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Tigers Five-Game Winning Streak Ends

August 22, 2011 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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NORWICH, CT - The Connecticut Tigers were unable to get the sweep of the Aberdeen IronBirds, as Aberdeen slapped a season-high 16 hits to take down the Tigers 7-3 on Monday night at Dodd Stadium.

The IronBirds struck first with a run in the first inning.

After back-to-back base hits to start the game from Glynn Davis and Austin Knight, Mychal Givens and Joe Velleggia drew consecutive walks from Tigers starter Luis Sanz. The walk of Velleggia came with the bases loaded, scoring the run.

The Tigers tied the game at one in the third frame on a solo homer from Javier Azcona, his fourth of the year. However, Aberdeen came back with two runs in the fourth on a Ryan Zrenda RBI triple and Martin Serrata RBI single to take a 3-1 lead.

A Tyler Collins solo homer in the fourth, his sixth of the season, cut the deficit to one. Eugenio Suarez started the sixth inning with a double and was driven in two batters later on a Dean Green RBI base hit, tying the game at three.

In the seventh, the IronBirds got a one-out base runner when Knight reached on a Azcona errors, Velleggia drew a walk and Wynston Sawyer broke the tie with an RBI single. Aberdeen would add another run in the inning, as well as a run in both the eighth and ninth to go on for the win.

While the loss halted the Tigers season-long five-game winning streak, the win snapped a five-game losing streak for Aberdeen.

The Tigers will hit the road for a three-game set in Aberdeen beginning tomorrow night. First pitch is set for 7:05 PM.

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