Dan Lyons of the Long Island Ducks

Late Rally Falls Short in Series Opener

(Central Islip, N.Y., July 28, 2015) - The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the Somerset Patriots 3-2 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Bethpage Ballpark. Somerset opened the scoring in the third inning with solo home runs by Jonny Tucker and Aharon Eggleston off of Ducks starter Bruce Kern. It stayed that way until the seventh when Michael Burgess hit a solo homer to right, increasing the advantage... Full Story