Ducks soar to third straight win
May 11, 2005 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., May 11, 2005) â Paxton Crawford threw seven scoreless innings and retired the last 10 batters he faced to earn his third win of the season as the Long Island Ducks shutout the Camden Riversharks, 7-0 in front of 5,180 fans at Citibank Park (Box Score) on Wednesday night. The Ducks have now won five of their last six games (6-7).
Tonight was the night the Ducks had been waiting for all season as their bats finally caught up with the pitching staff, coming up with a season-high 13 hits, including two each from Justin Davies, Dominick Ambrosini and Ryan Owen, while Jhonny Perez added three. The Ducks jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning with Davies and Ambrosini scoring and never looked back. Edgar Tovar's infield single in the fourth scored Jhonny Perez to give the Ducks a three-run lead. The Flock added another run in the fifth when Jason Johnson scored from second on a Perez single through the left side. Ambrosini rounded out the Flock's scoring with a three-run home run off Camden reliever Ramon Linares in the eighth.
Ducks starter Paxton Crawford (3-0) was brilliant in 7.0 innings of work, allowing four hits and striking out two to give the Ducks their season high three-game winning streak. Justin Lamber and Jeff Austin came in to relieve Crawford with two scoreless innings.
Tomorrow night the Ducks will conclude their homestand when they take on the Camden Riversharks at Citibank Park at 7:05 p.m. Chris King and Lou Brogno will call the game live on Cablevision channel 18.
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... With outfielder Chris Latham beginning the game on the bench, Jhonny Perez is now the only Duck to have started all 13 games this season...Thanks to Paxton Crawford's 7.0 scoreless innings in tonight's game, it has been 20 innings since a Ducks' starter has given up an earned run...With two more hits tonight, Justin Davies is now on his longest hitting streak of the season, standing at three games...While the Ducks recorded their most stolen bases of the season tonight, five, they were still three shy of the franchise's all-time high for one game (eight, vs. Newark, 5/8/00)...Edgar Tovar recorded his first hit and RBI of the season when his single scored Perez in the third...Tonight's crowd of 5,180 raises the total to 2,243,761 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.
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