Ducks Trip Up Barnstormers
Published on August 12, 2011 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Lancaster Stormers News Release
Long Island seems to be at its most dangerous with two outs and nobody on base.
The Ducks put together a pair of two-run innings under such circumstances on Friday evening to beat the host Lancaster Barnstormers, 4-3, in front of 6,087 at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Down, 2-0, in the third, the Ducks picked up a two-out walk to Kennard Jones. Ray Navarrete slammed the next pitch from Cesar Carrillo (3-10) out of the yard for his 19th home run of the season and a 2-2 tie.
Carrillo retired both Jones and Navarrete in the sixth inning. Then, Javier Colina banged a long single off the right field wall. John Rodriguez smashed a single up the middle that sent third base umpire Mark Facto reeling backward and Colina to third. Matt Esquivel delivered the big blow, a two-run double over the head of left fielder Brandon Jones for the 4-2 edge.
Lancaster answered with a one-out solo homer by Travis Metcalf, his first in the Atlantic League, in the seventh.
The Barnstormers' eighth inning started with promise as Wayne Lydon placed a bunt on the chalk for a leadoff single and stole second. Jeremy Hill struck out Tommy Everidge for the first out. At that point, Long Island went against the book and put the go-ahead run on base with an intentional walk to Matt Watson, who had homered in the first inning. The ploy worked; Aaron Herr grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to end the inning.
Ehren Wassermann set the side down in order in the bottom of the ninth for his ninth save.
Mark Diapoules (6-1) got through a rocky start to earn the win. The Ducks' right-hander yielded a triple to Lydon and sacrifice fly by Everidge in the first before Watson belted his homer to right center. He had retired 12 of 13 before Metcalf's homer in the seventh.
The two first-half champions will meet again on Saturday evening at 6:30 with fireworks to follow the game. Lancaster will start lefty Yunior Novoa (4-2), who will be looking for his third straight win.
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