Bluefish unable to hold off bears
Bridgeport, CT – May 26th – The Bridgeport Bluefish had the lead in hand heading into the 7th inning but was unable to hang on for the victory as they lost to the Newark Bears 11-6 Monday. The Bluefish pitching staff worked themselves in and out of jams all night but in the end the Bears offensive attack was too much. The Bluefish drop to 14-16 on the season with the loss.
The Bluefish 6-5 lead was erased by three runs in the seventh and four more in the eighth, capped by a two-run homer by Val Majewksi. Majewski was 2-4 on the night with three RBIs and a run. Ramon Castro and Brian Burgamy also added two hits adna home run a piece on the evening.
The Bluefish bats were quiet until the fourth inning when they sent nine men to the plate and scored five runs. Calvin Pickering and Brian Munhall both cranked two-run shots in the inning to contribute. Munhall and Luis Lopez notched the only multi-hit performances for Bridgeport with two base knocks each.
Matt Pike took advantage of his second spot start and pitched well. The righty went 5.1 innings and allowed four runs on seven hits with four walks and a strikeout. Jeff Tam (0-1) helped Pike get out of a bases loaded jam with an inning ending double play in the sixth but then gave the lead back to the Bears in the following inning to take the loss. Pat Stanley (3-0) worked the win for Newark, going six innings and allowing eight hits and six runs (five earned) while walking three and striking out six.
Bridgeport will try to rebound with game two of four tomorrow night. Barry Hertzler will head to the hill for the Bluefish and will be opposed by Mike Bumstead.
Newark Bears 11 (19-10)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Brian Burgamy 3b......... 4 3 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 Ramon Castro ss.......... 6 2 2 2 0 0 2 4 3 Jose Herrera rf.......... 4 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 Cory Aldridge lf......... 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 Keith Reed cf............ 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 Val Majewski 1b.......... 4 1 2 3 1 0 11 0 2 Randall Simon dh......... 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 John Pachot c............ 5 0 2 1 0 0 8 2 0 Mike Just 2b............. 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 Patrick Stanley p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JJ Trujillo p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals................... 41 11 15 11 5 3 27 13 9 Bridgeport Bluefish 6 (14-16)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Travis Ezi cf............ 4 0 1 0 1 2 5 0 1 Henry Mateo 2b........... 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 4 0 Luis Lopez 3b............ 4 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 Ryan Bear rf............. 3 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 Calvin Pickering dh...... 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Branden Florence lf...... 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 Alex Prieto ss........... 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 Brian Munhall 1b......... 4 1 2 2 0 0 8 1 0 Shea Harris c............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 Pike, Matt p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jeff Tam p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddy Ramos p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Chad Bentz p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Eric Dubose p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 6 8 5 4 7 27 11 4 Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Newark Bears........ 002 200 340 - 11 15 3
Bridgeport Bluefish. 000 510 000 - 6 8 4
------------------------------------------- E - Burgamy(2); Majewski(4); Stanley; Bear(2); Prieto 3(7). DP - Newark 2; Bluefish 3. LOB - Newark 9; Bluefish 4. 2B - Burgamy(6); Herrera(6);Simon(3); Ezi(1). HR - Burgamy(2); Castro(4); Majewski(1); Pickering(5); Munhall(1). HBP - Just. SB - Mateo(6). CS - Reed(2). Newark Bears IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------Patrick Stanley..... 6.0 8 6 5 3 6 24 27 JJ Trujillo......... 3.0 0 0 0 1 1 9 10 Bridgeport Bluefish IP H R ER BB SO AB BF
-----------------------------------------------Pike, Matt.......... 5.1 7 4 4 4 1 23 28 Jeff Tam............ 0.2 3 3 2 0 0 5 5 Eddy Ramos.......... 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 6 6 Chad Bentz.......... 0.2 1 2 2 1 0 3 4
Eric Dubose......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 Win - Stanley (3-0). Loss - Tam (0-1). Save - Trujillo (2). HBP - by Pike (Just).Umpires - HP: Keith Valentin 1B: Edwin Ortiz 3B: Eric Diaz Start: 7:05 Time: 2:51 Attendance: 1010Tam faced 4 batters in the 7th. Game: BRG0526 The Automated ScoreBook Newark Bears at Bridgeport Bluefish - Play-by-Play May 26, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Newark Bears........ 002 200 340 - 11 15 3
Bridgeport Bluefish. 000 510 000 - 6 8 4
------------------------------------------- Newark Bears starters: 7/3b Burgamy; 19/ss Castro; 29/rf Herrera; 33/lf Aldridge; 27/cf Reed; 23/1b Majewski; 35/dh Simon; 30/c Pachot; 20/2b Just;22/p Stanley;Bridgeport Bluefish starters: 15/cf Ezi; 7/2b Mateo; 19/3b Lopez; 28/rf Bear; 45/dh Pickering; 16/lf Florence; 3/ss Prieto; 20/1b Munhall; 22/c Harris; 18/pPike; Newark Bears 1st - Burgamy flied out to cf. Castro grounded out to 3b.
