Suffolk Fightin’ Crabs 12, Chesapeake Suns 11, in 11 innings

Buscetto’s Walkoff Gives Fightin’ Crabs Victory Over Suns

June 6, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA

A walk-off error led Fightin’ Crabs past Suns 12-11 on Tuesday. The game was tied at 11 with Fightin’ Crabs batting in the bottom of the eleventh when there was an error, scoring one run.

Fightin’ Crabs built a four-run lead in the second inning and then held off Suns’s charge. Suns scored 11 runs in the failed comeback on a double by Brad Pearson in the fourth, a double by Lawrence Cicileo in the fourth, a single by Andrew Rodriguez in the fifth, a single by Pearson in the fifth, a single by Pearson in the seventh, a single by Tynan Hoefferle in the eighth, and a double by Justice Bigbie in the eighth.

Fightin’ Crabs took an early lead in the first inning. Ben MacDonald grounded out, scoring one run.

After Suns scored one run in the top of the seventh, Fightin’ Crabs answered with one of their own. Suns scored when Pearson singled off of James Jakuba, driving in one run. Fightin’ Crabs then answered when Will Sheats homered off of Meigs Lamb, driving in one run.

Fightin’ Crabs knotted the game up at 11 in the bottom of the eighth inning. Brendan Gausselinsingled on the first pitch of the at bat in the eighth inning, scoring one run.

Fightin’ Crabs scored three runs in the eighth inning. Fightin’ Crabs scored on a double by Evan Hirschbaum and a single by Gausselin.

Suns scored four runs in the eighth inning. Suns’s big inning was driven by a single by Hoefferle and a double by Bigbie.

Jake Thompson earned the win for Fightin’ Crabs. He went four innings, allowing four runs, and three hits. Ben Marsico took the loss for Suns. He tossed three and a third innings, surrendering four runs, seven hits, and striking out two.

Lane Madsen started the game for Suns. He threw three innings, giving up six runs, six hits, and striking out one. Griffen Tate started the game for Fightin’ Crabs. He tossed four innings, allowing four runs, eight hits, striking out two, and walking zero.

Fightin’ Crabs had 18 hits in the game. Sam Graf, Hirschbaum, Billy Buscetto, TJ Wardwell, John Tierney Jr., and MacDonald each collected multiple hits for Fightin’ Crabs. Buscetto, Hirschbaum, and Graf each managed three hits to lead Fightin’ Crabs. Fightin’ Crabs didn’t commit a single error in the field. Sheats had the most chances in the field with 13.

Suns collected 17 hits. Bigbie, Hoefferle, Pearson, Rodriguez, Stephen Polansky, and Cicileo each collected multiple hits for Suns. Bigbie led Suns with four hits in six at bats.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 r h
SUNS 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 11 17 4
CRBS 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 12 18 0

BOX SCORES

Chesapeake Suns
Lineup AB R H RBI BB K
Cameron Jensen 6 0 0 0 0 1
Tynan Hoefferle 6 3 3 2 0 0
Justice Bigbie 6 2 4 2 0 0
Stephen Polansky 6 1 2 0 0 1
Andrew Rodriguez 4 0 2 1 0 2
Jarad Clevenger 1 1 0 0 0 0
Listing 1 0 1 0 0 0
Brad Pearson 5 1 3 4 1 0
Austin Thomas 3 1 0 0 1 1
Lawrence Cicileo 3 0 2 2 0 0
Jamarius Epperson 2 1 0 0 0 0
Justin Bunting 3 1 0 0 1 1
Meigs Lamb
Lane Madsen
Ben Marsico
Totals 46 11 17 11 3 6
Batting

2B: Justice Bigbie, Brad Pearson, Tynan Hoefferle, Lawrence Cicileo, Andrew Rodriguez
TB: Justice Bigbie 5, Brad Pearson 4, Tynan Hoefferle 4, Lawrence Cicileo 3, Stephen Polansky 2, Andrew Rodriguez 3, Listing
RBI: Justice Bigbie 2, Brad Pearson 4, Tynan Hoefferle 2, Lawrence Cicileo 2, Andrew Rodriguez
SAC: Austin Thomas
FC: Brad Pearson
HBP: Austin Thomas, Justin Bunting, Jamarius Epperson
GIDP: Justin Bunting
SB: Brad Pearson 2
CS: Justice Bigbie, Brad Pearson

Totals

Team QAB: 25 (47.17%)
Justice Bigbie 3, Austin Thomas 3, Justin Bunting 2, Brad Pearson 3, Jarad Clevenger, Tynan Hoefferle 4, Cameron Jensen, Lawrence Cicileo 2, Stephen Polansky 2, Andrew Rodriguez, Jamarius Epperson 2, Listing

Team LOB: 9

Fielding

E: Austin Thomas, Justin Bunting, Ben Marsico 2
DP: Austin Thomas, Brad Pearson, Stephen Polansky

