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Stumpf's Gem Spoiled As Dash Hand Blue Rocks Their First Shutout Loss Of The Season
Lefty Allowed One Run And Struck Out Five Over 5.2 Innings
Wilmington, DE -
After the Wilmington Blue Rocks shut out the Winston Salem Dash in two
consecutive games, the Dash returned the favor Saturday by blanking the
Rocks 1-0 in a closely contested ballgame. Daniel Stumpf turned
in the third straight stellar outing by a Wilmington starting pitcher
Saturday. He pitched 5.2 innings, struck out five and allowed just one
run on six hits. With the loss, the Blue Crew falls back to two games
below the .500 mark.
Like Christian Binford
the night before, Stumpf worked quickly on the mound and was able to
establish a rhythm early in the ballgame. The first ? and only ? run he
allowed Saturday came on a two-out RBI double in the third inning by
Dash shortstop Tim Anderson. The two-bagger plated third baseman Nick
Basto, who had singled to lead off the frame and advanced to second on a
wild pitch by Stumpf. Basto's run snapped a string of 21.2 scoreless
innings by Blue Rocks pitching.
Wilmington
had two scoring chances off of Winston-Salem starter Mike Recchia and
failed to convert either of them. In the bottom of the third inning, Beau Maggi drew a one-out walk in his first plate appearance since being activated off of the disabled list earlier in the week. After Kenny Diekroeger flew out to right for the second out, Raul A. Mondesi pulled a double into the right field corner. Manager Darryl Kennedy gave
Maggi the green light to try and score from first, but a perfect relay
throw to the plate gunned down Maggi to retire the side and keep the
Rocks off the board.
In the sixth inning[/URL], a Diekroeger single and walks to Mondesi and Hunter Dozier loaded the bases with two outs for Johermyn Chavez.
Dash manager Tommy Thompson elected to remove Recchia from the game for
reliever Euclides Leyer. Chavez then hit a slow chopper up the third
base line and was thrown out on a fantastic defensive play by Basto to
retire the side. Basto bare-handed the ball and then fired an
off-balance strike to first to get Chavez.
Stumpf
(0-2, 3.52) took the tough-luck loss Sunday while Mike Recchia (1-1,
6.48), who pitched 5.2 scoreless innings and struck out seven, picked up
his first win of the season for the Dash. Jarrett Casey recorded the
final two outs of the game for Winston-Salem to notch his second save of
the season.
The Blue Rocks return to action Monday night as they wrap up a four-game series against the Winston-Salem Dash. Southpaw Sean Manaea (0-1,
8.10) will make his second start of the season for Wilmington, while
right-hander J.B. Wendelkin (1-1, 3.27) will take the bump for the Dash.
First pitch for the series finale is slated for 6:35 p.m., and fans can
listen to the broadcast on 89.7 WGLS-FM. For ticket information, call
302-888-BLUE.
PEBBLES OF KNOWLEDGE:
Cody Stubbs saw
his six-game hitting streak come to an end Sunday with an 0-for-4
performance at the plate. Stubbs has quietly established himself as one
of Wilmington's most consistent and productive hitters. Sunday's loss
was the first time this season that Stubbs appeared in a game but failed
to record a base hit. With the 0-for-4 day, Stubbs' batting average
fell from .364 to .308. However, his six-game hitting streak remains a
Blue Rocks season high. Mondesi returned to the Wilmington lineup Sunday
and lashed a double into the right field corner in the third inning to
extend his own hitting streak to five games. He had missed the previous
two ballgames after getting hit by a pitch on Thursday.
As
a team, the Blue Rocks have stolen 14 bases this season, which puts
them atop the Carolina League in the stolen base department. The Potomac
Nationals currently sit in second place with 12 steals as a team. What
really stands out, though, is that not a single Wilmington base stealer
has been thrown out; the Blue Crew is a perfect 14-for-14 on the
basepaths. Terrance Gore currently leads the Rocks in stolen bases with four. Jack Lopez, Diekroeger and Mondesi
are tied for second on the team with three steals apiece. After swiping
a bag Sunday, Diekroeger has now stolen a base in three consecutive
games. The final Wilmington steal belongs to Tyler Chism, who is currently on the disabled list.
Blue Rocks starting pitching has been stellar during the first three games of this weekend's series against Winston-Salem. Jonathan Dziedzic opened
up the four-game set by tossing six shutout innings on Friday and
striking out eight. Saturday, Binford topped Dziedzic's totals in
innings and in strikeouts when he threw seven shutout innings and struck
out ten. Though Stumpf did not manage to keep Winston-Salem off the
board Sunday, his 5.2 innings pitched, five strikeouts and one run
allowed continued the trend of great Blue Rocks starting pitching.
Dziedzic, Binford and Stumpf posted a combined 0.49 ERA and walked just
two over the 18.2 innings they spent on the mound during the past three
ballgames.
