Blue Crabs Offense Comes up Short, Fall to Skeeters 5-1

Blue Crabs offense comes up short, fall to Skeeters 5-1

Posted by TBN On 05/09/2013

Sugar Land 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 - 5 11 1

S Maryland 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2

The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs fell to the Sugar Land Skeeters 5-1 today at Regency Furniture Stadium. The Skeeters offense remained consistent in the contest, scoring runs in four different innings and dishing out 11 total hits. Despite allowing no runs in the first two innings, Blue Crabs right-handed pitcher Gaby Hernandez did not have the outing he hoped for as he allowed four runs (three earned) on seven hits and two walks in six innings, leaving Sugar Land leading 4-1 when he left the game in the hands of his relief staff in the seventh. Today’s Skeeters starter matched yesterday’s pitching performance, as left-hander Bobby Livingston pitched a three-hitter through six innings and allowed the Blue Crabs only run of the game in the third. Sugar Land’s Dustin Martin and Koby Clemens also had solo home runs today. After trailing from the fourth inning on, the Blue Crabs attempted to put together a seventh inning rally as two Sugar Land relief pitchers loaded the bases with the tying run, Southern Maryland’s shortstop Renny Osuna, up to bat. Osuna, who managed to tie the score in the third couldn’t repeat however, as he hit into a double play to end the inning with the Skeeters ahead 5-1. Despite Southern Maryland’s struggles in the batter box, infielder Jose Julio-Ruiz, Osuna and outfielder Brian Barton remained reliable hitters for the Blue Crabs during the four-game series. Julio-Ruiz has now hit safely in six straight games, while Barton and Osuna follow behind both extending their hitting streaks to five games. UP NEXT – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs will head on the road for a six-game road trip that features games between the Bridgeport Bluefish and the Somerset Patriots. The Blue Crabs will then return to Southern Maryland on Friday, May 17-19 for a three-game series against the Long Island Ducks. Fans can listen to the Blue Crabs live broadcast tomorrow by tuning in to www.phoenixintermedia.com with pre-game beginning at 6:15 p.m. Fans can also follow the Blue Crabs on www.somdbluecrabs.com. Blue Crabs Highlights:

SS Renny Osuna – 1-for-3, 1 RBI, 1 SB, 1 BB, Five-game hitting streak (5/5-5/9)

LF Jose Julio-Ruiz – 1-for-4, leads team with .358 average, six-game hitting streak (5/3-5/9)

3B Brandon Jones – 1-for

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