LAKEWOOD, NJ - Edwin Lora broke a scoreless tie with a two-run double in the seventh and Hagerstown went on to a 3-1 win over the BlueClaws on Friday night at FirstEnergy Park.

The Suns (25-16/68-43) have now won the first two games of the series with the BlueClaws (21-19/50-59), who have dropped four straight games and have fallen 3.5 games behind first place Hagerstown.

Lakewood battled down to the wire in the ninth off Mariano Rivera III, getting three straight two-out base-runners, including an RBI single by Mark Laird. But Grenny Cumana popped out to the catcher Jakson Reetz to end the game. Rivera earned his seventh save of the year.

Lora's double in the seventh came off Grant Dyer (0-2), who took the loss. Ismael Cabrera allowed a run in the top of the ninth on an RBI single from Reetz to put the Suns up 3-0 going to the bottom of the ninth.

Jorge Pantoja, who threw 2.2 scoreless innings in relief, earned the win to improve to 9-1 on the season.

BlueClaws starter Harold Arauz went the first five innings and allowed no runs on three hits. It was his first start since June 29th and the right-hander was activated off the disabled list on Thursday.

Suns starter Jefry Rodriguez went 5.1 innings and allowed no runs on three hits with four strikeouts.

Both teams had some chances earlier in the night. Lakewood had runners at first and second with one out in both the fourth and sixth innings but failed to score either time. In the Hagerstown fifth inning, Lora doubled with two out but Jake Noll was thrown out trying to score from first base - left fielder Cornelius Randolph to third baseman Jan Hernandez to catcher Deivi Grullon.

Grenny Cumana went 0-5 in the loss and saw his 11-game hitting streak snapped.

The series with the Suns continues on Saturday night at 7:05. LHP Tyler Gilbert (5-7) starts for the BlueClaws against RHP Pedro Avila (7-7).

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