The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs were shutout by the Sugar Land Skeeters 2-0 tonight at Regency Furniture Stadium. Skeeters starting pitcher Matt Wright would throw a three-hitter through seven innings while striking out four to earn his tenth win of the season. Blue Crabs lefty Michael Ballard’s only moment of weakness came in the third and seventh as he gave up two runs and was handed his fifth loss of the season. Renny Osuna, Jose Julio-Ruiz and Jeremy Owens were the only players on Southern Maryland to manage a hit in the contest.
Skeeters second baseman Jeff Dominguez blasted a solo home run off of Blue Crabs pitcher Ballard in the third to take the early lead. The score would stand at 1-0 until the seventh when Sugar Land added another run to the board. Centerfielder Adam Godwin would slice a double into centerfield, allowing Michael Rockett to score the Skeeters second run of the game. The two tallies remained the final as the Blue Crabs managed just three hits in the contest.
UP NEXT – The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs will play the second game of a three-game set against the Sugar Land Skeeters Saturday at Regency Furniture Stadium. The game slated for 6:35 p.m. will also feature the Blue Crabs “Tag Teaming Heart Health and Awareness Night” with an appearance by Jerry the King Lawler. There will also be a jersey auction as the Blue Crabs don camouflage jerseys compliments of Zenetex. Fans can listen to the Blue Crabs live broadcast Saturday by tuning intowww.phoenixintermedia.com with pre-game beginning at 6:15 p.m. Fans cans also follow the Blue Crabs on www.somdbluecrabs.com, on Facebook (Southern Maryland Blue Crabs), on Twitter (@BlueCrabs) and on Instagram (BlueCrabsBaseball).
BLUE CRABS HIGHLIGHTS:
RP Eddie Morlan – 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K
SS Renny Osuna – 1-for-4
LF Jose Julio-Ruiz – 1-for-3
CF Jeremy Owens – 1-for-3
Sugar Land 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 – 2 9 0
S Maryland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0 3 0
WP: M. Wright (10-1)
LP: M. Ballard (5-5)
S: G. Majewski (4)
Attendance: 3,189
