AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com TITLE: BEARS LOSE TO ROAD WARRIORS 11-2 DATE: 8/14/2007 05:54:00 PM ----- BODY:

2007 Newark Bears
Road Warriors at Newark Bears
Aug 14, 2007 at Newark, NJ (Riverfront Stadium)

Road Warriors 11 (11-19,27-65) Newark Bears 2 (16-15,52-42)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Ezi, T cf.................. 5 0 0 0 Nettles, M lf.............. 2 1 0 0
Housel, D 2b............... 6 1 2 1 Castro, R ss............... 2 0 0 0
Chiaravollot 1b............ 4 1 0 0 Reed, K cf................. 4 1 1 0
Garcia, O dh............... 3 3 1 0 Colina, J 2b............... 3 0 1 0
Harris, E dh.............. 1 0 0 0 Rodriguez, V 1b............ 4 0 3 2
Mejia, M c................. 3 1 2 1 Smith, C 3b................ 4 0 0 0
Bryan, J lf................ 4 2 2 1 Herrera, J rf.............. 4 0 0 0
Doetsch, S rf.............. 5 1 4 4 Gomes, J dh................ 4 0 1 0
Arteaga, J ss.............. 4 1 1 1 Torres, J c................ 2 0 0 0
Fenwick, R 3b.............. 5 1 2 3 Phillips, M p.............. 0 0 0 0
Dicken, R p................ 0 0 0 0 Smith, M p................ 0 0 0 0
Eichkorst, C p............ 0 0 0 0 Crampton, S p............. 0 0 0 0
Mannix, K p............... 0 0 0 0 Davis, B p................ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 40 11 14 11 Totals..................... 29 2 6 2

Score by Innings R H E
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Road Warriors....... 410 100 230 - 11 14 0
Newark Bears........ 002 000 000 - 2 6 1
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E - Colina, J(13). DP - Road Warrior 3; Newark 2. LOB - Road Warrior 11; Newark 6.
2B - Housel, D(11); Fenwick, R 2(5). SB - Ezi, T(16). CS - Nettles, M(7).

Road Warriors IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Dicken, R W,1-6........... 6.0 5 2 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 21 27 3 7 103
Eichkorst, C .............. 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 18
Mannix, K ................. 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 11

Newark Bears IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Phillips, M L,1-2......... 4.0 8 6 6 7 4 0 0 0 0 19 26 1 6 100
Smith, M .................. 3.0 3 2 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 12 13 1 2 54
Crampton, S ............... 0.1 2 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 17
Davis, B .................. 1.2 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 6 6 1 0 29

WP - Smith, M(1); Davis, B(5). PB - Mejia, M. Pitches/strikes: Dicken, R 103/56;
Eichkorst, C 18/14; Mannix, K 11/6; Phillips, M 100/56; Smith, M 54/33; Crampton, S
17/8; Davis, B 29/18.

Strikeouts - Ezi, T 5; Housel, D 2; Chiaravollot 2; Garcia, O; Harris, E; Mejia, M;
Bryan, J; Fenwick, R; Nettles, M; Castro, R; Reed, K 2; Colina, J; Herrera, J;
Gomes, J 2. Walks - Ezi, T; Chiaravollot 2; Garcia, O 2; Mejia, M 2; Bryan, J;
Arteaga, J; Nettles, M 2; Castro, R 2; Colina, J; Torres, J.

Umpires - HP: Joe Cruz 1B: Sean Hunter 3B: Randy Weinstein
Start: 5:07 pm Time: 3:24 Attendance: 2351

Game notes:
Tomorrow's Probables
NWK - Garcia
RDW - Hesseltine
Dicken, R faced 2 batters in the 7th.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 14, 2007

Contact: Joe Montefusco (973) 848-1000, ext. 112

BEARS LOSE TO ROAD WARRIORS 11-2

NEWARK, NJ – August 14, 2007 – The Newark Bears were defeated by the Road Warriors 11-2 Tuesday evening at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. Despite the loss, the Bears remain one game over .500 (16-15) in the second half of the 2007 season.

With bases loaded and two-outs in the top of the first inning Road Warriors left-fielder Jason Bryan and shortstop Josh Arteaga hit RBI singles, and right-fielder Steven Doetsch hit a two-run single to give the Road Warriors a 4-0 lead.

Trailing 5-0 in the bottom of the third inning, Bears first baseman Victor Rodriguez hit a two-run single to cut the Road Warriors lead to 5-2. Rodriguez ended the game 3-for-4 with two RBI.

For the Road Warriors, Doetsch ended the game 4-for-5 including RBI singles in the top of the fourth and top of the eighth, while third baseman Ron Fenwick went 2-for-5 with an RBI double in the top of the seventh and a two-run double in the top of the eighth.

Mark Phillips (1-2) took the loss allowing six runs on eight hits in four innings, while Randy Dicken (1-6) earned the victory tossing six innings surrendering two runs on five hits striking out six.

The Bears and Road Warriors will play game two of the three-game series Wednesday evening at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 PM. Jose Garcia (2-0) will take the mound for the Bears against Charlie Hesseltine (1-4) for the Road Warriors.

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Joe Montefusco

Media Relations Manager

Newark Bears Professional Baseball Club

450 Broad St.

Newark, NJ 07102

Phone: 973-848-1000 ext. 112

Fax: 973-621-0095

jmontefusco@newarkbears.com

2007 North Division 1st Half Champions

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