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Yankees Defeat the Tigers

July 27, 2014 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
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Norwich, CT - The Staten Island Yankees (22-21) defeated the Connecticut Tigers (21-22) by a score of 7-1 Sunday evening at Dodd Stadium. In the top of the sixth inning and already leading 3-0, Yankees 3B Renzo Martini (1-4) hit a grandslam off of Tigers RHP Will LaMarche to give Staten Island a commanding seven run lead at 7-0.

The Tigers offense never got it going as they were held to just one run on four hits. The offense which struggled to get base runners on went 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position and left two on base.

With the Tigers trailing 7-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning, 1B Jacob Kapstein lined into a double play which brought in 2B Domingo Leyba (1-3) to score the only run in the game by Connecticut. At one point the Yankees pitching retired 14 straight batters.

Starter RHP Josh Heddinger (0-1) suffered his first loss as a member of the Tigers. Heddinger pitched two innings while allowing one run on one hit, hit two batters and struck out one. RHP Austin Pritcher relieved Heddinger in the third inning and left during the sixth inning after being struck in the back of the head by a line drive from 1B Conner Spencer (3-4). Pritcher left the game and was able to walk back to the dugout on his own.

In game two of the series Tigers RHP AJ Ladwig (0-2, 3.00) is slated to face Yankees RHP Jordan Foley (0-0, 3.04). Tomorrow is Kids Eat Free presented by US Foods and The Day. Each child ticket (12 & under) will receive a voucher reddemable for a hot dog, bag of chips, and an apple! It is also Social Media Monday. Check the Tigers Facebook and Twitter pages on gameday prior to every Monday home game for an exclusive deal courtesy of XtraMart. The pre-game show begins at 6:50 p.m. on AM 1310 WICH and cttigers.com.

The Connecticut Tigers are the Class-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers and play in the New York-Penn League. The Tigers are in their 5th season at Dodd Stadium. Tickets are now on sale! The Box Office is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. In addition, tickets can be purchased over the phone at (860) 887-7962. For more information go online to cttigers.com.

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