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September 5, 2005 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., Sept. 5, 2005) - The Long Island Ducks had their six-game home winning streak come to an end with a 4-0 defeat at the hands of the visiting Somerset Patriots on Monday evening in front of 6,368 fans at Citibank Park. Patriots pitchers Mark DiFelice, Greg Modica and Derek Andersen kept the Ducks off the scoreboard all night.
Somerset picked up two runs in the first inning on two hits and added to their lead with a run in each of the sixth and eighth innings. Billy Hall and Emiliano Escandon both scored twice for the Patriots.
DiFelice (7-3) picked up the win after limiting the Flock to five hits in five innings of work. Shane Arthurs (6-4) took the loss after allowing four runs (three earned) on five hits over 7.1 innings. Mike Crudale (0.2 innings) and Todd Erdos kept Somerset off the board in the game's final 1.2 innings.
Long Island produced just five singles on the night, two from Steve Torrealba and one from each Carlos Hernandez, Henry Rodriguez and Donny Leon.
The Ducks and Pats will play game two of their three-game set on Tuesday evening at 7:05 p.m. Chris Smith will make his first start for Long Island against Somerset's Nick Stocks. The game will be broadcast live on Cablevision (channel 18). Chris King and Lou Brogno will call all the action live from Central Islip starting at 7:00 p.m. Tickets for this and all Ducks home games remain available by calling 1-888-332-5600, by visiting the Citibank Park box office or by logging onto www.liducks.com and clicking on the tickets icon.
Duck Tales... Starter Shane Arthurs pitched 7.1 for the Ducks on Monday night, giving up five hits. Two of those hits came in the first inning, two in the last, while he gave up just one in the middle six innings that he pitched... Tonight's 4-0 loss marks the first time the Ducks have been shutout at home in the second half of 2005. It was, however, the fourth time this season the Flock has been shutout by Somerset... Henry Rodriguez went 1-for-4 on the night and he has reached base in 19 consecutive games. But, what is even more impressive is that Rodriguez has reached base safely in 49 of his past 50 games... Tonight's crowd of 6,368, the 52nd sellout of the season, raises the total to 2,581,672 fans who have enjoyed baseball at Citibank Park since April of 2000.
The Long Island Ducks, 2004 Atlantic League champions, play their home games at Citibank Park and are in their sixth season of play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. They have filled their ballpark to over 100 percent capacity in each of their first five seasons and are one of the most successful minor league franchises in the country. For further information, please contact the public relations department at 631-940-3825 or visit www.liducks.com.
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