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Lakewood opens SAL playoffs with win
Lakewood picked up where it left off during the regular season by dominating Hickory, 7-0, Wednesday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three South Atlantic League Northern Division Championship Series.
Trevor May, a strapping 6-5, 215-pound right-handed pitcher whom the Phillies selected in the fourth round of the 2008 draft, dominated the Crawdads, striking out a Blue Claws playoff record 13 batters. May went 6 2/3 innings and allowed just four hits as Lakewood, the defending South Atlantic League champion, cruised past the Crawdads, the low Class-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers.
May pitched last season for the Blue Claws and began the 2010 season with high Class-A Clearwater, but after going 5-5 with a 5.01 ERA for the Threshers of the Florida State League, he was sent back to Lakewood. May did strike out 90 batters in 70 innings at Clearwater, but he walked 61, which has always been his bug-a-boo.
Instead of pouting, the 20-year-old May (He'll be 21 Sept. 23) came back to Lakewood and dominated, going 7-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 11 starts spanning 65 innings. He struck out 95 and walked just 20. He began the 2010 postseason where he left off in the regular season, just blowing hitters away.
May could start next season at Double-A Reading, but he'll most likely begin at Clearwater again and go from there. If he can avoid the walks, he's a stud prospect.
Offensively, the Blue Claws, who went 84-55 during the regular season and ran away with both the first half and second-half Northern Division titles, were led Wednesday night by catcher Sebastian Valle, first baseman Jonathan Singleton and shortstop Alan Schoenberger, all of whom homered. Valle and Singleton hit solo shots while the scrappy Schoenberger blasted a three-run shot.
Third baseman Jeremy Barnes went 2-for-3 and scored two runs and second baseman Keoni Ruth went 3-for-4, including a double, and scored twice.
Righty Eric Pettis, a 22-year-old who was drafted by the Phillies in the 35th round this year out of Cal-Irvine, made his Lakewood debut and pitched 1 1/3 innings. Pettis was 8-0 with a 1.37 ERA in 59 innings for short-season Williamsport before being promoted to Lakewood for the playoffs after the Crosscutters' season ended this week. Pettis struck out 67 and walked just seven for Williamsport. Righty Josh Zeid, a 10th-round pick by the Phillies in 2009, pitched a scoreless ninth for the Blueclaws. Zeid, a 23-year-old righthander who stands 6-5, went 8-4 with a 2.93 ERA for the Blue Claws this season, mostly as a starter. In 107-plus innings, he struck out 111 and walked just 27. He also had eight saves for Lakewood.
The Blue Claws will head back to Lakewood and host the Crawdads Friday night at 7:05 p.m. at First Energy Field. Stud righthander Brody Colvin (6-8, 3.39 during the regular season) will go up against 'Dads LHP Robert Erlin (6-3, 2.12). Lakewood is 4-2 all-time in the playoffs when trying to eliminate opponents.
Trevor May, a strapping 6-5, 215-pound right-handed pitcher whom the Phillies selected in the fourth round of the 2008 draft, dominated the Crawdads, striking out a Blue Claws playoff record 13 batters. May went 6 2/3 innings and allowed just four hits as Lakewood, the defending South Atlantic League champion, cruised past the Crawdads, the low Class-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers.
May pitched last season for the Blue Claws and began the 2010 season with high Class-A Clearwater, but after going 5-5 with a 5.01 ERA for the Threshers of the Florida State League, he was sent back to Lakewood. May did strike out 90 batters in 70 innings at Clearwater, but he walked 61, which has always been his bug-a-boo.
Instead of pouting, the 20-year-old May (He'll be 21 Sept. 23) came back to Lakewood and dominated, going 7-3 with a 2.91 ERA in 11 starts spanning 65 innings. He struck out 95 and walked just 20. He began the 2010 postseason where he left off in the regular season, just blowing hitters away.
May could start next season at Double-A Reading, but he'll most likely begin at Clearwater again and go from there. If he can avoid the walks, he's a stud prospect.
Offensively, the Blue Claws, who went 84-55 during the regular season and ran away with both the first half and second-half Northern Division titles, were led Wednesday night by catcher Sebastian Valle, first baseman Jonathan Singleton and shortstop Alan Schoenberger, all of whom homered. Valle and Singleton hit solo shots while the scrappy Schoenberger blasted a three-run shot.
Third baseman Jeremy Barnes went 2-for-3 and scored two runs and second baseman Keoni Ruth went 3-for-4, including a double, and scored twice.
Righty Eric Pettis, a 22-year-old who was drafted by the Phillies in the 35th round this year out of Cal-Irvine, made his Lakewood debut and pitched 1 1/3 innings. Pettis was 8-0 with a 1.37 ERA in 59 innings for short-season Williamsport before being promoted to Lakewood for the playoffs after the Crosscutters' season ended this week. Pettis struck out 67 and walked just seven for Williamsport. Righty Josh Zeid, a 10th-round pick by the Phillies in 2009, pitched a scoreless ninth for the Blueclaws. Zeid, a 23-year-old righthander who stands 6-5, went 8-4 with a 2.93 ERA for the Blue Claws this season, mostly as a starter. In 107-plus innings, he struck out 111 and walked just 27. He also had eight saves for Lakewood.
The Blue Claws will head back to Lakewood and host the Crawdads Friday night at 7:05 p.m. at First Energy Field. Stud righthander Brody Colvin (6-8, 3.39 during the regular season) will go up against 'Dads LHP Robert Erlin (6-3, 2.12). Lakewood is 4-2 all-time in the playoffs when trying to eliminate opponents.
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