Defs sweep the Senators tonight 4-0 and 2-1....

in the DH at Dodd. Game one was all Madison Bumgarner as the lefty pitched a complete game 7 inning 4 hit shut out striking out 5 five and walking three. Madison also walked and had a big single to help himself out. The other star in game one was Ramon Castro, playing third in both ends of the twin bill, going 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles and runs scored.
CT jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second off Washington Nationals pitcher Matt Chico doing a rehab stint with the Senators. Ramon Castro doubled and then scored on a Jackson Williams RBI single. Bumgarner then singled Williams over to second and he came home from there on a Brock Bond RBI single.
In third the Defenders added another run to make it 3-0 as Brett Pill (2 for 3, double) singled, advanced to second on a wild pitch and came in on EME's RBI single.
CT added an insurance run in the sixth as Castro singled and would score on a wild pitch.
Bumgarner improves to 6-1 on the season for CT with a 1.70 ERA.

In game two both starting pitchers would give up first inning runs and then settled down and matched zeros on the scoreboard. CT starter Brooks McNiven gave up three straight singles with no outs as the Senators jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead. McNiven got help as the Senators ran themselves into a double play and scaped the inning without giving up any more runs.
Senators starter Erik Arnesen also gave up three hits in the bottom of the first with a run coming in on a Pill DP goundout as CT tied the game at 1-1. Those would be the only hits Arnesen gave up as he went six innings in the game.
The game stayed tied as Matt Yourkin relieved McNiven in the sixth and Waldis Joaquin would take over from Yourkin in the seventh after Yourkin had put a runner into scoring position on a walk and a balk. Joaquin came into the game without much warmup time and pitched out of trouble.
In the bottom of the 8th, Brandon Crawford lead off with a single and then stole second. Sharlon Schoop advanced Crawford to third on a groundout to first for the first out of the inning. The Senators then intentionally walked both Bond and McBryde to load the bases to get to Pill who struck out for the second out. Bobby Felmy then delivered a walk off single into the left center gap for the 2-1 win.
Joaquin, who pitched great in relief, gets the win and improves to 2-4 with a 3.23 ERA.


Misc fan notes: Great timing tonight as Felmy knocked in the winning run, the fireworks show started almost immediately and then it stated to rain..
Defs wear camo uniforms for the 4th of July weekend...same as last years...note to the front office--how do I get one?

Joe Perez is reporting in his blog the move to Richmond is 99.9% locked with a 75% chance of a NY-Penn team in Dodd next season...
Pics top to botton: McNiven, Castro, Felmy's walkoff, MadBum, Chico and Dmitri Young