It's the Lakewood BlueClaws I'm talking about here. On Monday night they used two homers in the ninth, by Anthony Hewitt to tie the game, then by Jiwan James to win it, in a thrilling come-from-behind victory over the Lexington Legends. Last night the Legends finally broke through in the eighth against starter Brody Colvin to take a 1-0 lead. In the bottom of the ninth, however, the 'Claws hit two doubles to tie it up. After the Legends failed to score in the tenth, the 'Claws capitalized, loading the bases on a single and two walks, then bringing in the winning run on a walk to slugger Jonathan Singleton. Exciting? Yes! With the win, the BlueClaws maintain their one-game advantage over the Hickory Crawdads for first in the SAL Northern Division. Only five games left to go in the first half of the season. As usual, two players were signing autographs before the game. Both were drafted last year. Kyle Lafrenze is a reliever; Jeremy Barnes, drafted as a shortstop, plays second. He was recently picked to go to the South Atlantic League All-Star game.
It was a lovely night in Lakewood. The only downer was hearing the Phillies' score on the way home.