Herrera singled to right field. Aldridge flied out to cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 1st - Ezi walked. Ezi advanced to second on an error
by p, advanced to third. Mateo struck out swinging. Lopez struck out swinging.Bear fouled out to c. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Newark Bears 2nd - Reed singled to center field. Reed out at second p to
1b to ss, caught stealing. Majewski walked. Simon reached on an error by ss;Majewski advanced to second. Pachot flied out to rf; Majewski advanced to third. Just flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 2nd - Pickering grounded out to c. Florence struck
out swinging, out at first c to 1b. Prieto struck out swinging. 0 runs, 0hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Newark Bears 3rd - Burgamy walked. Castro singled to center field;
Burgamy advanced to second. Herrera doubled to left center, 2 RBI; Castroscored; Burgamy scored. Aldridge struck out swinging. Reed flied out to cf; Herrera advanced to third. Majewski grounded out to 2b. 2 runs, 2 hits, 0errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 3rd - Munhall singled to center field. Harris flied
out to rf; Munhall out at first rf to 1b. Ezi struck out swinging. 0 runs, 1hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Newark Bears 4th - Simon grounded out to 1b unassisted. Pachot flied out
to lf. Just hit by pitch. Burgamy homered, 2 RBI; Just scored. Castro flied outto cf. 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 4th - Mateo walked. Mateo stole second. Lopez
singled to center field, RBI; Mateo scored. Bear struck out swinging. Pickeringhomered, 2 RBI; Lopez scored. Florence singled to right field. Prieto flied out to rf. Munhall homered, 2 RBI; Florence scored. Harris singled to left field.Ezi doubled down the lf line; Harris advanced to third, out at home lf to 3b to c. 5 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Newark Bears 5th - Herrera walked. Aldridge grounded into double play 2b
to ss to 1b; Herrera out on the play. Reed reached on an error by ss. Majewskiflied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 5th - Mateo lined out to 2b. Lopez singled to center
field. Bear walked; Lopez advanced to second. Pickering reached on an error by1b; Bear advanced to third; Lopez scored, unearned. Florence grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Pickering out on the play. 1 run, 1 hit, 1error, 1 LOB. Newark Bears 6th - Simon doubled down the rf line. Pachot popped up to
2b. Just singled to center field; Simon advanced to third. Burgamy walked; Justadvanced to second. Tam to p for Pike. Castro grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b; Burgamy out on the play. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 6th - Prieto flied out to cf. Munhall popped up to
1b. Harris fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Newark Bears 7th - Herrera reached on an error by ss. Aldridge singled
to right field; Herrera advanced to second. Reed singled, advanced to second onan error by rf, RBI; Aldridge advanced to second, advanced to third on an error by rf; Herrera advanced to third, scored on an error by rf, unearned. Majewskisingled to right field, RBI; Reed advanced to third; Aldridge scored. Ramos to p for Tam. Simon struck out swinging. Pachot singled to left field, RBI;Majewski advanced to third; Reed scored. Just grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Pachot out on the play. 3 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 7th - Trujillo to p for Stanley. Ezi struck out
looking. Mateo walked. Lopez grounded into double play ss to 1b; Mateo out onthe play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Newark Bears 8th - Burgamy doubled to left center. Castro homered, 2
RBI; Burgamy scored. Herrera grounded out to 1b unassisted. Bentz to p forRamos. Aldridge popped up to 2b. Reed walked. Majewski homered, 2 RBI; Reed scored. Simon grounded out to p. 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 8th - Bear grounded out to 2b. Pickering grounded
out to ss. Florence grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Newark Bears 9th - Dubose to p for Bentz. Pachot singled to right field.
Just struck out looking. Burgamy flied out to rf. Castro flied out to cf. 0runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 9th - Prieto grounded out to ss. Munhall reached on
an error by 3b. Harris grounded out to p; Munhall advanced to second. Ezi fliedout to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.