Senators Dominate Baysox in First Game of Series

The Harrisburg Senators scored eight runs in the fifth inning on Monday to dominate the Baysox at home in a 13-2 win, putting the Baysox a game and a half behind them for first place.

The 11-run loss was the largest on the season for Bowie, and manager Gary Kendall said Harrisburg came ready to play. ““They were a team that has been struggling on that end of it and everything they started to hit started to fall. They hit the ball hard - to their credit. And our bullpen didn't give us that much relief to try and hold the game there, it just got out of hand,” he said.

The eighth inning also proved hard for the Baysox pitching staff, giving up four more runs making the score 13-1.

Starting left-hander Zach Britton pitched four and two-thirds innings, allowing eight runs (four earned) on eight hits and striking out nine as he was credited with the loss.

Wynn Pelzer pitched two and one-third innings in relief of Britton and allowed five runs (three earned) on five hits. Raul Rivero the final two innings of the game and did not allow a run while giving up two hits and striking out three batters.

The Baysox struggled with three big errors that led to six runs being scored.

"There were a couple of balls in the outfield that I thought we didn't break on well enough to make plays,” Kendall said. “Even with that situation, we just didn't make good decisions in the infield. A double play ball in a 1-0 game you have to try to get the double play - you don't get the back end its 1-1. A bad decision was made and it was reviewed and I am sure it won't happen again."