Pride Increase Division Lead, Head to Newark

Published on June 20, 2003 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
American Defenders of New Hampshire News Release


The Pride earned their fourth straight victory last night, 9-4 over the Pennsylvania Road Warriors, sweeping Penn. out of town. The vagabond Warriors proved that they cannot be taken lightly, as they jumped out to an early lead in each of the three-games forcing the Pride to play catch-up. But when your lineup includes names like Damian Sapp, Glenn Murray and Mitch Meluskey playing catch up is a lot easier. Two HR's by Murray, and another by Garret Larkin lead the way in the victory from Nashua, who now lead the North Division by 5.5 games over Long Island and 6 games over Bridgeport, as both the Ducks and ‘Fish lost yesterday. Speaking of Sapp, he recently had a rare streak, as from June 10th through June 17th, Sapp managed seven hits, all home runs. It was not until a double on June 18th vs. the Warriors that his HR streak was snapped, and if anyone knows what the all-time pro record is for consecutive homers, please let us know.

Nashua is on the road for a brief trip through Newark against Rickey Henderson and the Bears, before returning home for a season-long nine game homestand against Pennsylvania, Camden and Bridgeport from 6/23 through 7/1. That homestand includes the return of Monkey Boy on June 25th, a pot-game fireworks show on June 27th, WMUR's Charlie Sherman Bobblehead Giveaway on June 28th, and the first visit of the year by former Red Sox star Jose Offerman when Bridgeport is at Holman Stadium from June 29th through July 1st.

ALL-STAR FUN RAPIDLY APPROACHING

Starting with tonight's game, there are just 19 games remaining in the first half of the season, and then the Atlantic League All-Stars come to town on Wednesday, July 9th, with a homerun derby at 5:00 PM and the game at 7:05 PM. We still have "Join the Stars" packs available for a spot on the field during the homerun derby, and advertising opportunities in our All-Star game program...call 603-883-2255 for all the details. ALL-STAR VOTING CONTINUES AT ATLANTICLEAGUE.COM.

REMINDER 1: The July 5th "Nashua's 150th Birthday" game time has been changed from 7:05 PM to 2:05 PM

REMINDER 2: The July 6th game vs. Somerset is now scheduled as a 7-inning doubleheader, due to a rain out from the Pride's trip through Somerset in May. It is single-admission, and the first game start time is 6:05 PM

SUMMER CAMPS: Don't forget that the Pride hosts summer camps for kids with instruction provided by Butch Hobson, Rick Wise and Pride players and coaches. Log on to NashuaPride.com for more info.

TOWN NIGHTS: Check the Promo Nights page on NashuaPride.com to see when your town is featured as part of these special nights when tickets are available for just $4 to residents of the selected towns.

AROUND THE LEAGUE

Atlantic City Surf OF Shane Monahan has retired from pro ball. He was a lifetime .284 hitter in the minors, and played 78 games for the Seattle Mariners in 1998-99.

Somerset Patriots closer Scott Aldred has been acquired by the Boston Red Sox. He had seven saves this season along with a 3-1 record and a 1.85 ERA in 24 innings. Aldred has big league experience, playing 229 games in the bigs with Colorado, Montreal, Minnesota, Tampa Bay and Philadelphia. He was assigned to AAA Pawtucket.

For more league news, log on to AtlanticLeague.com

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