AtL Long Island Ducks

Ducks drop second straight to Fish

June 4, 2004 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release


(Central Islip, N.Y., June 4, 2004) – For the second consecutive evening, the Long Island Ducks struggled on the mound and in the batter's box, suffering a 10-3 defeat tonight at the hands of the Bridgeport Bluefish at Citibank Park. Despite the loss, Long Island remains 3 ½ games ahead of the Pride in the Atlantic League's North Division with a record of 18-9.

Bridgeport's offense got started early on Ducks starter Lance Davis (2-3) tonight, plating two runs in the first off the former Cincinnati Red and one more in the second. Long Island pulled to within 3-2 at the end of four after scoring single runs in each of the second and fourth innings, but that was as close as it would get. The Bluefish plated four runs in the fifth off of Davis to take a commanding 7-2 advantage and never looked back. In all, Davis allowed 14 hits, seven runs (six earned) and one walk in six innings of work.

Kevin Henthorne improved to 4-0 for Bridgeport, going six innings and allowing two runs on seven hits. Terrance Hill and Brian Warren came on to close out the victory for the Bluefish.

Offensively for the Ducks, outfielder Wendell Magee continued his hot hitting of late, going 3-for-4 with two RBI.

The Ducks and Bluefish play the final game of their three-game set on Saturday evening at Citibank Park at 7:05 p.m. Long Island lefty Kris Kozlowski (0-0) will face Bridgeport righty Brad Cornett (1-4). The game will be broadcast live on WLIE Radio (540-AM) with Chris King and Mike Graham describing all the action from Central Islip. A live streaming broadcast of the game will also be available on www.liducks.com by clicking on the radio icon.

Following the game, fans will be treated to a fireworks extravaganza, courtesy of Citibank. 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: After Gustavo Escobar's triple in the first inning, the next 19 hits by the Bluefish were all singles...With Wendell Magee's two RBI tonight, he is now tied with Doug Jennings for the league lead with 26... Magee is now batting .369 with 23 RBI in 17 games at home this season...Andrew Salvo has now reached base in 17 straight games after he singled to left field in the second inning...Doug Jennings added to his league leading totals when he hit his 14th double and 19th extra base hit of the season in the fourth inning...Tonight's sellout crowd of 6,215 brings the grand total to 1,838,630 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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