Mark Beecher, a Fallston-based amateur jockey, took the inside trip with Upland Partners’ Mystic Strike in Saturday’s $50,000 My Lady’s Manor, surged to the lead at the final fence, and held off a hard-charging Witor to win Saturday’s 109th running of the Maryland timber classic.
On Sunday, July 19, the Bowie Baysox giving away a bobblehead of Babe Ruth in a 1914 Baltimore Orioles minor league uniform, his first professional team, to the first 1,000 fans 13-and-older.
Orioles minor leaguer Eddie Gamboa, pitching for Double-A Bowie, tossed a seven-inning no hitter in the first game of a doubleheader against the Harrisburg Senators on Sunday afternoon.
Double-A Bowie right fielder Ronnie Welty had a night to remember Thursday night, hitting two home runs and driving in a career-high eight runs in the Baysox's 17-2 trouncing of Harrisburg at Prince George's Stadium.
The Bowie Baysox are trying to put some romance in the air at Prince George's Stadium. The Orioles' Double-A affiliate is holding a "Date Night at the Diamond" promotion July 6.
