The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs lost Saturday night’s ballgame by a final score of 10-6. The Blue Crabs took an early lead scoring a pair in the second. After a leadoff walk to Brett Barrera and a double by Jamari Baylor, Pearce Howard opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly.
After both runners advanced, Baylor scored on a balk by right-handed pitcher Matt Hartman to give the Crabs a 2-0 lead.
In the third inning Ethan Wilson singled with one out and stole second base. With two gone in the inning, Barrera singled in Wilson to make it 3-0. The Crabs made it 4-0 in the fourth courtesy of an RBI single by Zach Racusin.
The Ghost Peppers and Crabs traded runs in the fifth before Gastonia tallied three in the sixth to make it a 5-4 game.
Gastonia then exploded for a five run seventh inning capping it off with a grand slam to take a 9-5 lead. The Crabs scored one in the eighth with a Jackson Loftin RBI base knock before the Ghost Peppers tallied another in the ninth.
Southern Maryland now falls 46-38 overall and 10-12 in the second half. Connor Overton will take the mound in Sunday’s rubber match against the Ghost Peppers with first pitch at 2:05 p.m.