Justin Stine Leads Elmira to 5-2 Victory at Brockton
Published on July 20, 2002 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Elmira Pioneers News Release
Saturday, July 20, 2002 - Campanelli Stadium, Brockton, Mass.
LH Justin Stine went 8 strong innings without allowing an earned run as the Elmira Pioneers knocked off the Brockton Rox 5-2 Saturday night at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Mass. A Brockton Rox record crowd of 4,834 went home disappointed as Stine limited the Rox to 5 hits with 2 unearned runs, 0 walks and 3 K's.
Pedro Quero hit a solo Hrin the 6th inning for his team leading 8th of the year. Quero also leads the Pioneers in RBI's with 35.
With the win the Pioneers improved to 6-2 in the 2nd half and 31-22 overall. Elmira is 4-1 on their current roadtrip. The Rox fall to a league worst 2-7 in the 2nd half and are 25-29 overall. The season series between the Rox and the P?ioneers is tied at 6 games apiece with 2 remaining.
Stine (4-4) also got credit for the victory last Saturday, July 14 working 4 innings of relief as the Pioneers came back to knock off Brockton in 16 frames. Stine retired 10 straight from the 2nd through the 5th innings. Stine fired 96 pitches, 66 for strikes in the contest.
Julio Perez extended his scoreless innings streak to 19.2 ip as he registered his league leading 12th save. Perez has maintained a 0.00 ERA since the start of the season.
The Pioneers struck first against Kevin Goodrum (1-2) in the 4th inning with Ron Bush leading off with a single and advancing on consecutive groundouts by Rafael Alvarez and Pedro Quero. Brandon Pernell singled up the middle to bring home Bush and give the Pioneers the early 1-0 advantage.
Pedro Quero lifted a solo HR the opposite way to RF with 1-out in the 6th to increase the lead to 2-0. With 2 outs in the same inning osmani Garcia bounced a double down the LF line . After Brian Jones walked, Brian Baker swung at a wild-pitch in the dirt for strike three but Brockton catcher Michael Landry had difficulty locating the ball and Garcia hustled all the way around from 2nd base to score on the play making the score 3-0.
Stine surrendered a pair of unearned runs in the bottom of the 6th. Carlos Rosario began the inning as he reached on a grounder that got through SS Bobby Hill. Chris Cosbey beat out his 2nd bunt single of the night. Saul Bustos hit a potential double-play ball to 2B Ron Bush but he mishandled it briefly and barely recorded just the out on the batter as the runners advanced to 2nd and 3rd. Dan Graham's groundout brought home Rosario and Trevor Hall's single up the middle scored Cosbey pulling the Rox to within 3-2.
The Hall RBI single in the 6th would be the last time the Rox would get a runner on base as Stine retired the last 7 batters he faced and Perez worked a perfect 9th inning.
Elmira built on their lead in the 8th against Brockton reliever Duane Rochford. Pernell drew a one-out walk and moved to 3rd on an opposite-field double off the RF wall by garcia. Brian Jones lifted one the other way to the LF corner glancing off the glove of Darrell Nicholas. Despite a nice effort by Nicholas trying to make a running and leaping back-hand catch in the corner, the apparent double was scored an E7. Jones got credit for a Sac-Fly RBI for the run that would have scored even if the ball had been caught but he was denied a 2-run double.
LH Jeff Andra (6-4, 2.55) starts the Sunday afternoon game at 2 for the Pioneers against Brockton RH mike Marchesano (5-4, 5.12).
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