Smyrna powers past Caravel at Frawley Stadium

 

The Smyrna Eagles hosted the No. 10 Caravel Buccaneers at Frawley Stadium. That right the Eagles opted to play Caravel at Frawley instead of playing at home so they were the home team. 

 

Well moving the game to Frawley paid off for Smyrna. Their bats exploded at the Minor League field scoring 8 runs in the first two innings. In the bottom of the first James Tassone reached on a hit by pitch then was knocked in on a double by Jacob Tiberi. 

 

In the bottom of the second inning the Eagles sent 13 batters to the plate scoring 8 runs on 7 hits. Four Smyrna batters had extra base hits as Matthew Pasaro, Trevor Ridgeway, and Tassone each hit doubles while the final hit came off the bat of Nolan Oakley who cleared the right field wall for a two run homerun.   

 

The Eagles got two more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning as Oakley registered his second hit of the game on a single. He was followed by Hunter Strauss who doubled to knock Oakley in for the first run of the inning. A few batters later Passero singled to knock in Strauss as the Eagles took an 11-0 lead over the Buccaneers. 

 

Overshadowed by the offensive explosion was Smyrna starting pitcher Nathan Donahue who threw a gem going 5 scoreless innings while only allowing 2 hits in the victory. Donahue was able to shut down the Buccaneers bats and solidify the win in 5 innings due to the mercy rule.