The Blue Claw's offense never got untracked
and in the process made Georgia Starter Dan Holder look like the next Cy Young winner.

The offense only mustered 2 singles until they finally strung together 3 consecutive hits to score a run and actually take the lead 1-0.

In the bottom of the 7th, Terry singled, Rowe followed with a double, scoring Terry, after Amador flew out, McBean single to center, sending Rowe to third. To...

The Blue Claw's (38-36) make it 2 in a row against the Snakes from Georgia and are now 2 games above .500.

It was a back and forth contest until the Blue Claw's were able to put 3 runs on the board in the last part of the 8th, giving the club a little more breathing room going into the top of the ninth.

Game Recap:

It looked like the Claw's had something going in the bottom of the 1st, with singles from Robbie Martinez...

The Blue Claw's get back to winning, playing good ball tonight.

The Claw's worked on the struggling Rattlesnake SP Bob McDowell right out of the gate tonight in the 1st game of the series.

McCarthy hit his 17th HR in the bottom of the 1st, a quick triple by Ferrer and a single by Terry put them up 2 - 0 at the end of 1.

In the bottom of the 2nd, the Claws got single's from Amador , Martinez and Murray and combined...

The Baltimore Blue Claws (36-36) (5-5 in the last 10 ) will begin a 3 game midweek series in Baltimore with the Georgia Rattlesnakes (33-39) (6-4 in the last 10 ).

League Standings :




Currently the Rattlesnakes are ranked in the EC:

1st overall in runs
1st overall in batting avg
1st overall in on-base %
2nd overall in slugging %
10th overall in era
10th overall in Sp era...

The Blue Claw's (36-36) find themselves losing another tight one run game against the Lowcountry Gators (35-37), again not captilizing on opportunities by leaving 14 men on base.

The big concern of late is the lack of extra base hits from the Blue Claw's. In the three game set with the Gators the Claw's only had 3 xtra base hits, one was a HR and the other two Doubles, one which was by SP Foster Johnson tonight. In fact that is exactly the only run...