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Staten Island Shutout Sends Squad to Series Sweep

July 7, 2022 - Atlantic League (AtL)
Staten Island FerryHawks News Release


STATEN ISLAND, NY- Three FerryHawks pitchers combined to blank the Ducks across nine innings Thursday afternoon at Fairfield Properties Ballpark, earning Staten Island a 1-0 win against Long Island in the series finale. The FerryHawks third straight win pushes them to (3-0) in the second half of the Atlantic League season and closes the gap in the 'Battle of the Belt' rivalry to nine games to seven in favor of Long Island.

Hector Guance (2-2) allowed just two hits over his six stellar frames, striking out two and walking just one. A third inning single by Johnni Turbo and fourth inning single by Sam Travis were the only blemishes on the 26-year-old's card on Thursday in his fifth start of the season.

Joe Iorio (6-2) twirled a season-high eight innings for the Ducks in the loss, allowing just one run on seven hits. Despite striking out seven without issuing a walk, Iorio was hit with his second loss of the season for giving up one second-inning run. Ricardo Cespedes and Dilson Herrera began the top of the frame with a single and double, respectively, before Justin O'Connor squeaked a single through the right side to bring in Cespedes. It was the second straight game that O'Connor started the scoring with an RBI single.

The Ducks collected three hits against Connor Law in the seventh and eighth innings, but remained off the scoreboard. Victor Capellan allowed a one-out walk to Dustin Woodcock, bringing the winning run to the plate twice in the bottom-of-the-ninth inning. Capellan got Vladimir Frias to fly out to deep left field, before an Austin Rye pop out to centerfield ended the game and gave Capellan his third save in as many days.

Staten Island (21-47) begins a three-game series with the Charleston Dirty Birds on Friday evening at SIUH Community Park. Pitching matchups are to be determined with first pitch scheduled for 7:00 PM. The FerryHawks pregame show begins at 6:45 PM on the SI FerryHawks YouTube Stream.

Postgame Notes: Staten Island's bullpen did not allowed a run in the four-game series against the Ducks (12.0 IP)...Ricardo Cespedes (2-for-4) recorded his fourth consecutive multi-hit game...Victor Capellan has not allowed an earned run in 14 consecutive appearances (16.0 innings, 15 K, 7 BB)...FerryHawks starters (A. Rodriguez, M. Solter, H. Guance) combined to throw 19.0 Innings of two-run baseball over the last three games

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