AtL Sugar Land Space Cowboys

Skeeters Pound out Five Extra-Base Hits in 4-2 Win over Long Island

Published on June 28, 2015 under Atlantic League (AtL)
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SUGAR LAND, Texas - The Sugar Land Skeeters wrapped up the home portion of the first half of the regular season with a 4-2 win in the finale over the Long Island Ducks. The win improves the Skeeters record to 33-31. Sugar Land has won 13 of its last 14 games played at the friendly confines of Constellation Field and four-in-a-row overall.

Sugar Land continued to strike early against the Ducks, scratching across a run in the bottom of the second. Travis Scott opened the frame with a ringing double off the wall in left. Following a Kevin Russo groundout to second, Johan Limonta poked a single off the end of the bat into left for an RBI single, staking the Skeeters to an early 1-0 lead.

The Skeeters pounded out three doubles in the bottom of the fourth for a pair of runs. Scott kicked off the inning with a double down the right field line. Limonta ripped a double into left-centerfield to plate Scott before Chris Wallace blasted a double over the head of right fielder Bryan Sabatella to score Limonta and inflate the lead to 3-0.

Long Island scratched for a pair of runs in the top of the fifth off Skeeters' starter Josh Geer. Mike Blanke singled with one out, snapping a string of 11-straight batters retired. Dan Lyons followed with a double to deep left-center and advanced to third after Blanke was thrown out at the plate. Sabatella singled into right-center to drive in Lyons and came around to score on an RBI triple from Delta Cleary, Jr. Geer escaped further trouble by striking out Randy Ruiz with runners on the corners, holding the 3-2 lead for Sugar Land.

The Skeeters starter turned in a quality outing despite the fifth-inning troubles. The right-hander went six innings, allowing two runs on six hits with two walks and striking out three. With the strong outing, the former San Diego Padre now has five starts this season in which he allowed two runs or fewer.

Amadeo Zazueta launched his first home run of the season in the bottom of the seventh. The solo-shot by the second baseman increased the Skeeters lead to 4-2 and chased starter Ian Marshall from the game.

James Parr, Hunter Cervenka and Andrew Johnston combined to keep the Ducks off the scoreboard in the seventh and eighth innings. Cervenka and Johnston combined to strand five runners on base and four in scoring position before handing the ball off to Derrick Loop in the top of the ninth with a 4-2 lead.

Despite surrendering a one-out double in the ninth, Loop induced a 5-3 double play from Randy Ruiz to earn his fourth-save of the season and secure the fourth-straight victory for Sugar Land, 4-2.

The full box score can be found online at http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscore.html?gameid=269936

The Skeeters hit the road for seven games to wrap up the first half of the regular season. The Skeeters take on York tomorrow at 5:30 p.m. (CT). Listen live to all the action on the road at SugarLandSkeeters.com. Season tickets and special game plans are still available for the 2015 campaign. Sign up today by calling the box office at 281-240-4487 to join the swarm.

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