Portsmouth Sea Monsters Falls In Back-And-Forth Affair Against Suffolk Fightin’ Crabs, 10 – 3
June 5, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA
Sea Monsters and Fightin’ Crabs played a tight game, but the Crabs pulled out the 10-3 victory on Monday. The game was tied at three with the Crabs batting in the top of the seventh when Glen Pizzanello uncorked a wild pitch, scoring one run.
The Crabs captured the lead in the first inning. Ben MacDonald drove in one when he singled in the first inning.
The Sea Monsters evened things up at three in the bottom of the fifth inning.Terrence Pinkston grounded out, scoring one run.
The Crabs scored five runs in the ninth inning. The big inning for the Crabs 7 came thanks to a single , a walk , a double , and a wild pitch.
Corey Fago earned the win for the Fightin’ Crabs . He threw three innings, surrendering one run, two hits, and striking out one. Glen Pizzanello took the loss for Sea Monsters. He tossed two innings, allowing one run, two hits, striking out one, and walking zero.
Tyghe Bowers started the game for the Sea Monsters. He threw three innings, giving up one run, two hits, striking out five, and walking one. Noah Gear started the game for the Fightin’ Crabs. He went four innings, giving up two runs, four hits, and striking out four.
Lucas Terwilliger, Pinkston, and Troy White each drove in one run to lead the Sea Monsters. White led the Sea Monsters with two stolen bases, as they ran wild on the base paths with eight stolen bases.
The Fightin’ Crabs collected nine hits. Zachary Blaeser, Evan Hirschbaum, Billy Buscetto, and MacDonald each collected multiple hits for the Fightin’ Crabs.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Monsters | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Box Scores
Fightin’ Crabs
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Buscetto | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ben MacDonald | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Kania | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brendan Gausselin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| John Tierney Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Zachary Blaeser | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Corey Fago | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Noah Gear | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Evan Hirschbaum | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joseph Holguin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Musawenkosi Matiwane | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Franklin Miller | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Wardell TJ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 35 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
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Sea Monsters
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrence Pinkston | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Hector Mosquea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Lucas Terwilliger | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Oliver | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Antonio Leite Jr. | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alan Johnson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pat Barrett | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Tyghe Bowers | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Robert Saghy | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sammy Suarez | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Troy White | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyrin Everette | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Glen Pizzanello | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ricardo Carrasco | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrett Jones | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwight Riddick | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Godsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
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Fightin’ Crabs
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Fago | 3.0 | 45 | .444 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Noah Gear | 4.0 | 77 | .597 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Musawenkosi Matiwane | 1.0 | 31 | .484 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Franklin Miller | 1.0 | 10 | .700 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 166 | .542 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
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Sea Monsters
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Johnson | 1.1 | 48 | .438 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Pat Barrett | 2.0 | 35 | .657 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyghe Bowers | 3.0 | 41 | .610 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tyrin Everette | 0.2 | 17 | .588 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Glen Pizzanello | 2.0 | 31 | .645 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 172 | .576 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 |
