Stone Crabs nip Hammerheads in 12, 2–1

Posted by Mark Chapman on September 3rd, 2010 at 12:31 am

By Grant McAuley
Char­lotte Stone Crabs Broadcaster

Tim Beck­ham had to wait until his sixth trip to the plate Thurs­day night before col­lect­ing his first hit of the night, but his run-scoring sin­gle in the top of the 12th inning helped the Stone Crabs grab a 2–1 vic­tory and take a four-game sweep of the Jupiter Ham­mer­heads on Thurs­day night at Roger Dean Stadium.

Charlotte’s dom­i­nant pitch­ing staff kept the club in the game as the offense searched for the key hit, even­tu­ally strik­ing for a sin­gle run in the top of the 12th that came cour­tesy of Beck­ham. Four Stone Crabs pitch­ers com­bined to strik eout 10 Jupiter hit­ters, mark­ing the 50th time this sea­son that Char­lotte hurlers have notched 10 or more punch-outs in a game.

An early 1–0 lead was given to starter Frank De Los San­tos when Greg Sex­ton was brought in to score on a Tyler Bort­nick sac­ri­fice fly in the fourth inning.

De Los San­tos tossed an excel­lent game but was not a fac­tor in the deci­sion. The lefty went 6 1/3 innings and sur­ren­dered just one run on three hits and three walks while strik­ing out three.

The Ham­mer­heads were able to tie the game in the bot­tom of the eighth, how­ever. De Los San­tos issued a lead­off walk and was removed in favor of Mar­quis Flem­ing. Jupiter would pick up another walk and a pinch-hit sin­gle to load the bases before Mar­quise Cooper drew the bases-loaded walk that tied the game 1–1.

Both teams traded blank frames until the 12th inning, when Beckham’s two-out sin­gle off Jupiter reliever Ryan Tucker (1−3) chased home Bort­nick to give Char­lotte the 2–1 advantage.

Deivis Mavarez (1−1) worked the final two innings for his first win of the sea­son. He fanned the final two men he faced, includ­ing Jeremy Synan to end the game and give Char­lotte pitch­ers their 10th strike­out of the night.

The Stone Crabs will return home to open their final reg­u­lar sea­son series of the year against the Braden­ton Maraud­ers, who will be try­ing to main­tain first place in the FSL South stand­ings. Char­lotte will send recently pro­moted right-hander Alex Colome (0−0) to the mound against left-hander Nate Baker (2−2, 2.40) of the Maraud­ers. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m.

Stone Crabs-Hammerheads box score 090210

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