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Suffolk Fightin’ Crabs
Lineup AB R H RBI BB K
John Tierney Jr. 5 2 2 0 2 0
Billy Buscetto 6 2 3 3 0 0
TJ Wardwell 5 1 2 2 1 0
Ben MacDonald 5 1 2 1 1 1
Joseph Holguin 0 0 0 0 0 0
Evan Hirschbaum 6 1 3 2 0 0
Zachary Blaeser 0 0 0 0 0 0
Will Sheats 3 1 1 2 2 2
Brendan Gausselin 5 0 1 1 1 1
Reilly Workman 5 2 1 0 1 2
Sam Graf 6 2 3 1 0 1
Griffen Tate
James Jakuba
Jake Thompson
Totals 46 12 18 12 8 7
Batting

2B: Billy Buscetto, John Tierney Jr., Sam Graf, Evan Hirschbaum, TJ Wardwell
3B: Sam Graf
HR: Will Sheats
TB: Billy Buscetto 4, Ben MacDonald 2, Reilly Workman, Brendan Gausselin, John Tierney Jr. 3, Sam Graf 6, Evan Hirschbaum 4, Will Sheats 4, TJ Wardwell 3
RBI: Billy Buscetto 3, Ben MacDonald, Brendan Gausselin, Sam Graf, Evan Hirschbaum 2, Will Sheats 2, TJ Wardwell 2
SAC: Billy Buscetto
SF: Will Sheats
ROE: Billy Buscetto 2, John Tierney Jr., TJ Wardwell
FC: Evan Hirschbaum 2
GIDP: Evan Hirschbaum
SB: Evan Hirschbaum
CS: Brendan Gausselin

Totals

Team QAB: 24 (42.86%)
Billy Buscetto 4, Ben MacDonald 3, Reilly Workman 3, Brendan Gausselin 2, John Tierney Jr. 3, Sam Graf 2, Evan Hirschbaum, Will Sheats 4, TJ Wardwell 2

Team LOB: 12

Fielding

DP: John Tierney Jr., Will Sheats

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Chesapeake Suns
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Lane Madsen 3.0 70 .500 6 6 5 1 5 0
Meigs Lamb 3.2 63 .587 5 2 2 4 1 1
Ben Marsico 3.1 66 .606 7 4 0 2 2 0
Totals 10.0 199 .563 18 12 7 7 8 1
Pitching

L: Ben Marsico
Pitches-Strikes: Meigs Lamb 63-37, Lane Madsen 70-35, Ben Marsico 66-40
Groundouts-Flyouts: Meigs Lamb 2-1, Lane Madsen 4-3, Ben Marsico 3-4
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Meigs Lamb 6-16, Lane Madsen 10-19, Ben Marsico 10-21

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Suffolk Fightin’ Crabs
Pitching IP #P S% H R ER K BB HR
Griffen Tate 4.0 74 .689 8 4 4 2 0 0
James Jakuba 3.0 52 .673 6 3 3 4 0 0
Jake Thompson 4.0 62 .548 3 4 4 0 3 0
Totals 11.0 188 .638 17 11 11 6 3 0
Pitching

W: Jake Thompson
HBP: Griffen Tate, Jake Thompson 2
Pitches-Strikes: Griffen Tate 74-51, James Jakuba 52-35, Jake Thompson 62-34
Groundouts-Flyouts: Griffen Tate 2-6, James Jakuba 1-3, Jake Thompson 5-6
First pitch strikes-Batters faced: Griffen Tate 16-19, James Jakuba 9-14, Jake Thompson 13-20

Key
  • AB: At bats
  • R: Runs scored
  • H: Hits
  • RBI: Runs batted in
  • BB: Base on balls (walks)
  • K: Strikeouts
  • 2B: Doubles
  • 3B: Triples
  • HR: Home runs
  • Grand slam: Grand slam home runs
  • TB: Total bases
  • RBI: Runs batted in
  • SAC: Sacrifice hits & bunts
  • SF: Sacrifice flies
  • ROE: Reached on error
  • FC: Hit into fielder’s choice
  • HBP: Hit by pitch
  • CI: Batter advances on catcher’s interference
  • GIDP: Hit into double play
  • GITP: Hit into triple play
  • SB: Stolen bases
  • CS: Caught stealing
  • PIK: Picked off
  • QAB: Quality at bats (any one of: 3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6+ pitch ABs, XBH, HHB, BB, SAC Bunt, SAC Fly)
  • QAB%: Quality at bats per plate appearance
  • LOB: Runners left on base at the end of an inning
  • E: Errors
  • DP: Double Plays
  • TP: Triple Plays
  • IP: Innings Pitched
  • #P: Total pitches
  • S%: Strike percentage
  • H: Hits allowed
  • R: Runs allowed
  • ER: Earned runs allowed
  • K: Strikeouts
  • BB: Base on balls (walks)
  • HR: Home runs allowed
  • W: Wins
  • L: Losses
  • SV: Saves
  • BS: Blown saves
  • HBP: Hit batters
  • WP: Wild pitches
  • BK: Balks