Bluefish Score Twice in Eighth to Sink Bees
April 29, 2016 - Atlantic League (AtL)
New Britain Bees News Release
The New Britain Bees dropped their second game of a four game road trip on Friday night, as the Bridgeport Bluefish scored twice in the eighth inning en route to a 3-1 win at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport. Brian Dupra, making his first start of the season, pitched five strong innings in the loss, striking out five.
The Bluefish got on the board first with an RBI single coming from Rossmel Perez in the second inning, but New Britain would tie the game in the fifth, as Jonathan Roof reached base on a dropped third strike. Roof stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch and then score on a sacrifice fly by Anthony Hewitt.
The game remained tied at one until the eighth. Josh Zeid, on in relief of Dupra, ran into trouble in his third inning of work, walking the leadoff hitter Jiwan James. Ruben Sosa, Jr., the Bridgeport leadoff hitter, then advanced James to second on a ground ball, before an error by Bees' third baseman Jovan Rosa allowed Luis Hernandez to reach base and James to advance to third. Dan Johnson, the minor league veteran, then singled to score James, before Jose Cuevas hit a sacrifice fly to give the Bluefish an insurance run. Shawn Haviland then came in for the Bees to strike out Josh Vitters to end the Bridgeport threat.
In the ninth, the Bees faced former Yankee David Carpenter, who shut the door for his second save of the season.
Pitchers of Record: WP - Taylor Thompson (2-0) | LP - Josh Zeid (0-2) | SV: David Carpenter (2)
New Britain drops to 4-5 on the year, while Bridgeport improves to 4-5 on the season. Both teams are now tied for second in the Liberty Division.
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: Greg Golson and James Skelton both had hitting streaks come to an end...The Bees will face the Bluefish in two consecutive day games over the weekend...Skelton stole his second base of the season in consecutive games.
Tomorrow's Broadcast: Talk of Connecticut (WDRC AM 1360 Hartford, WMMW AM 1470 Meriden, WWCO AM 1240 Waterbury, and WSNG AM 610 Torrington) and the TuneIn Radio App as well as Youtube (Youtube.com/NewBritainBees) starting at 7:00 PM.
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