Can-Am Leage recap July 25
July 25, 2008 - Canadian American League (Can-Am) News Release
Ottawa 8, New Jersey 5
@ Ottawa, ON. Time: 2:40 Attendance: 3,513
W: Angelo Burrows (1-0) L: Justin Barnes (3-1) S: Cardoza Tucker (3) HR: NJ-Tommy Murphy (1)
Trailing by a score of 5-2 entering the seventh inning, the Ottawa Rapidz rallied for five runs to take a 7-5 lead and went on to win 8-5 at home. Rapidz 2B Jose De Los Santos led the way at the plate for Ottawa, going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored. Ottawa reliever Angelo Burrows was credited with his first win of the season. He struck out two in 1 1/3 scoreless innings. Rapidz reliever Cardoza Tucker tossed a perfect ninth to seal the win and earn his third save.
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Worcester 11, Nashua 10
@ Worcester, MA. Time: 3:13 Attendance: 2,922
W: John Birtwell (1-2) L: Andy Weimer (0-2) S: None
HR: NP-Sandy Almonte (3), Mike Torres (1); WT- Francisco Caraballo (11), Scott Grimes (12), Omar Pena (5)
In a back and forth slugfest, the Worcester Tornadoes had the last laugh, as they rallied for seven runs in the bottom of the ninth to shock Nashua and come away with the walk-off win at home. There were a total of five home runs hit in the game, three by the Tornadoes. Worcester 2B Omar Pena had one of those homers and led the way offensively, going 3-for-5 with a pair of runs scored and two RBI. RF Scott Grimes and DH Francisco Caraballo also homered to aid the winning effort.
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Brockton 13, Sussex 5
@ Augusta, NJ. Time: 3:36 Attendance: 4,087
W: Greg Bunn (1-0) L: James Douglas (0-1) S: None
HR: BR-Jason Colson (8), Melvin Falu (7)
Brockton LF Dennis Abreu was 3-for-5 with a run scored and an RBI to help the Rox to a win over the Skyhawks and extend his hitting streak to 24 games. With the score tied 3-3 entering the seventh inning, Brockton busted things wide open with five runs in the frame to jump out to an 8-3 lead. They tacked on four more runs in the eighth and another run for good measure in the ninth to win 13-5. Rox DH Jason Colson had a huge game, going 3-for-5 at the plate with a home run, two runs scored and five RBI to lead all hitters.
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Quebec 4, Atlantic City 4 (Top 14)
@ Atlantic City, NJ.
The game between Quebec and Atlantic City was still in progress with the score tied 4-4 in the top of the 14th inning. For complete game information visit www.canamleague.com
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SECOND HALF STANDINGS
W L GB
Atlantic City (25-22) 7 3 --
Brockton (22-25) 7 3 --
x-Quebec (31-16) 7 3 --
Nashua (21-26) 5 5 2.0
Worcester (26-21) 5 5 2.0
New Jersey (25-22) 4 7 3.5
Sussex (25-22) 3 7 4.0
Ottawa (13-34) 3 8 4.5
x-Won first half. First half record is in parentheses.
If one club should win both halves, the top three teams with the best overall winning percentage in the entire season shall qualify for the playoffs.
OVERALL STANDINGS
W L GB PCT
x-Quebec 38 19 -- .667
Atlantic City 32 25 6.0 .561
Worcester 31 26 7.0 .544
Brockton 29 28 9.0 .509
New Jersey 29 29 9.5 .500
Sussex 28 29 10.0 .491
Nashua 26 31 12.0 .456
Ottawa 16 42 22.5 .276
x-Won first half
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Tomorrow's Schedule w/Pitching Probables (All times are Eastern):
New Jersey (Tom Atlee, 1-1) at Ottawa (Fraser Robinson, 2-5) 1:05 PM
Brockton (Wayne Lundgren, 5-2) at Sussex (Gary Galvez, 2-3) 5:00 PM
Quebec (Chris Begg, 0-1) at Atlantic City (Rory Shortell, 3-2) 7:05 PM
Nashua (Jason Paul, 3-1) at Worcester (Tom Cochran, 9-0) 7:05 PM
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