Baseball Lakewood Completes Sweep Of Lexington With Hail Shortened Game by Staff Post June 8, 2016 Harold Arauz pitched five scoreless innings to power the host Lakewood BlueClaws past the Lexington (Ky.) Legends 6-0 in South Atlantic League play at FirstEnergy Park in front of 3,525 fans Wednesday. Lakewood, the Philadelphia Phillies’ low Class A farm team, erupted for five runs in the fourth inning to push its record to 23-35 and sweep the three-game series with the Legends (22-36), the Kansas City Royals’ affiliate. The BlueClaws escaped last place in the Northern Division. They are sixth in the seven-team division. Lakewood has won three straight games and is 5-5 in its last 10 outings. The game was called in the bottom of the fifth by the umpires because of a rain and hail storm. Arauz (2-4) allowed three hits, struck out seven and walked none. Arauz, who hails from Panama, was acquired from the Houston Astros with pitchers Mark Appel, Vincent Velasquez ad Thomas Eshelman for pitcher Ken Giles and infielder Jonathan Arauz on Dec. 123, 2015. Harold Arauz was originally signed by Houston as an amateur free agent July 12, 2011. Lakewood scored an unearned run in the second when Jan Hernandez doubled home Austin Bossart, who had reached on an error. The BlueClaws blew the game open in the fourth, banging out six straight hits. Carlos Duran opened the scoring with an RBI double. Venn Bitter, Emmanuel Marrero and Jiandido Tromp followed with run-scoring singles and Josh Tobias capped the scoring with a sacrfice fly. Loser Josh Blewett (3-6) allowed six runs including five earned, through 3 1/3 innings. Tobias and Hernandez stroked two hits each. The sweep was Lakewood’s second of the season. It swept a four-game series from the Virginia Power, a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate, May 12-15. The BlueClaws will visit the Delmarva (Md.) Shorebirds, a Baltimore Orioles farm club, for a four-game weekend series. Lakewood right-hander Franklyn Kilome (1-5) will oppose righty Francisco Jimenez (4-5) Thursday night. Post Views: 1,172 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related Topicslakewood blueclawsMiLBMinor League BaseballPhiladelphia Phillies Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Michael Jordan Could Change the Future of Nascar for the Better by Inesh Chari | posted on March 30, 2021 WNBA Rolling Out Red Carpet For Upcoming 25th Anniversary Season by Jason Cordner | posted on March 16, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Bees Swarm Back And Edge Patriots 7-6 First Place Jackals Enjoying Success Early This Season