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The final summer homestand for the Lowell Spinners began on Monday night. Heading into this five-game stretch, the Spinners find themselves on a six-game losing skid, having dropped seven of their last ten games. They remain on the outer fringe of the playoff race, sitting 5.5 games out of the final postseason spot.
On the other side, the Worcester Bravehearts arrived on a three-game winning streak. Worcester holds a two-game lead over fourth-place Norwich and stays 3.5 games ahead of fifth-place Nashua.
Monday’s matchup featured Josh Bryant getting the start for Lowell out of the bullpen. Making his 13th appearance of the season, Bryant entered with a 5.68 ERA over 19 innings. Joey Hagen took the mound for the Bravehearts, making his ninth appearance with a 5.13 ERA across 26.1 innings pitched.
Worcester wasted no time jumping on Bryant in the opening frame. Jeylem Sepulveda reached on an infield single and advanced on a throwing error by Lowell second baseman Jack Quigley. Alan Carpenter followed with a double into the right-center field gap, bringing home two runs to give Worcester an early 3-0 lead after a half-inning.
The Bravehearts extended their lead to 4-0 in the third inning when Carpenter knocked an RBI single to right field. Up to that point, Carpenter had gone 2-for-2 with two RBIs on his way to a stellar 3-for-4, 2-RBI night.
Bryant’s night ended after three innings, and Mikey St. Martin came on in relief for Lowell to start the fourth. However, the Bravehearts kept pouring it on. A two-run single from Chris Mondesir (who finished 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs) stretched the lead to 6-0. A passed ball on a third strike brought in another run to make it 7-0, and a fielding error by Quigley pushed the lead to 8-0.
Seamus Scott came on to rescue St. Martin, but the first batter he faced, Joey Benoit (3-for-4, 3 RBIs), singled to right field to score Worcester’s ninth run of the game.
Meanwhile, Hagen was pitching a gem for Worcester. He logged 5.2 innings, allowing just one hit and two walks while striking out eight. He closed out his outing by retiring 11 consecutive batters before turning the ball over to Charlie Hess.
Worcester’s tenth run came across when Mondesir tripled to right-center and scored on a groundout to second base, extending the margin to 10-0.
The Spinners threatened to get on the board in the bottom of the seventh. David Vanderzouwen doubled to left field, and Aidan Driscoll followed with a single to left. However, Vanderzouwen was held at third base despite a wild throw from the outfield. When asked after the game why the runner was held, Spinners manager Kevin Graber said, “It would have made the score 10-1—the run didn’t matter”.
The Spinners were ultimately handed a 10-0 run-rule defeat. With the loss, Lowell’s slump stretches to seven straight games, while Worcester has now won four in a row.
Reflecting on the final two weeks of the season, Graber emphasized that he wants his team to play their best baseball as they prepare to return to their college programs for fall ball. On Monday night, however, Lowell failed to create much opportunity, with Graber giving credit to the Bravehearts’ dominant pitching staff.
Lowell will look to turn things around on Tuesday night in game two of the homestand against Norwich.
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- John is VP of NGSC Sports and headdof our New England operations. He has covered sports in the America East, Big East, ACC, Hockey East and more for many years.
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