Ducks scoop two on Sunday
Published on July 10, 2005 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip N.Y., July 10, 2005) - The Long Island Ducks took both games of a day-night doubleheader from the Nashua Pride on Sunday. In game one, the Ducks shutout the Pride 4-0 in front of 6,284 fans at Citibank Park. Pete Rose Jr. hit his fifth home run of the season and first at home to give the Flock all the runs they would need. In the second game, 6,503 fans saw Long Island take out the North Division's first half champs 8-4. Lance Davis picked up the win after fanning five and limiting the Pride's offense to six hits and two unearned runs in seven innings of work.
Game one was locked in a scoreless tie until Rose took Rob Averette deep to right in the bottom of the fourth with a two run shot. A sacrifice fly by Carlos Hernandez in the fifth sent Steve Torrealba home to extend Long Island's lead to three. Pat Lennon scored in the sixth on a wild pitch by Geoff Goetz to round out the game's scoring, 4-0. Justin Lamber (5-0) tossed eight scoreless innings and fanned four, while allowing four hits and two walks. Mike Crudale came on in the ninth and tossed a 1-2-3 inning.
In game two Long Island took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a Dominick Ambrosini sacrifice fly that scored Chris Latham. Nashua scored two unearned runs in the second to take a one run lead. The Ducks regained the lead in the fifth after scoring three runs to go ahead 4-2. Latham started the rally with a two-run double that was followed up by an RBI single from Hernandez. Lennon scored in the sixth on a double play groundout to put Long Island up 5-2. Jason Johnson, Jimmy Goelz and Hernandez each touched home in the seventh to put the Flock ahead by six. Jimmy Hurst cut the lead to four in the eighth with a two run homer off reliever Crudale that rounded out the game's scoring. Crudale yielded two runs on four hits while striking out two in one inning of work. Todd Erdos closed out the game with a three-up, three-down ninth inning.
The Ducks will play their final game of the first half on Monday evening when the Lancaster Barnstormers come to Citibank Park to make up May 24's contest that was postponed due to inclement weather. Nicolock will provide thunderstix to the first 2,000 fans in attendance. Tickets for this and all Ducks home games remain available by calling 1-888-332-5600, by visiting the Citibank Park box office or by logging onto www.liducks.com and clicking on the tickets icon.
Duck Tales... In taking both games, the Ducks are now 6-8 in doubleheaders this season. It is the first doubleheader sweep of 2005, and the first time the Ducks have won game two of a doubleheader this season... Coming into the day the Ducks had hit 40 homeruns in 2005. Pete Rose, Jr.'s two-run shot in the fourth inning of game one was the 41st team home run and first Duck home run versus the Nashua Pride this year... Justin Lamber's eight inning shutout performance in game one's win was his longest outing of his nine-year pitching career... In winning both games the Ducks snapped the Pride's 11-game winning streak. It had been the longest winning streak of the season in the Atlantic League... Patrick Lennon went 6-for-8 with three runs scored on the day... This afternoon's crowd of 6, 284 and tonight's crowd of 6,503, the twenty-third and twenty-fourth sellouts of the season, raises the total to 2,399,500 fans who have enjoyed baseball at Citibank Park since April of 2000.
The Long Island Ducks, 2004 Atlantic League champions, play their home games at Citibank Park and are in their sixth season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. They have filled their ballpark to over 100 percent capacity in each of their first five seasons and are one of the most successful minor league franchises in the country. For further information, please contact the public relations department at 631-940-3825 or visit www.liducks.com.
Atlantic League Stories from July 10, 2005
- Ducks scoop two on Sunday - Long Island Ducks
- Riversharks Let One Slip Away In Ninth - Camden Riversharks
- Surf edge Patriots, 4-3, in last game of first half - Somerset Patriots
- Bears hit break with 9-6 win over Lancaster - Newark Bears
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
