Long Island Ducks celebrate in their Fourth of July jerseys

Pitching Leads the Way as Ducks Swat Skeeters

(Central Islip, N.Y.) - The Long Island Ducks defeated the Sugar Land Skeeters 3-1 on Thursday night before a past-capacity crowd of 7,312, the seventh-largest crowd in franchise history, at Bethpage Ballpark. Ryan Jackson led off the game with a solo home run to left-center field off Ducks starter Darin Downs. Long Island evened the score in the third on Vladimir Frias' RBI single to right-center off Skeeters starter Chris... Full Story