Lowell drops third in a row 3-1 to Hudson Valley

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Lowell drops third in a row 3-1 to Hudson Valley

After a week worth of games vs the Connecticut Tigers the Lowell Spinners found someone else to play. The problem was the results stayed the same. Bad baserunning and no timely hitting led the Spinners to their third straight loss, 3-1 to the Hudson Valley Renegades.

Lowell did welcome a new face to their clubhouse on Saturday afternoon, Brandon Philips. He was recently signed by the Red Sox organization and made his 2018 debut in Lowell. Serving as the DH and hitting second in the Spinners lineup, Phillips went two for five with a chance to win the ballgame in the bottom of the ninth. Instead, his fly ball to center field turned out to be the final out of the game.

The Renegades, (14-8) came to Lelacheur Park with the best pitching staff in the New York Penn League. By nights end, what began as a 2.70 ERA before the ballgame finished as a 2.60 ERA after the final out.

Eduard Bazardo made his fifth start of the season, for Lowell. He made only one mistake during his six innings on the mound, an 0-1 fastball to Jake Stone in the third who drove the pitch over the right-field scoreboard to tie the game at 1-1. It was Stone’s second blast of the season, and for Bazardo it was the fourth home run he has allowed.

Minutes earlier in their half of the second, Kole Cottam drilled a 2-1 pitch off an advertising sign in right for his second long ball of the year. The line drive HR came off Renegades starter Blake Pflughaupt, ( 4.2 IP, six hits, one earned run, one walk, six strikeouts). It was the first home run Pflughaupt had allowed this season.

The Spinners missed a golden opportunity to tie the game and even take the lead in the seventh. Facing relief pitcher Simon Rosenblum-Larsson, who replaced Pflughaupt in the fifth with two outs, Korby Batesole walked. He was advanced to second by a sacrifice bunt. With Dylan Hardy at the plate, Batesole made a baserunning mistake. Hardy hit a ground ball to third and Batesole took off for third despite the ball being hit in front of him. Hudson Valley third baseman Adrian Rondon fielded the grounder and tagged Batesole going by. The error was compounded when Phillips hit a single to left which may have scored Batesole from second. A mistake the Spinners would regret.

In the eighth, the Renegades showed how this is done against Lowell’s third hurler of the night Andrew Politti. Hudson Valley leadoff man Justin Bridgman singled through the shortstop hole into left field. The next batter, Tanner Dodson, tripled to the gap in left-center field scoring Bridgman. The extra base-hit gave the visitors a 2-1 lead. It was part of a three-hit night for the Renegades DH.

Dodson would cross the plate with Hudson Valley’s third run on a double to right field by Chris Betts. Of the eight total hits by
the Renegades on the night, half of them were extra-base hits (one double, two triples, one home run).

In the ninth, Hudson Valley Manager Blake Buthera called on B.J. Myers to close the door on the Spinners. After getting the first two hitters he faced, Myers ran into some trouble. First, he walked Grant Williams, then he hit Hardy. With two on and two out, up stepped Phillips with the game on the line. Myers would win this battle getting Phillips to fly out to center field with the tying runs on base.

Rosenblum-Larsson gets the win and is now (1-1) on the season. Myers picked up save number two on the year. For Lowell, (9-13) Politti suffered his first loss this year against no wins.

The two teams will have at it on Sunday night with first pitch at 5:35 pm.

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