AUGUSTA, GA - Grenny Cumana's RBI single in the top of the 10th inning gave the BlueClaws a 3-2, extra-inning win over Augusta on Thursday night at Lake Olmstead Stadium.

Cumana drove home pinch-runner William Cuicas, who had run for Wilson Garcia after Garcia started the inning with a base hit.

The BlueClaws (19-13/48-53) have now won eight of their last 10 games and remain just a half-game in back of first place Hagerstown. Augusta (20-13/56-47) dropped the first game of the four game series with the BlueClaws.

Sutter McLoughlin earned his fifth save of the year with a scoreless bottom of the 10th, stranding Lucious Fox at first base after his lead-off single.

The GreenJackets scored twice off Franklyn Kilome in the first inning to take a 2-0 lead. THe first run, Lucius Fox, scored when he stole third and advanced home on Deivi Grullon's throwing error. Skyler Ewing then singled home Jalen Miller for a 2-0 lead.

The BlueClaws got back in the game with a run in the fifth on a fielding error by shortstop Lucius Fox, leading to an unearned run off starter Dominic Mazza. Mazza came out after six innings, allowing just that unearned run.

Connor Kaden, a Toms River native, came on in the seventh and gave up an RBI single to Damek Tomscha that tied the game at two and he was charged with the winning run in the 10th, falling to 6-3 on the season.

BlueClaws starter Franklyn Kilome went seven, allowing two runs with a career high-tying nine strikeouts. It was the second time he finished seven innings this year.

Austin Davis (1-0) earned the win with two scoreless innings in relief while McLoughlin got his fifth save.

Zach Coppola had four hits for the BlueClaws and scored their first two runs while Cornelius Randolph, Damek Tomscha, and Grenny Cumana added two hits apiece.

The series with Augusta continues on Friday night at 7:05. RHP Jose Taveras (4-2) starts for the BlueClaws against RHP Matt Solter (2-2).

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