Skeeters cruising in the winner's Lane

In the 1st game of the 4-game series, Jason Lane (0-0, 6.00 ERA) got his first start of the season for the Skeeters. The Revs would send their newest pitcher Matt Chico (0-0, 0.00 ERA) to the mound to face the visitors.

Lane pitched 5 complete innings facing only 17 batters, just 2 over the minimum possible...putting him in-line for his 1st win of the season. In those 5 innings, Lane allowed 2 hits, both singles, struck out 3 Revs and did not allow a walk. Great outing for the newest Skeeters' pitcher!

The Skeeters started slowly and did not put any runs on the board until the 3rd inning...when they scored 5 runs to take the 5-0 lead. Ryde Rodriguez scored on a Josh Pressley walk, Bubba Bell & Miguel Negron scored on an Ofilio Castro double, Josh Pressley scored after 2 consecutive wild pitches, and Ofilio Castro scored on a Matt Hagen double before the side was retired.

Pedro Liriano (1-2, 2.94 ERA) came in to relieve Lane for the 6th inning. Liriano faced 5 batters, allowed 2 hits and gave 1 run back to the Revs...score was 5-1 after 6 innings.

The Skeeters got the run back in the top of the 8th inning after Matt Hagen doubled, then scored on an Iggy Suarez single to make the score 6-1. Eric Krebs (1-1, 1.71 ERA) came in for Liriano in the 8th inning and started throwing heat...reaching 93 MPH with his fastball!! After getting the 1st out, he allowed the next 3 batters to reach...giving up 1 run in the process. Gaetti had seen enough and pulled Krebs replacing him with Gary Majewski (2-0, 1.13 ERA, 5 Saves). With the score 6-2, it is a save situation for Majewski. The Revs were able to get 1 more run, credited to Krebs, to make the score 6-3 good guys.

The first 2 batters, Bubba Bell (double) & Miguel Negron (BB, 3rd for night), reached base in the top of the 9th inning and with 2 consecutive wild pitches, Bubba Bell was able to score making it 7-3...which happens to be the final score...SKEETERS WIN!!!

The win is the 4th consecutive win for Sugar Land making the record 22-28, 5-5 over the last 10 games. With this being the only game played tonight, the Skeeters are now 8 games behind Lancaster for 1st and 2 games behind Somerset and York for 3rd.

Jason Lane got his first win of the season...in his first start, and Gary Majewski got his 6th save of the season.

Hitting Streaks:

Ofilio Castro (6)

Iggy Suarez (3)

Bubba Bell (2)

Ryde Rodriguez (2)

The Skeeters & Revs will play a double header Tuesday, with the first game starting at 4:30pm local time. Ryan Ketchner (0-2, 13.50 ERA) gets the start for the first game. The second game will start 30 minutes after the first game concludes and will have Derrick Gordon (1-3, 5>83 ERA) getting the start.