Shorebirds

Delmarva scored three runs on five hits to take a 3-0 lead in the third inning and the Shorebirds defeated the Hagerstown Suns 4-2 on Wednesday. Todd Davison's RBI double and RBI singles by Daniel Figueroa and Billy Rowell gave the Shorebirds a lead they never lost in sending the Suns (3-10) to their second straight loss. Hagerstown scored its only two runs in the sixth. Leonard Davis doubled and Francisco Guzman singled before Davis scored on Robert Jacobsen's fielder's choice grounder.

Suns down Shorebirds Today Hickory Crawdads TBA at Hagerstown Suns John Thomas (0-2, 7.52) Time: 6 Radio: WHAG 1410 SALISBURY, Md. - While Hagerstown waited until the sixth inning Saturday to get started, the Suns jumped all over Delmarva in the first two innings Sunday en route to a 10-3 victory and a sweep of the two-game road series against the Shorebirds. Hagerstown split two home games against Delmarva last week in the split four-game series.

SALISBURY, Md. - The Hagerstown Suns witnessed the Tour de Fransz on Tuesday. Instead of Lance Armstrong circling the country on a bike for his seventh victory, Delmarva's Jason Fransz sent seven runs around the bases for the Shorebirds. Fransz hit three home runs, including a solo shot to lead off the 11th inning, for seven RBI to lift Delmarva to a mistake-filled 8-7 victory over the reeling Suns. Jose Gomez (1-4) came on in the 11th and surrendered the home run to the first batter he faced for his third loss in extra innings in eight games.

bobp@herald-mail.com Jonathan Armitage's ability to handle a pop quiz gave the Hagerstown Suns more than just a passing grade on Education Day. Armitage came up with a diving stab in the third inning of the opening game of a matinee doubleheader to preserve an early Hagerstown lead and end a possible Delmarva tying rally Wednesday as the Suns scored a 7-5, 5-0 sweep before 4,021 at Municipal Stadium. Keith Anderson drove in four runs, which included a three-run home run in the third inning, and Nate Schierholtz added his South Atlantic League-leading 13th homer as the Suns claimed the opener.

Shorebirds rain on Suns' night By BOB PARASILITI / Staff Writer Lately, there has been enough rain to turn Municipal Stadium into an island. That wouldn't be anything new for the Hagerstown Suns because their defense had already left them marrooned a long time ago. continued Delvarva scored eight runs - five unearned thanks to a Shawn Fagan error - in the first inning and turned back Hagerstown despite some early outbursts of its own for a 13-7 victory on Monday which was shortened to 7 1/2 innings by rain.

Delmarva scored four runs in the first inning, three more in the second and rolled to a 9-3 victory over Hagerstown in a South Atlantic League game at Municipal Stadium on Wednesday. The Shorebirds greeted Suns starter Bradley Meyers with five straight hits to start the game. Matthew Angle and Ryan Adams each doubled, Joseph Nowicki hit a two-run homer to make it 3-0, Joseph Mahoney doubled and Tyler Henson hit an RBI single for a 4-0 lead in the first. Meyers' start only got worse in the second.

bobp@herald-mail.com Travis Ishikawa turned himself into an editor on Friday. The Hagerstown Suns first baseman took the book that Delmarva had on him and abridged it. The Shorebirds followed the manuscript they had compiled last weekend to neutralize Ishikawa when they played at Municipal Stadium - left-handed pitching working inside. But Ishikawa ripped the page out of the binding with a three-run homer in the sixth to give the streaking Suns a 4-3 victory. In fact, Ishikawa drove in all four Hagerstown runs - tying the game with a fourth-inning single - as the Suns (29-23)