Lakewood claims fifth straight victory LEXINGTON, KY. - The BlueClaws stretched their winning streak to five games on Wednesday night, recording a 4-2 win over Lexington at Applebee's Park. Jacob Diekman gave the BlueClaws six strong innings. Despite walking five hitters, the BlueClaws southpaw gave up just a pair of earned runs. Diekman (2-5) got the help of two doubleplay balls. Lakewood turned four doubleplays to help limit the Legends, who recorded just six hits in the game. Read more about BlueClaws pull out 4-2 win over Lexington .

Lakewood scores seven straight to cut deficit to two games

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - Lakewood's chances were few and far between on Wednesday afternoon, but they took full advantage of each one while claiming a 7-3 victory over the first-place West Virginia Power at FirstEnergy Park.

The victory trimmed the West Virginia lead to just two games in the North Division standings with two games still remaining in the series.

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Lakewood scores five runs in ninth inning

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The BlueClaws missed out on their biggest comeback of the season on Monday night, scoring six runs over the final two innings before falling 7-6 to the Augusta GreenJackets at FirstEnergy Park.

The first-place GreenJackets jumped out to a 7-0 lead after six innings against BlueClaws starter Julian Sampson and reliever Moises Melendez. But the BlueClaws offense came alive in the eighth and ninth inning against the Augusta bullpen to cut the lead to one.

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Lakewood comes back from four runs down in final two innings

Michael Taylor's RBI base hit in the bottom of the ninth capped a dramatic late-inning comeback, as the BlueClaws stormed from behind to claim a 5-4 victory over Kannapolis on Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Park.  Lakewood trailed 4-0 heading to the bottom of the eighth inning, but picked up one run in the eighth, before tagging a pair of relievers for four runs in the ninth.  

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Winn drives in decisive run in the eighth

Dennis Winn compensated for a late error that allowed the tying run to score by driving in the winning run with a double in the bottom of the eighth inning to help the BlueClaws to a 7-5 victory over Hagerstown on Thursday night at FirstEnergy Park.

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Brown knocks in go-ahead run in extras

The BlueClaws rallied to force extra innings, before Dominic Brown singled in the go- ahead run in the 11th to help Lakewood a critical 8-6 victory over Lake County at Classic Park on Thursday afternoon. With one away, Brown singled off of Dallas Cawiezell to score T.J. Warren from second base to give the BlueClaws a 5-4 lead. Michael Taylor followed with a three-run home run, his eighth of the year, to blow the game wide open.

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Lakewood needs just four hits to claim victory

HICKORY, N.C. - Lakewood needed just four hits to pick up a 4-1 victory over the Hickory Crawdads on Friday night at L.P. Frans Stadium.

The BlueClaws broke open a tie ballgame in the top of the eighth inning without the use of a hit. Hickory first baseman Tom Hagan made two errors on back-to- back plays, setting up two unearned runs. The winning-run crossed home plate after Hagan threw away a possible doubleplay ball off the bat of Joel Naughton.

Lakewood has scored just six runs in the last two games, but has allowed only one in that stretch. The BlueClaws have scored four runs or fewer in 20 of their 28 second half games.

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Cisco, McConnell and Cruz combine to blank Suns

HAGERSTOWN, Md. -- Lakewood shut out Hagerstown for the second consecutive game on Thursday night, taking a 7-0 victory over the Suns behind Mike Cicso and Eryk McConnell at Municipal Stadium.

Cisco was a last minute replacement for scheduled starter Chance Chapman, who was scratched due to an injury, and the move ended up working out as well as possible for the 'Claws. Cisco (1-0) was brilliant in his five innings, giving up just three hits and no walks. He also struck out four while keeping Hagerstown off the board.

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Brown scores on error to close out comeback victory

LAKEWOOD, N.J. - The BlueClaws retained their grip on first place in dramatic fashion on a rainy Thursday night at FirstEnergy Park, claiming a walk-off 3-2 win over the Savannah Sand Gants.

Lakewood trailed 2-1 going into the final frame, but got back-to-back baserunners on a pair of infield hits to start the inning. After two unproductive outs, Freddy Galvis was the hero, driving in Derrick Mitchell from third to tie the game. Junior Guerra (1-1) then threw the ball into centerfield trying to pick off Galvis, allowing Dominic Brown to trot home from third and score the winning run.

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'Claws score six runs in the fifth inning to fuel offensive explosion

The BlueClaws routed West Virginia 13-2 at Appalachian Power Park on Sunday afternoon, Lakewood's season-best fifth victory in a row. The 'Claws had seven straight hitters reach base during the decisive rally, with five managing hits and two drawing walks. Travis Mattair had the only extra- base hit in the frame, driving in a pair of runs on a bases-loaded double.

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