BlueClaws Give Milner Sixth Win to Finish Season

Lakewood– A run in the 9th inning for Greensboro ruined the shutout, but not the victory, as Lakewood won Game 1 against the Grasshoppers Friday night, 4-1.

Hoby Milner tossed six shutout innings while setting a career-high for strikeouts with eight, as Milner registered his sixth win in 12 starts with Lakewood. Milner finishes the 2012 season with a 6-3 record and a 2.59 ERA while allowing no earned runs in five of his final seven starts (5-1, 1.11 ERA).

Maikel Franco began the scoring for the BlueClaws with an RBI-single in the first inning to give Lakewood the early 1-0 lead. Franco’s RBI was his 83rd of the season and he added a double later in the game to go 2-for-4 and raise his batting average in the second half to .339.

The BlueClaws and Grasshoppers square-off in Game 2 of the four-game series. Lakewood will send Moises Rivas (2-2, 6.42) to the mound to battle Greensboro’s Jose Urena (9-5, 3.20).

First pitch for Saturday’s game is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Listen to all the action on WOBM 1160-AM and WOBM 1310-AM beginning at 6:50 p.m. with the BlueClaws Beat pre-game show.

Posted by Ocean County News on Aug 31 2012. Filed under In the News, Lakewood, Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.