Bluefish Claws Back, But Falls Just Short Against Sea Monsters
July 1, 2017 – Virginia Beach, VA.
Bluefish’s effort to come back from down five runs in the fifth inning came up just short, as they fell 7-5 to Sea Monsters on Saturday. Bluefish scored four runs in the failed comeback on a single by Spencer Muirhead in the fifth, a single by Michael Rojas in the eighth, a error in the ninth, and a error in the ninth.
Bluefish captured the lead in the first inning. An error scored one run for Bluefish.
Sea Monsters knotted the game up at one in the top of the third inning. A wild pitch by Kevin Beckert scored one run for Sea Monsters.
Sea Monsters took the lead for good with two runs in the fourth inning. In the fourth Ricardo Carrasco singled off of Beckert, driving in one run and Andrew Godsey hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a run.
Sea Monsters scored three runs in the fifth inning. The big inning for Sea Monsters came thanks to a triple by Terrence Pinkston, a single by Hector Mosquea, and a walk by Godsey.
Tyghe Bowers earned the win for Sea Monsters. He went seven innings, giving up three runs, seven hits, striking out three, and walking one. Pinkston recorded the last six outs to earn the save for Sea Monsters. Beckert took the loss for Bluefish. He threw four and two-thirds innings, allowing six runs, eight hits, and striking out seven.
Bluefish collected nine hits. MacMilan Shoenman, Michael Rojas, Chadler Young, and Diggy Cimaroli each collected multiple hits for Bluefish. Spencer Muirhead and Rojas each drove in one run to lead Bluefish. Bluefish didn’t commit a single error in the field. Muirhead had nine chances in the field, the most on the team.
Godsey went 1-for-2 at the plate as he led the team with two runs batted in.
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MONS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| BLFS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 |
BOX SCORE
Portsmoth Sea Monsters
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyghe Bowers | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Ricardo Carrasco | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Godsey | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Antonio Leite Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Lucas | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Mosquea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Joshua Nellis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| William Oliver | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Terrence Pinkston | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lucas Terwilliger | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 37 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 9 |
Norfolk Bluefish
| Lineup | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Beckert | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Kevin Edgar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Haskell | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Herried | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ashton Knutson | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Spencer Muirhead | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Rojas | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MacMilan Shoenman | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Steffey | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chadler Young | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Delmarcus Talley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Diggy Cimaroli | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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Portsmoth Sea Monsters
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyghe Bowers | 7.0 | 105 | .610 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Terrence Pinkston | 2.0 | 32 | .594 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 137 | .606 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
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Norfolk Bluefish
| Pitching | IP | #P | S% | H | R | ER | K | BB | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Beckert | 4.2 | 99 | .566 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 0 |
| Ashton Knutson | 3.1 | 37 | .811 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Steffey | 1.0 | 17 | .412 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 153 | .608 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 |