Kannapolis drops double header to Delmarva Thursday night
Game 1After totaling just three hits in the first game of the double header, the Kannapolis Intimidators (39-24) fell 6-1 to the Delmarva Shorebirds (33-30) Thursday night at Intimidators Stadium supported by Atrium Health.Blake Battenfield (L, 5-3) got his 13th start of the season for the Intimidators and it turned
Game 1
After totaling just three hits in the first game of the double header, the Kannapolis Intimidators (39-24) fell 6-1 to the Delmarva Shorebirds (33-30) Thursday night at Intimidators Stadium supported by Atrium Health.
After a smooth three-up three-down inning in the first, Delmarva's
The third inning didn't get much better as the Shorebirds hit three straight doubles to begin the inning that finished with Delmarva tallying five hits and scoring three runs.
Besides a double from Rivera in the bottom of the first inning, the next hit for the Intimidators didn't come until the bottom of the third when
Later that inning, a walk and hit by pitch left
There weren't any runs, and very few hits for either team in the next three innings, but in the top of the seventh, the last inning given today's double header, the visitors continued to extend their lead to 6-1.
The inning started off with Jarrett being hit by a pitch followed with a double from Seamus Curran that gave
While there was a sliver of hope when Villa, who singled in the fourth, led off the inning with a hit-by-pitch, it wasn't meant to be.
Game 2
The second half of the doubleheader went just as poorly as the first half, as the Kannapolis Intimidators (39-25) fell to the Delmarva Shorebirds (34-30) for the second time on Thursday.
Just three batters into the top of the first, Delmarva found themselves with bases loaded and no outs thanks to a walk, error by Curbelo, and a hit by pitch. After an additional hit by
Both teams added runs in the second inning when Delmarva put together a two-out rally that ended with Jarrett driving in Mason McCoy on a liner to right field, and the Intimidators got a two out RBI up the middle from
It seemed that Parke started to settle in when he threw a 1-2-3 third inning, but tonight was not his night. The third inning rolled around, and the wheels fell off.
A top of the fourth that consisted of singles by
Villa continued his strong day at the plate by adding another hit in the bottom of the fourth, but again, the rally fell short and Kannapolis left two on base.
In the fifth
For Delmarva, Dietz, who pitched five solid innings, walked away with his sixth win of the season, with
In the end, the Kannapolis Intimidators fell 8-4 to the Delmarva Shorebirds, getting swept on Tuesday's doubleheader.