Aberdeen was shut down by Hudson Valley’s pitching staff on Friday night, dropping the first game of a two-game series, 5-2 at Ripken Stadium. New York-Penn League Pitcher of the Week Bruno Sanchez did not duplicate his performance of late early on in Friday night’s game. Sanchez issued a leadoff walk to second baseman Robby […]
ValleyCats Snuff Out IronBirds Streak, 6-2
Aberdeen had any momentum it had gathered from its five-game win-streak and walk-off win Tuesday night snapped in a lethargic 6-2 loss to the Tri-City ValleyCats Wednesday night at Ripken Stadium. Aberdeen starter Tyler Sexton struggled early, allowing runs in the first two innings to spot Tri-City a 2-0 lead. Tri-City leftfielder Wilton Infante lined […]
Schutz Slams Walk-Off Win, 9-5
Leftfielder Kipp Schutz kept Aberdeen’s win streak alive, pushing it to five games in another signature ballgame, with a walk-off grand slam off Joan Belliard to give Aberdeen a 9-5 victory on Tuesday night. The walk-off is Aberdeen’s third walk-off win in the team’s last four home games, and the team’s second walk-off grand slam […]
IronBirds Set Out on Six-Game Roadtrip
On Wednesday Aberdeen embarks on a six-game roadtrip against the Vermont Lake Monsters and the Lowell Spinners. Aberdeen is coming off a chaotic three-game sweep of the Auburn Doubledays at Ripken Stadium that featured two walk-off hits. The first game of the series was the site of centerfielder Trent Mummey’s walk-off grand slam to lift […]
Flacco’s Walk-Off Keys IronBirds Win, Sweep
Aberdeen continued its string of late-inning heroics on Tuesday night against Auburn, this time courtesy of first baseman Michael Flacco’s game-winning double off Travis Garrett to score third baseman Adam Gaylord and give the IronBirds an 8-7 walk-off win and a three-game sweep of the Doubledays. The IronBirds came into the ninth trailing 7-6. Second […]
Mummey’s Walk-Off Grand Slam Makes IronBirds Winners, 7-3
Trent Mummey (Courtesy Photo) Aberdeen’s comeback magic was alive on Sunday night as centerfielder Trent Mummey hit a walk-off grand slam to cap a five-run ninth inning to give the IronBirds a 7-3 victory over the Auburn Doubledays and snap a three-game losing streak. “I was sitting fastball in one spot and he threw it […]
IronBirds Off-Day Notes
Wednesday is Aberdeen’s first day off of the season with the team playing nineteen games since Opening Night on June 18. Currently the IronBirds sit in third place behind Staten Island and Brooklyn in the New York-Penn League McNamara Division with a 9-10 record, three-and-a-half games behind first place Staten Island, a team with a […]
IronBirds Capitalize on Spinner Mistakes, Win 6-2
On a hot Aberdeen evening, the IronBirds put the heat on the Lowell Spinners early and never looked back in a 6-2 victory on Tuesday night at Ripken Stadium. While on Tuesday night, the IronBirds used a franchise-record 19 hits to secure a victory, the team took advantage of three errors by Lowell to take […]