Patriots Top Ducks
Published on July 29, 2010 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., July 29, 2010) - The Somerset Patriots defeated the Long Island Ducks 10-1 onThursday night before a past-capacity crowd of 6,203 at Suffolk County Sports Park.
Somerset and Long Island traded runs in the first inning as Joe Burke's RBI single gave the Pats an early 1-0 lead, and Javier Colina's RBI sacrifice fly tied the contest at one.
A four-run third inning against Ducks' starter Jake Dittler opened up a four-run advantage for the Patriots. Pete LaForest's two-run single and RBI singles by Michael Hernandez and Iggy Suarez pushed the lead to 5-1. Three more runs in the fourth, highlighted by a two-run homer from Josh Pressley, gave the Pats an 8-1 lead which they never relinquished.
Patriots' starter and former-Duck Bill Pulsipher (1-0) earned the victory, firing six innings, allowing four hits and one run, with six strikeouts. Dittler (8-8) was charged with the loss, surrendering 12 hits and seven runs in his three-plus innings of work.
Matt Cavagnaro and Johnny Hernandez each chipped in with two hits for the Flock.
The Ducks hit the road for a six-game roadtrip beginning on Friday night against the Lancaster Barnstormers. Game time is set for 7:00 p.m. at Clipper Magazine Stadium. Fans can tune into all the action live via streaming webcast at www.liducks.com with Chris King calling the play-by-play.
Long Island returns to Suffolk County Sports Park on Friday, August 6th to begin a three-game series against theLancaster Barnstormers.Game time is set for 7:05 PM with the Suffolk County Sports Park gates opening at 6:05 on Military Appreciation Night. The first 1,500 fans will receive Baseballs, presented by Northrop Grumman.
Tickets to the game and all upcoming Ducks home games are available at the Suffolk County Sports Park Box Office, by calling (631) 940-TIXX, or by logging onto www.liducks.com and clicking on the tickets icon at the top of the page.
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