2019 DelMarVa Championship
Norfolk Cavaliers vs Lewes Braves
Attendance: 52,658
Starting Lineups:
Norfolk Cavaliers
CF Kent Davis (L)
RF Jeff Lewis
C Ed Duke (L)
LF Francisco Reyes
1B King Brock (L)
2B Pat Hall
3B Cody Johnson
SS Augusto Rodriguez
SP Arturo Ramirez
Lineup Adjustments
Without the DH, Sergio Gavlez will not get the start. Reyes will head to left field, Lewis will be in right and King Brock will play first. It was a tough choice, but I decided to go with the veteran Brock over Galvez. Both players are hitting the ton out of the ball this post-season. Brock played 1 game at 1B this season.
Cody Johnson is getting the start to give Chambers a spell. Chambers is 3 for 23 (.130-0-0) during the playoffs and 0-5 with 2 K's during the Championship Series. Johnson hasn't appeared yet in the 2019 playoffs.
Lewes Braves
CF Felipe Marquez
2B Joaquin Torres (L)
RF Leonard Davis (L)
1B Charles Culligan (L)
C Jake Judkins
3B Dave Moore
LF Melvin Riley (L)
SS Mathew Keys
SP Paul Randolph
Inning 1:
Top: Davis strikes out. Lewis flies out to center. Duke singles up the middle. Reyes flies out to deep center.
Bottom: Marquez grounds out to short. Torres grounds out to first. Davis grounds out 3-1.
Norfolk 0, Lewes 0
Inning 2:
Top: Brock grounds out back to the mound. Hall strikes out. Johnson strikes out.
Bottom: Culligan singles to center. Judkins walks, Culligan to second. Moore hits into a 5-4 FC, Culligan to third.
Riley singles to right, Culligan scores, Moore to second. Keys hits into the inning ending 4-6-3 DP.
Norfolk 0, Lewes 1
Inning 3:
Top: Rodriguez singles up the middle. Rodriguez steals second. Ramirez fails on the sac-bunt, strikes out. Davis walks. Rodriguez steals third, Davis steals second.
Lewis singles to right, Rodriguez and Davis score. Duke grounds out to short, Lewis to second. Reyes flies out to deep center.
Bottom: Randolph singles up the middle. Marquez reaches on a 1-6 FC. Torres hits into a 4-6-3 DP.
Norfolk 2, Lewes 1
Inning 4:
Top: Brock grounds out to second. Hall grounds out to short. Johnson pops out to first.
Bottom: Davis grounds out to short. Culligan grounds out to short. Judkins flies out to center.
Norfolk 2, Lewes 1
Inning 5:
Top: Rodriguez flies out to center. Ramirez singles to left. Ramirez goes to second on a the wild pitch. Davis grounds out 3-1, Ramirez to third.
Lewis singles to right, Ramirez scores. Duke grounds out to first.
Bottom: Moore flies out to right. Riley grounds out to short. Keyes flies out to left.
Norfolk 3, Lewes 1
Inning 6:
Top: Reyes strikes out. Brock bloops one into left for a single. Hall strikes out. Brock goes to second on a passed-ball. Johnson walks. Rodriguez grounds out to third.
Bottom: Randolph grounds out to short. Marquez flies out to center. Torres grounds out to second.
Norfolk 3, Lewes 1
Inning 7:
Top: Ramirez flies out to center. Davis flies out to left. Lewis grounds out to second.
Bottom: Davis singles to right. Culligan flies out to center. Judkins strikes out. Moore grounds out to the mound.
Norfolk 3, Lewes 1
Inning 8:
Top: Duke singles to right. Reyes flies out to center. Brock strikes out. Hall hits into a 5-4 FC.
Bottom: Riley grounds out to short. Keys is safe at first on a E1...
Pinch Hitter: Ryan Warrender will hit for SP Randolph... Warrender flies out to right. Marquez strikes out.
Norfolk 3, Lewes 1
Inning 9:
Top:
New Pitcher: Carlos Rodriguez enters the game... Johnson strikes out. Rodriguez grounds out to second. Ramirez strikes out.
Bottom:
Defensive Sub: Sergio Galves enters the game for King Brock and will play LF, Reyes moves from LF to 1B... Torres singles up the middle...
New Pitcher: Elmer Hawkins enters the game, Hawkins is in the face the Lefties...
Pinch Runner: Yasutokie Ine runs for Torres... Pinch Hitter: Robert Johnson will hit for Davis... Johnson walks, Ine to second. Culligan flies out to left...
New Pitcher: Jamie King enters the game... Judkins grounds into the 6-4-3 DP to end the game.
Norfolk 3, Lewes 1
Norfolk leads the series 3-0
** Yes I kept Ramirez in to hit, he had thrown 87 pitches and was dominating in my opinion. Once he gave up the leadoff hit and their two "big" hitters were coming up, both lefties I decided to pull the plug **
W: Arturo Ramriez (1-0)
L: Paul Randolph (0-1)
S: Jamie King (1)
POG: Arturo Ramirez, 8 IP, 5 H, 1 Run, 1 BB, 2 K's, 90 PI/63 PS
Key Moment: There was really 2 key moments in this game. The first was in the 2nd inning Lewes scored the first run of the game, had runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out and Ramriez got Mathew Keys to hit into the 6-4-3 inning ending DP, killing what could of been a big inning... The second had to be the 9th inning with the Braves putting together another ralley, with the winning run at the plate and runners on 1st and 2nd, Jamie King gets Jake Judkins to hit into the 6-4-3 game ending DP... Two huge double plays to end stymie the Braves before they could get a ralley going.
"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down. My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down." - Arturo Ramirez
"What can you say? We haven't hit well all series, hopefully we shake this off and bounce back tomorrow and get a win under our belt" - Mal Gentry (Lewes MGR)
Thoughts: Our offense still isn't doing all that much, today we had 7 hits, all singles. Jeff Lewis had 2 opposite field singles, driving in all 3 of our runs. Ed Duke also added 2 hits... Cody Johnson didn't swing the bat well, but he hasn't played in over an week, so its understandable. I will have to figure out if I want him to go again or Chambers... Duke continues to hit the ball during the series now hitting .417... The Braves have only one starter hitting over .200, Mathew Keys who is 2 for 9... The starting pitching continues to be impressive. And I looked to Ron Reilly to continue that in Game 4.