Coming back home to the confines of Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium Wednesday should have been welcome sight for the Aberdeen IronBirds, but the bats were silent and the 'Birds lost to the Tri-City ValleyCats, 1-0.
It was the fourth straight shutout the IronBirds (18-26) have been involved in, winning two and losing two. In this loss, the IronBirds were held to one hit.
Preston Palmeiro had the lone hit, singling to lead off the fifth. That was the only Aberdeen baserunner.
Tri-City scored the game's only run in the eighth, with help from the IronBirds. Bryan De La Cruz singled with one out and advanced to second on a throwing error. A ground out moved him to third, where a wild pitch from Aberdeen reliever Steven Klimek allowed him to score.
Starter Travis Seabrooke threw six innings of scoreless baseball, allowing three hits.
A series win
For the third time in as many days, the Aberdeen IronBirds and Brooklyn Cyclones played a New York-Penn League, McNamara Division baseball game that ended with shutout.
The two split the first two games, each winning 1-0 and fortunately for Aberdeen, Tuesday's before noon start resulted in an 2-0 Aberdeen win.
Aberdeen (18-25) got another superb pitching performance with four pitchers combining on a one-hitter. Starter Matthias gave up the hit in three innings of work, but relievers Daniel Ayers (3 IP); Andrew Elliott (2 IP); and Jake Bray (1 IP) were hitless. There were three walks and six strikeouts. Ayers got the win and Bray posted his first save.
The IronBirds scored their first run in the second. Preston Palmeiro ripped his first double and scored on a single by Guillermo Salas.
Aberdeen added its other run in the ninth. Kirvin Moesquit walked, stole second and moved to third on an throwing error. Moesquit scored on Palmeiro's second hit of the game.
Salas also had two hits, while Aberdeen's other hits came from Alejandro Juvier and Daniel Fajardo.
Desmond Lindsay's double was Brooklyn's lone hit.
Aberdeen is back home Wednesday night to begin a three game series with Tri-City. All three games have 7:05 p.m starts.