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Opening Night Record Crowd Sees Rox Commence 2007 With 4-1 Win

May 25, 2007 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Brockton Rox News Release


Brockton, MA (May 25, 2007) - A Rox Opening Night record crowd of 5,607 watched OF Joe Hough lead off the bottom of the first with a homerun to left field and later drive home the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning as the Brockton Rox beat the New Haven County Cutters 4-1 on Opening Night at Campanelli Stadium. RHP Mike McTamney gave up just one run in six innings while striking out seven in a no decision on the hill, while RHP Luis Carreras pitched two scoreless innings out of the pen for the win. RHP Ryan Burnau pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts for the save in the first game of a three-game series with the Cutters.

After Hough homered on the third pitch of the offensive night, the Rox were quiet until later in the contest. New Haven County tied the game on an RBI groundout by 2B Matt Mercurio in the sixth, and Cutters' LHP Brad Whitworth settled into a groove in the middle innings. In the seventh, 3B Fredy De La Cruz reached on an error and with two outs, Hough drove a single to the gap to plate the go-ahead run. In the eighth, the Rox scored two insurance runs. A double steal by RF Matt Maloney and DH Guye Senjem accounted for the third Rox run, while De La Cruz ripped a single to center a pitch later to complete the scoring.

The Cutters had just six hits in the game; two of the hits were off the bat of former Rox pitcher OF Orlando Encarnacion. Saturday night, the Rox and Cutters square off in Game 2 of the three-game set. Rox RHP Matt Reilly (2-1, 5.52 for the ARL Angels in 2007) faces off against Cutters RHP Jarrett Stawarz (6-5, 5.46 for New Haven County in 2006. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05.

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