KANNAPOLIS, NC - Tyler Gilbert gave up one over seven innings and Josh Tobias homered to lead the BlueClaws to a 5-3 win over Kannapolis on Tuesday night at CMC Northeast Stadium, clinching a winning road trip for Lakewood.

The BlueClaws dropped the first two in Kannapolis but won the last two and are now 11-20 on the year. They went 4-3 on their seven-game southern-swing after taking two of three in Asheville earlier in the trip.

Gilbert, who earned his first win and is now 1-3, gave up three runs in 14 innings in two starts on the road trip, pitching seven innings for the second time this year.

Josh Tobias homered in the first inning to put the BlueClaws up 1-0, his third home run of the season. Lakewood added a run in the second on an RBI groundout by Grenny Cumana before Kannapolis got one back. Damek Tomscha drove in another BlueClaws run in the third to make it 3-1.

After stranding a lead-off double in the sixth, Lakewood got two in the seventh, one on a groundout by Tobias and one on a SAC fly by Wilson Garcia.

Kannapolis got one run in the seventh and one in the ninth but Robert Tasin got Grant Massey to ground out to third to end the game and earn his 5th save of the season.

Wilson Garcia had two hits for the BlueClaws to extend his hitting streak to 11. Damek Tomscha and Deivi Grullon also had two hits in the game for the BlueClaws.

Cody Daly had a single, double, and triple for the Intimidators, who fell to 15-17 with the loss.

After a Wednesday day off, the BlueClaws open a four-game series with West Virginia on Thursday night at FirstEnergy Park. RHP Shane Watson (2-1) starts for Lakewood against RHP Jonathan Brubaker (2-2).

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