With first basemen Michael Flacco called up to Delmarva and Tyler Kolodny’s season ended by a wrist injury, Aberdeen’s first baseman position becomes David Anderson’s. Anderson, who is currently batting .284 in 33 games, is in his first year with the IronBirds after spending 2009 with the Gulf Coast League Orioles, where he batted .271. […]
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 […]
Franchise-Record Pushes Aberdeen Past Lowell, 9-6
Aberdeen saved its best fireworks for the Fifth of July, as an offensive explosion sent the team on a 9-6 victory over Lowell on Monday night. Centerfielder Trent Mummey’s bunt single in the fifth inning was the IronBirds’ 14th hit of the evening, tying the team’s season-high and designated hitter Kipp Schutz’s RBI single two […]
Renegades Walk-Off Winners
From the Aberdeen IronBirds: Fishkill, NY – With the scored tied at two in the bottom of the ninth inning, 2B Robby Price hit an RBI-single to left field to give the Hudson Valley Renegades a win over the Aberdeen IronBirds Thursday night, 3-2. The Renegades got on the scoreboard in the first. With one […]