Bluefish Beat Bees with 11th Inning Walkoff
April 30, 2016 - Atlantic League (AtL)
New Britain Bees News Release
New Britain scored early, but could not maintain their lead as the Bees dropped a 5-4 decision to the Bridgeport Bluefish on a walk off home run in 11 innings on Saturday at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard. The Bees drop to 4-6 on the year, while Bridgeport improves to 5-5 on the season.
New Britain got on the board first, when Greg Golson reached on a two base error in the first and scoring on an RBI single by Jovan Rosa. The Bees added to their tally in the second inning with the bases loaded. Nick Murphy grounded into a double play, but Jon Griffin came around to score the second New Britain run of the game.
Bridgeport would tie the game in the bottom of the second on a pair RBI singles from Rossmel Perez and Luis Nunez against New Britain starter Kyle Simon, but Kevin Rivers gave the Bees the lead again in the fourth. Rivers smacked a 1-2 offering from Bluefish starter David Anderson over the right field wall for his first home run of the season and the first New Britain home run on the road. The Bees added to their lead in the eighth on a Craig Maddox RBI double that scored Greg Golson.
However, Bridgeport tied the game in the bottom of the eighth. A two run single from Nunez with runners on second and third scored the third and fourth Bluefish runs of the game, with both coming off reliever Shawn Haviland, and the Bees and Bridgeport remained knotted into extra innings.
In the 11th, Grady Wood, who retired the first nine batters he faced after entering the game, got the first two outs of the inning before Luis Hernandez drove a ball off the top of the right field wall and out of the park for a walk off home run.
Pitchers of Record: WP - Scott Shuman (1-0) | LP - Grady Wood (0-1)
Bees Tickets: Available at the New Britain Stadium Box Office | Call 860-826-BEES
The Bees return home Monday, May 2nd to start a four game set against the Sugar Land Skeeters. It will be a "Match Game Monday" at New Britain Stadium with gates opening at 5:35 pm for the 6:35 pm start. The Bees will host their next Baseball in Education game at 10:35 AM on Thursday, May 4th in the series finale against Sugar Land.
Bees Buzz: Grady Wood retired the last 24 batters he had faced before allowed Hernandez's home run...Craig Maddox hit his second double in as many games...Kyle Simon started a double play and also had a putout on a bunt attempt...the Bees left 11 men on base, including 3 in the top of the 11th.
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About the New Britain Bees
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