Baysox Fall 5-0 in Season Opener Against Senators

The Bowie Baysox struck out in their season opener Thursday night—literally.

Four Harrisburg pitchers combined to fan 15 Bowie hitters as the host Senators blanked the Baysox, 5-0, in the season opener for both teams. Bowie had its chances but went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position and left five on base.

Bowie starter Chorye Spoone—a Pasadena, MD native—went three innings and gave up three runs on three hits with three strikeouts. But he walked five batters, two of which came in a three-run third inning that gave Harrisburg the lead for good.

The four Bowie pitchers walked a total of eight batters.

The Baysox finished with five hits while Harrisburg had just four. But Bowie couldn’t come through with key hits at the right times.

“Hopefully it was a case of the Opening Day jitters,” said new Bowie manager Gary Kendall. “Offensively, we have to be more prepared. We weren’t really prepared early in the ballgame. From a pitching standpoint, we can’t walk as many guys as we did.”