Lancaster tops Ducks in extra frames
June 13, 2006 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., June 13, 2006) - The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the Lancaster Barnstormers 6-5 in 12 innings on Tuesday night at Citibank Park.
With the game knotted at five in the 12th inning, Lancaster's Travis Hake singled to right to plate Kevin Wilson to give the Barnstormers a one-run lead. The Ducks comeback hopes fell short as reliever Charlie Weatherby retired the side in order to give Lancaster the win.
Trailing 5-0 and being out-hit 16-to-1 entering the home half of the eighth, Long Island's bats exploded for five runs on five hits, two of which were back-to-back home runs by Dominick Ambrosini and Tony Schrager to set the stage for the dramatic finish.
Lancaster reliever Scott Patterson (2-0) picked up the win after tossing two scoreless frames. Todd Erdos (3-3) absorbed the loss after allowing one run on two hits in the 12th. Ducks relievers Pete Hartmann and Kevin Mannix kept the Barnstormers off the board over 5.1 frames. Hartmann fanned three in 2.1 innings and Mannix struck out four in three no-hit frames.
With his double in the eighth inning, Mel Stocker extended his Atlantic League-leading hitting streak to 19 games. The streak is one game shy of tying the franchise's all-time longest hit streak of 20 set by Derrick Gibson in 2003 (June 5-June 24).
The Ducks and Barnstormers will play game two of their three-game set on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. Pat Mahomes (4-3) will take the hill against fellow righty Brian Whitaker (3-1). The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive camouflage hats courtesy of the US Army. Tickets for this and all Ducks home games can be purchased by stopping by the Citibank Park Box Office in person (M-F, 10-6; Saturdays 10-2), visiting www.liducks.com or by calling 631-940-TIXX today.
Duck Tales... In his home debut, Juan Gonzalez went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored...Gonzalez has registered a hit in all four of his games played for Long Island...Erick Almonte is now on a four-game hitting streak...Dominick Ambrosini has homered in back-to-back games...This evening's crowd of 5,150 raises the total to 2,752,989 fans that have enjoyed baseball at Citibank Park since April of 2000.
The Long Island Ducks are in their seventh season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. They have averaged over 100 percent attendance capacity of 6,002-seat Citibank Park in each of their first six seasons and are one of the most successful minor league sports franchises in the country. For further information, visit www.liducks.com or call 631-940-DUCK.
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