Can-Am Brockton Rox

Playoff Opener Goes to Cutters 8-1

September 6, 2006 - Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Brockton Rox News Release


WEST HAVEN, CT -New Haven County SS Chas Terni hit a three-run HR in the fourth inning to help lead the Cutters to a 8-1 victory over the Rox at Yale Field in West Haven, CT in Game 1 of the first round of the Can-Am League Playoffs. RHP Brad Guy started for the Rox and allowed eight runs (seven earned), a season-high in runs allowed in the defeat. 1B Francisco Lebron had the only RBI in the game for the Rox, a one-out single in the first inning. 3B Jeremy Terni had three hits and two RBI for the Cutters in the win, while LHP Rolando Valles allowed just one run in eight innings while fanning seven.

The Rox struck early in the first frame. SS Mike Scanzano led off the game with a double to left and LF Eugene Julien followed on the next pitch with a bunt single. With one out, 1B Francisco Lebron singled to deep third base, plating the game's first run. The Rox had the bases loaded on a pair of hits and walk in the second inning, but LHP Rolando Valles struck out a batter and got a pop out to escape a jam. In the second frame, a walk, a LF Horace Lawrence RBI double, and a wild pitch allowed the Cutters to take a 2-1 lead.

The game remained a 2-1 New Haven County advantage into the fourth. With two on and one out, SS Chas Terni hit a three-run HR off Guy to make it a 5-1 Cutter lead. New Haven County extended the lead in the fifth. With a runner at second, 3B Jeremy Terni hit a ball that had enough carry to land over the left-field wall. Julien lept up over the wall to bring the potential HR back, but he could not hang on for the catch, and Terni's double gave the Cutters a 6-1 lead.

Jeremy Terni had another RBI, an run-scoring single in the seventh inning and finished 3-4 with 2 RBI. RHP Tom Rispoli pitched 1.2 innings scoreless out of the pen for the Rox. Tomorrow, the Rox look to even the series behind RHP John Kelly (10-3, 2.65 ERA) against New Haven County RHP Justin Knoff (9-5, 3.16 ERA). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 PM. The Rox return home for Game 3 at Campanelli Stadium on Friday at 7:05 PM.

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