LAKEWOOD, NJ - Charleston scored four times in the top of the 11th inning, on just two hits, four walks, and a hit batsman, and topped the BlueClaws 7-3 on Tuesday night at FirstEnergy Park.

The game was delayed two hours at the start by rain and ended at 12:37 am.

The RiverDogs (14-5) took the first game of the three game series with the BlueClaws (4-15), coming from behind to tie the game with two runs in the eighth inning.

In the 11th, Charleston took the lead on a bases loaded walk to Jhalon Jakson, and added runs on an infield hit by Thairo Estrada, a walk to Angel Aguilar, and a hit-by-pitch to Eduardo Navas. Alejandro Arteaga (1-1) was charged with the loss.

Claudio Custodio (3-0), who threw two scoreless innings in relief, got the win.

Charleston got a run in the fifth on an RBI double by Jeff Hendrix. It was the lone run off Tyler Gilbert, who gave up one run on six hits over five innings with two walks and six strikeouts.

The BlueClaws opened a lead on a safety squeeze by Emmanuel Marrero in the fifth and an RBI double by Jiandido Tromp in the sixth.

The lead lasted until the eighth, when the RiverDogs tied the game of Jose Morales. A Jhalon Jackson RBI double made it 3-2 and then, after Robert Tasin relieved Morales, a bloop single from Thairo Estrada tied the game at 3.

Emmanuel Marrero, Wilson Garcia, and Jose Pujols all had two hits for the BlueClaws.

The series continues Wednesday morning at 11:05. RHP Shane Watson (1-1) starts for Lakewood against RHP Domingo Acevedo (1-0).

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