Bridgeport completes sweep of Ducks
Published on June 6, 2004 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., June 5, 2004) â The Bridgeport Bluefish completed a three-game sweep of the Long Island Ducks tonight, coming back from a 5-1 eighth inning deficit for a 6-5 victory at Citibank Park. With the loss, Long Island falls to 18-10 and remains 2 ½ games ahead of the Nashua Pride in the Atlantic League's North Division.
The Ducks cruised through the first seven innings of play tonight. Starter Kris Kozlowski went seven innings and allowed just one earned run on six hits, while the Long Island offense plated runs in the first, fourth, fifth and seventh innings on their way to a commanding 5-1 lead.
In the fateful eighth, Bridgeport scored five runs on four hits and two errors to take a 6-5 lead. Long Island's Jim Stoops (0-1) came on to relieve Kozlowski and immediately surrendered three consecutive singles before committing an error and being removed for Bill Simas in a 5-4 game. Simas allowed a walk and a single that scored two more runs before recording the final out of the eighth.
After Long Island failed to score in the bottom of the eighth, Bluefish closer Mel Rojas came on in the ninth and retired the Ducks 1-2-3 to end the game.
The Ducks go on the road to Atlantic City for a three-game series against the Surf starting tomorrow at 1:35 p.m. Long Island lefty Matt Beech (3-0) will face Atlantic City's Kyle Goldwater (1-0). The game will be broadcast live on WLIE Radio (540-AM) with Chris King describing all the action from the Sandcastle. A live streaming broadcast of the game will also be available on www.liducks.com by clicking on the radio icon.
The Ducks return home on Saturday, June 12 at 7:05 p.m. against the Atlantic City Surf. The first 2,500 fans will receive growth charts, courtesy of Good Samaritan Hospital. Great tickets for this and all Ducks home games remain available by calling 1-888-332-5600, by logging on to www.liducks.com and clicking on the tickets icon, or by visiting the Citibank Park box office.
Duck Tales: Andrew Salvo and Patrick Lennon extended their streak of reaching base to 18 consecutive games...Jason Johnson stole his ninth base of the year and is now nine-for-nine on the season...Matt Garrick hit his second home run of the season, his first since an opening day win over Newark...Wendell Magee (calf strain) and Garrick (groin aggravation) left the game and are day-to-day...Tonight's sellout crowd of 6,307 brings the grand total to 1,844,937 fans who have now enjoyed Ducks baseball at Citibank Park since April of 2000.
The Long Island Ducks, in their fifth anniversary season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, play their home games at Citibank Park. For further information, please contact the public relations department at (631) 940-3825.
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