Somerset kept the Ducks' bats at bay
September 2, 2009 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Long Island Ducks News Release
(Central Islip, N.Y., September 2, 2009)- The Somerset Patriots defeated the Long Island Ducks 3-1 on Wednesday night before a past-capacity crowd of 6,333 at Citibank Park.
Two unearned runs off Ducks' starter Julio Manon gave the Patriots a 2-0 advantage in the top of the second inning. RBI doubles by Joe Burke and Mike Rodriguez did the damage. The Ducks cut the deficit in half as John Pachot's RBI single in the last of the second pushed the score to 2-1.
Somerset got the run back in the top of the fourth as Rodriguez' RBI single increased the Pats' lead to 3-1.
Somerset starter Kip Bouknight (5-8) earned the win firing five innings, surrendering three hits and one run, while fanning four. Manon (7-5) was saddled with the loss as he tossed six frames, yielding five hits and one earned run, with five punch-outs. Bret Prinz pitched the ninth for his 18th save of the year.
The Ducks and Patriots wrap up their series on Thursday. Game time is set for 6:35 p.m., with the Citibank Park gates opening at 5:35 p.m. Troy Cate makes the start for Long Island against Somerset's Chris Buglovsky. Fans can tune into all the action live via streaming webcast at www.liducks.com, with Chris King calling the play-by-play. Tickets to the game and all upcoming Ducks home games are available at the Citibank 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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