BlueClaws trounce Fireflies
Carlos Duran had three hits and two RBIs, as the Lakewood BlueClaws scored a season-high in runs in a 12-2 win over the Columbia Fireflies on Friday.
Down 2-0, the BlueClaws took the lead for good with eight runs in the second inning. The BlueClaws sent 13 men to the plate as Jose Antequera hit a two-run single and then scored on a two-run double by Duran en route to the six-run lead.
The BlueClaws later added three runs in the third and Darick Hall hit a solo home run in the ninth to punctuate the blowout.
Zach Morris (2-1) got the win with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless, three-hit relief.
Columbia starting pitcher Joel Huertas (0-2) took the loss, allowing seven earned runs on five hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings.
It was the second time in as many games the Fireflies opponent scored double-digit runs, as Delmarva trounced Columbia 10-3 on Wednesday.
Tim Tebow, Andres Gimenez and Luis Carpio each had three hits for the Fireflies. Tebow, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL quarterback went 2-for-4 while batting eighth in the lineup, and is hitting .244 on the season.
The series will resume on Saturday, with first pitch at Spirit Communications Park set for 7:05 p.m.
Lakewood | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Brito 2b | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Duran lf | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Moniak cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Hall dh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Barbier 1b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Sandberg rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cabral c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Zardon 3b | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Antequera ss | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 40 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 12 |
Columbia | ab | r | h | rbi | bb | k |
Cone cf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Gimenez ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Carpio 2b | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paez 3b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Medina rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Jabs dh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Brosher c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tebow lf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramos 1b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
TOTALS | 35 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Lakewood | 083 | 000 | 001 | — | 12 |
Columbia | 200 | 000 | 000 | — | 2 |
E — Medina, Cabral. LOB — Lakewood 7, Columbia 12. 2B — Duran (2), Jabs. 3B — Zardon. HR — Hall. SF — Sandberg. PB — Brosher. OA — Sandberg. SB — Ramos.
Lakewood | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Medina | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Morris, W 2-1 | 2 1/3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Paulino | 2 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Columbia | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Huertas, L 0-2 | 1 1/3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Ramos | 1 2/3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Blackham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kuhns | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Henry | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
WP — Huertas. Umpires — HP: Mark Stewart. 1B: Mark Stewart. T — 3:14. A — 6,253.
This story was originally published May 5, 2017 at 11:13 PM with the headline "BlueClaws trounce Fireflies."