Prior
to Saturday's 1-0 loss to Winston-Salem, Wilmington had not been shut
out in 2014. The Blue Rocks' last shutout loss came on on August 29,
2013, in game one of a doubleheader against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
In that seven-inning contest, the Pelicans handed the Blue Crew a 3-0
loss as the trio of Alex Gonzalez, Randol Rojas and Tyler Smith managed
to keep the Rocks off the board and hold Vance Wilson's squad to
just two hits. No current Blue Rocks appeared in that game. The last
time Wilmington was shut out in a full nine-inning game came three days
earlier, when the Potomac Nationals beat the Rocks 2-0. Potomac's
starting pitcher that day, Paul Demny, pitched six shutout innings,
while Greg Holt, Colin Bates and Robert Benincasa kept the Blue Crew off
of the board during the final three frames. The Blue Rocks had six hits
that night, and Lopez, the team's current second baseman, was
responsible for two of them.
THEY SAID IT:
Manager Darryl Kennedy:
"The
biggest play of the day was that little chopped base hit down the third
base line. The third baseman comes in and bare-hands and throws a
strike to first base. That was a big play and really that was our only
scoring opportunity of the game. It's hard to win with only three hits.
Our pitching and our defense was still there; we just need to get some
timely hits."
"I
thought [Daniel Stumpf] did a very good job. He faced those guys last
time and they got him pretty good. He only threw two innings, I think,
that day. He went out there today and did a much better job, went deep
in the game for us. Ali [Williams] came in and did a great job. [Kyle] Bartsch right there in the ninth inning gave us a chance to win the ballgame."
Starting Pitcher Daniel Stumpf:
"I
felt like I was working the zone. I was still up a little bit but I
didn't feel like it hurt me as much. That was my main deal. My off-speed
was working. Also, being able to get ahead a little bit let me throw my
off-speed more than I did the other day."
"[My]
first start I was a little amped up and was really fast. My times to
the plate were super fast, especially for being from the left side. I
think I was throwing like a 1.1 to home plate. I had runners on, I
wasn't loading so I'd get up in the zone, I'd get in hitter's counts and
then I'd give up a little hit or I'd ending up giving up a ground ball.
But, I mean, getting in a hitter's count is going to run your pitch
count up and you're not going to be able to last long. That was a prime
example of it the other day against Winston-Salem with 2 innings. That
was my main problem there."
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2014
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Stumpf's Gem Spoiled As Dash Hand Blue Rocks Their First Shutout Loss Of The Season
Lefty Allowed One Run And Struck Out Five Over 5.2 Innings
Wilmington, DE -
After the Wilmington Blue Rocks shut out the Winston Salem Dash in two
consecutive games, the Dash returned the favor Saturday by blanking the
Rocks 1-0 in a closely contested ballgame. Daniel Stumpf turned
in the third straight stellar outing by a Wilmington starting pitcher
Saturday. He pitched 5.2 innings, struck out five and allowed just one
run on six hits. With the loss, the Blue Crew falls back to two games
below the .500 mark.
Like Christian Binford
the night before, Stumpf worked quickly on the mound and was able to
establish a rhythm early in the ballgame. The first ? and only ? run he
allowed Saturday came on a two-out RBI double in the third inning by
Dash shortstop Tim Anderson. The two-bagger plated third baseman Nick
Basto, who had singled to lead off the frame and advanced to second on a
wild pitch by Stumpf. Basto's run snapped a string of 21.2 scoreless
innings by Blue Rocks pitching.
Wilmington
had two scoring chances off of Winston-Salem starter Mike Recchia and
failed to convert either of them. In the bottom of the third inning, Beau Maggi drew a one-out walk in his first plate appearance since being activated off of the disabled list earlier in the week. After Kenny Diekroeger flew out to right for the second out, Raul A. Mondesi pulled a double into the right field corner. Manager Darryl Kennedy gave
Maggi the green light to try and score from first, but a perfect relay
throw to the plate gunned down Maggi to retire the side and keep the
Rocks off the board.
In the sixth inning[/URL], a Diekroeger single and walks to Mondesi and Hunter Dozier loaded the bases with two outs for Johermyn Chavez.
Dash manager Tommy Thompson elected to remove Recchia from the game for
reliever Euclides Leyer. Chavez then hit a slow chopper up the third
base line and was thrown out on a fantastic defensive play by Basto to
retire the side. Basto bare-handed the ball and then fired an
off-balance strike to first to get Chavez.
Stumpf
(0-2, 3.52) took the tough-luck loss Sunday while Mike Recchia (1-1,
6.48), who pitched 5.2 scoreless innings and struck out seven, picked up
his first win of the season for the Dash. Jarrett Casey recorded the
final two outs of the game for Winston-Salem to notch his second save of
the season.
