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The Blue Crabs wildly successful second season was pushed to the brink Saturday night by the Somerset Patriots in Game 4 of the Atlantic League Championship Series. With an 8-6 victory, Somerset takes a 2-1 series lead in the best-of-five, with the Blue Crabs looking to stave off elimination Sunday afternoon at 2:05 p.m. at Regency Furniture Stadium.
Staff ace John Halama will start on full rest for the Crabs, the nine-year Major League veteran. On Saturday however, the Crabs let two separate four-run leads slip away in defeat.
The Blue Crabs wasted no time in jumping out to an early lead, sensing a championship was near with the lefty Halama starting Game 4. Southern Maryland rocked Somerset starter Brian Adams, as they collected five hits in the bottom of the first to plate four runs. The first four batters of the game reached safely on hits, as John Ramistella and James Shanks each smacked doubles to the left field gap to make it 1-0 Blue Crabs.
Travis Garcia then rapped a single to score Shanks, and with one out Cesar Nicolas smoked a double into the left field corner down the foul line to plate Garcia and Patrick Osborn, who also singled. The Patriots would get a run back in the second, when Travis Anderson drilled a two-out solo homer to left