The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs lost in Sunday’s series finale 12-5 to the Gastonia Ghost Peppers.
Starter Jalen Miller found success early, facing just two over the minimum through four innings. But Gastonia opened up a four-spot in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead. The Ghost Peppers tacked on two more in the sixth, before the Blue Crabs got on the board when Giovanni Digiacomo knocked in a run with a groundout.
Gastonia took a 9-1 lead with a three-run seventh, but then the Blue Crabs answered back with two runs of their own.
An RBI single from Ethan Wilson and a sacrifice fly from Alejandro De Aza made it a 9-3 ballgame, before a Digiacomo solo shot and a Ryan McCarthy sacrifice fly made it 9-5 in the eighth.
Gastonia tacked on another three runs in the ninth to make it 12-5.
With the loss the Blue Crabs fall to 16-15 on the season. Southern Maryland will be back in action on Monday with a doubleheader in York before traveling to Long Island to begin a three game series on Tuesday.
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