Martinez, Palazzolo And Matos Combine For Shut Out
Published on May 10, 2008 under Eastern League (EL1)
Connecticut Defenders News Release
NORWICH, CT- The Defenders have shown their colors at Dodd Stadium. In front of a boisterous crowd, Connecticut's pitching shined as they out-dueled the visiting Binghamton Mets, 1-0.
The Defs cracked the scoreboard early, in fact, they did so in the home half of the first. Ben Copeland slapped a leadoff triple to the gap and came home on the very next pitch as Olmo Rosario hit a slow roller to short as Connecticut took a meek 1-0 lead.
Joey Martinez took his turn on the mound for the Defenders and he sparkled. Martinez chucked 6 scoreless innings, scattered just four hits, walked two and fanned three en route to his second win of the season.
Steve Palazzolo relieved Martinez in the seventh as the Defenders hung on to the one-run advantage. Palazzolo gave up a leadoff double in the frame to Caleb Stewart as a squibber took on a mind of its own. The ball was cued off the end of the bat, held the line and kicked off of third base as Dave Maroul tracked it down in shallow left field. Stewart was just 180 feet from home with no one out. To make matters worse, Palazzolo threw a wild pitch to the backstop to move the runner to third with no one out. But Palazzolo found a way to get it done as he struck out the next two Mets. Saloman Manriquez was next and he ripped a ball back up the middle, but the lanky Palazzolo threw his glove behind his back as he fell off the mound towards first and picked the ball on the second bounce, threw on to first and ended the inning.
Palazzolo would throw a scoreless eighth as Osiris Matos came in for Connecticut in the ninth to nail down the win. Matos would retire the B-Mets in order and record his third save in as many tries as the Defenders won their fourth in a row, 1-0.
Connecticut will spend their Mother's Day at The Dodd as they will face off against the Mets for some afternoon baseball. First pitch is at 1:05pm and tickets are still available for the contest at ctdefenders.com or by dialing the box office at (860) 887-7962. The Defs will be sporting their pink jerseys which are being auctioned off with all the proceeds benefiting breast cancer awareness.
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