Levy Homer, Love Quality Start Not Enough in Greensboro Mullins Extends Hitting Streak to Seventeen GREENSBORO, NC – Stuart Levy hit a game-tying solo homer in the top of the seventh for Delmarva, but Greensboro came back to win 3-2 in the series opener on Tuesday night at NewBridge Bank Park. Ryan Mountcastle got the Shorebirds on the board in the top of the first. Cedric Mullins opened the game by out-hustling a throw to second base on a ball lined into the left-center field gap. Mullins went to third on Ricardo Andujar’s ground out and then Mountcastle lifted a…
SHOREBIRDS STUMBLE IN GREENSBORO Delmarva Drops Two, Fall to Third Place in Divisional Race GREENSBORO, NC – The Shorebirds lost meaningful ground in the hunt for a Northern Division title on Friday night after falling 5-3 and 2-1 in a double-header sweep at the hands of the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The Shorebirds his three solo homers on the day, but couldn’t come up with a momentum defining play in front of more than 7,000 people at NewBridge Bank Park. Actually, the day couldn’t have started any better. Cedric Mullins led off the first game with a 414 foot rocket over the…
GREENSBORO BLASTS THREE HOMERS IN WIN OVER DELMARVA Francisco Jimenez Allowed Two Long Balls, Including Grand Slam (Courtesy of Brendan Gulick with Delmarva Shorebirds Baseball) GREENSBORO, NC – Delmarva had won eight of its last 11 games entering Monday night’s contest at Greensboro because of outstanding pitching over the last week and a half. Shorebirds starter Francisco Jimenez had a tough night against the hottest team in the league though, as the Grasshoppers won their eight in a row with a 9-2 victory over the Shorebirds at NewBridge Bank Park. Trailing 9-0 in the eighth inning, the Shorebirds’ only offense…