The Blue Rocks return to action Monday night as they wrap up a four-game series against the Winston-Salem Dash. Southpaw Sean Manaea (0-1,
8.10) will make his second start of the season for Wilmington, while
right-hander J.B. Wendelkin (1-1, 3.27) will take the bump for the Dash.
First pitch for the series finale is slated for 6:35 p.m., and fans can
listen to the broadcast on 89.7 WGLS-FM. For ticket information, call
302-888-BLUE.
PEBBLES OF KNOWLEDGE:
Cody Stubbs saw
his six-game hitting streak come to an end Sunday with an 0-for-4
performance at the plate. Stubbs has quietly established himself as one
of Wilmington's most consistent and productive hitters. Sunday's loss
was the first time this season that Stubbs appeared in a game but failed
to record a base hit. With the 0-for-4 day, Stubbs' batting average
fell from .364 to .308. However, his six-game hitting streak remains a
Blue Rocks season high. Mondesi returned to the Wilmington lineup Sunday
and lashed a double into the right field corner in the third inning to
extend his own hitting streak to five games. He had missed the previous
two ballgames after getting hit by a pitch on Thursday.
As
a team, the Blue Rocks have stolen 14 bases this season, which puts
them atop the Carolina League in the stolen base department. The Potomac
Nationals currently sit in second place with 12 steals as a team. What
really stands out, though, is that not a single Wilmington base stealer
has been thrown out; the Blue Crew is a perfect 14-for-14 on the
basepaths. Terrance Gore currently leads the Rocks in stolen bases with four. Jack Lopez, Diekroeger and Mondesi
are tied for second on the team with three steals apiece. After swiping
a bag Sunday, Diekroeger has now stolen a base in three consecutive
games. The final Wilmington steal belongs to Tyler Chism, who is currently on the disabled list.
Blue Rocks starting pitching has been stellar during the first three games of this weekend's series against Winston-Salem. Jonathan Dziedzic opened
up the four-game set by tossing six shutout innings on Friday and
striking out eight. Saturday, Binford topped Dziedzic's totals in
innings and in strikeouts when he threw seven shutout innings and struck
out ten. Though Stumpf did not manage to keep Winston-Salem off the
board Sunday, his 5.2 innings pitched, five strikeouts and one run
allowed continued the trend of great Blue Rocks starting pitching.
Dziedzic, Binford and Stumpf posted a combined 0.49 ERA and walked just
two over the 18.2 innings they spent on the mound during the past three
ballgames.
Prior
to Saturday's 1-0 loss to Winston-Salem, Wilmington had not been shut
out in 2014. The Blue Rocks' last shutout loss came on on August 29,
2013, in game one of a doubleheader against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
In that seven-inning contest, the Pelicans handed the Blue Crew a 3-0
loss as the trio of Alex Gonzalez, Randol Rojas and Tyler Smith managed
to keep the Rocks off the board and hold Vance Wilson's squad to
just two hits. No current Blue Rocks appeared in that game. The last
time Wilmington was shut out in a full nine-inning game came three days
earlier, when the Potomac Nationals beat the Rocks 2-0. Potomac's
starting pitcher that day, Paul Demny, pitched six shutout innings,
while Greg Holt, Colin Bates and Robert Benincasa kept the Blue Crew off
of the board during the final three frames. The Blue Rocks had six hits
that night, and Lopez, the team's current second baseman, was
responsible for two of them.
THEY SAID IT:
Manager Darryl Kennedy:
"The
biggest play of the day was that little chopped base hit down the third
base line. The third baseman comes in and bare-hands and throws a
strike to first base. That was a big play and really that was our only
scoring opportunity of the game. It's hard to win with only three hits.
Our pitching and our defense was still there; we just need to get some
timely hits."
"I
thought [Daniel Stumpf] did a very good job. He faced those guys last
time and they got him pretty good. He only threw two innings, I think,
that day. He went out there today and did a much better job, went deep
in the game for us. Ali [Williams] came in and did a great job. [Kyle] Bartsch right there in the ninth inning gave us a chance to win the ballgame."
Starting Pitcher Daniel Stumpf:
"I
felt like I was working the zone. I was still up a little bit but I
didn't feel like it hurt me as much. That was my main deal. My off-speed
was working. Also, being able to get ahead a little bit let me throw my
off-speed more than I did the other day."
"[My]
first start I was a little amped up and was really fast. My times to
the plate were super fast, especially for being from the left side. I
think I was throwing like a 1.1 to home plate. I had runners on, I
wasn't loading so I'd get up in the zone, I'd get in hitter's counts and
then I'd give up a little hit or I'd ending up giving up a ground ball.
But, I mean, getting in a hitter's count is going to run your pitch
count up and you're not going to be able to last long. That was a prime
example of it the other day against Winston-Salem with 2 innings. That
was my main problem there."