronald Bermudez tripled to lead off the inning, scoring on a Casey Kelly RBI double. Tim Federowicz would drive Kelly in with an RBI double of his own, and later score on an RBI single by Deshaun Brooks giving the Spinners a 4-2 lead.

The lead was short lived however, as the Tigers got to a tiring Lin, capitalizing on a pair of wild pitches to score a run off Lin, who was then replaced by Armando Zerpa. The Tigers added two more runs off Zerpa to re-take the lead at 5-4.

The Tigers would add four runs in the seventh, before the Spinners responded with two runs of their own. Kelly, the Red Sox 2008 first round draft pick, picked up the big hit for Lowell, driving in two with his second RBI double of the game, bringing the Spinners within four runs.

Oneonta however added four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, putting the game out of reach.

For the Spinners, Lin pitched 2.1 innings, allowing four runs on four hits, striking out one. The bullpen trio of Zerpa, Dan Buller and the rehabbing Scott Lonergan however combined to allow 10 runs on 11 hits.

Offensively, Kelly was the star of the game, finishing the night 3-for-4 with two doubles, a triple and three RBI. Since joining the Spinners, Kelly is now 11-for-29 with six of his 11 hits going for extra bases. Will Middlebrooks was also able to extend his hitting streak to eight games, finishing the night 2-for-5 with a double to raise his average to .254, a season high.

The Spinners look to bounce back Thursday evening when they conclude their season series against the Tigers when Hunter Strickland takes the mound for a 7:05 first pitch.

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