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O-Tigers lose first
The Oneonta Tigers stranded eight runners and went 2-for-8 with runners in scoring position in a 2-1 New York-Penn League loss at Lowell on Tuesday night.
It marked the first loss for the O-Tigers (2-1), who had the tying run at third base with one out in the ninth inning before Michael Rockett grounded into a 4-6-3 double play.
Rockett also grounded into an inning-ending 1-2-3 double play in the fifth when the Tigers had loaded the bases.
Oneonta finishes its three-game series with Lowell (3-2) at 7:05 p.m. tonight. The Tigers then head to Vermont for a three-game set beginning at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.
The Tigers were limited to six hits.
Oneonta threatened in the top of the fifth as Rawley Bishop singled and Chris Sedon followed with a bunt single. Bishop moved to third on a throwing error by winning pitcher Jeremy Kehrt.
After Sedon stole second, Wade Lamont struck out looking. Matt Mansilla was then hit by a pitch to load the bases.
But Kehrt induced Rockett into a come-backer that started a double play.
Lowell took the lead in the bottom of the inning.
Ronald Bermudez doubled off losing pitcher Clemente Mendoza and went to third on a wild pitch. He scored on Chia-Chu Chen's double to left to make it 1-0. Mendoza struck out Wilfredo Pichardo and got Ryan Westmoreland to fly out to center.
But Derrick Gibson followed with an RBI single.
Oneonta scored in the eighth. With two outs, Jim Gulliver walked and went to second on Wade Gaynor single. Eric Roof's single to left to score Gulliver to make it 2-1.
Mendoza (0-1) took the loss, giving up two runs on four hits in three innings of relief. He struck out two and walked none. Oneonta starter Nathan Newman pitched three innings of one-hit ball, striking out five and walking two.
NOTE: Catcher Keith Hernandez, who was scheduled to be on Oneonta's opening roster, has returned to the team. Hernandez had been called up to Triple-A Toledo and played one game. He went 0-for-2.
Spinners 2, O-Tigers 1
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