bluefish unable to fend off blue crabs
Bridgeport, CT – August 5th – The Bridgeport Bluefish were unable to hang on to their lead down stretch as they fell to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 7-5 on Tuesday. The Crabs scored twice in the seventh to tie the game and twice in the eighth to bury Bridgeport. The Bluefish continue to struggle against their Liberty Division foes with 12 losses in 15 meetings as they fall to 12-12 in the second half.
Tommy John's bullpen had issues with the Blue Crabs offense. T.J. Tucker came on in the seventh inning carrying a 5-3 lead. The former Major Leaguer issued a leadoff walk to Eric Crozier before Chris Maples sent a game-tying jack high into the net in left field. Jeff Tam (2-3) gave up the two go-ahead runs in the eighth to take the loss. Tam threw a sacrifice bunt attempt past second baseman Wilson Batista covering first base, allowing Jeremy Owens to score the go-ahead run. Maples tacked on one more run on a sacrifice fly two pitches later to finish the afternoon one-for-three with three RBIs and a run scored. John Ramistella started the scoring for Southern Maryland with a two-run homer in the first and finished two-for-three with two runs.
The Bluefish had a big fourth inning to back the quality start by Sweeney. Alex Prieto cleared the bases with a hard-hit triple down the third-base line into the Blue Crabs bullpen that gave Bridgeport a 3-2 lead. Henry Mateo drove in Prieto with a double two batters later. Prieto finished with four RBIs after blasting a solo home run in the fifth.
Sweeney pitched well in his first start in Bridgeport. The former Newark Bear allowed three runs on four hits and three walks with seven strikeouts over six innings.
Maryland starter Ryan Bicondoa left the game with his team trailing, allowing five runs on seven hits over his five frames. Jason Blanton picked up the victory in relief with a scoreless seventh inning of work. Matt Schweitzer earned his sixth save of 2008 for the Blue Crabs with a scoreless ninth.
The Bluefish turn to Barry Hertzler (5-7) to stop the two-game skid tomorrow night at 7:05 P.M. The Blue Crabs will send southpaw Jon Connolly (3-2) to oppose the 2008 All-Star.
Box Score
Southern Maryland 7 (52-42,16-8 2nd Half)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------George Sandel ss......... 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 James Shanks lf.......... 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 John Ramistella rf....... 3 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 Patrick Osborn 3b........ 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 Clinton Johnston 1b...... 3 1 2 1 1 0 8 0 0
Jeremy Owens cf.......... 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 Eric Crozier dh.......... 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 Chris Maples 2b.......... 3 1 1 3 0 0 3 2 0 Adam Shorsher c.......... 4 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 0 Ryan Biconda p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Chris Gale p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Jason Blanton p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Greg Jones p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Matt Schweitzer p....... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 33 7 8 6 5 8 27 8 8 Bridgeport Bluefish 5 (45-59,12-12 2nd Half)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Henry Mateo cf........... 5 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 Branden Florence lf...... 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 Luis Lopez 3b............ 4 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 Jesse Hoorelbeke dh...... 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 Ryan Bear rf............. 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 Steve Doetsch pr/rf..... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Jay Caligiuri 1b......... 4 1 2 0 0 1 5 0 1 Wilson Batista 2b........ 3 1 1 0 1 0 4 1 1 Alex Prieto ss........... 4 2 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 Shea Harris c............ 3 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 0 Luis Rodriguez ph/c..... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 Matt Sweeney p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 TJ Tucker 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 Totals................... 37 5 10 5 3 11 27 8 8 Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Southern Maryland... 200 001 220 - 7 8 0
Bridgeport Bluefish. 040 100 000 - 5 10 3
------------------------------------------- E - Batista(4); Prieto(20); Tam. DP - Bluefish 1. LOB - So Maryland 8;Bluefish 8. 2B - Osborn(23); Mateo(23); Caligiuri(8). 3B - Prieto(1). HR - Ramistella(12); Maples(10); Prieto(6). HBP - Shanks. SH - Crozier(1). SF -Johnston(3); Maples(1). SB - Shanks(5); Owens(12).
Southern Maryland IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
--------------------------------------------------Ryan Biconda........ 5.0 7 5 5 2 7 22 24 104 Chris Gale.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 9 Jason Blanton....... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4 20 Greg Jones.......... 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 4 5 20 Matt Schweitzer..... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 14 Bridgeport Bluefish IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
--------------------------------------------------Matt Sweeney........ 6.0 4 3 3 3 7 20 24 110 TJ Tucker........... 1.0 2 2 2 1 0 5 7 24 Jeff Tam............ 1.0 2 2 1 0 0 4 6 12 Eddy Ramos.......... 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 17 Win - Blanton (4-1). Loss - Tam (2-3). Save - Schweitzer (6). WP - Jones(2). HBP - by Tucker (Shanks). Pitches/strikes: Biconda 104/64; Gale9/6; Blanton 20/14; Jones 20/11; Schweitzer 14/8; Sweeney 110/65; Tucker 24/15; Tam 12/8; Ramos 17/9.Umpires - HP: Dave Perry 1B: Kareh Valentin 3B: Joe Cruz Start: 10:39 AM Time: 3:11 Attendance: 3915Game: BRG0805 The Automated ScoreBook Southern Maryland at Bridgeport Bluefish - Play-by-Play Aug 05, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Southern Maryland... 200 001 220 - 7 8 0
Bridgeport Bluefish. 040 100 000 - 5 10 3
------------------------------------------- Southern Maryland starters: 11/ss Sandel; 6/lf Shanks; 16/rf Ramistella; 13/3b
Osborn; 34/1b Johnston; 25/cf Owens; 40/dh Crozier; 9/2b Maples; 18/c Shorsher; 30/p Biconda;Bridgeport Bluefish starters: 7/cf Mateo; 16/lf Florence; 19/3b Lopez; 31/dhHoorelbeke; 28/rf Bear; 29/1b Caligiuri; 30/2b Batista; 3/ss Prieto; 22/c Harris; 20/p Sweeney; Southern Maryland 1st - Sandel struck out looking (2-2). Shanks walked
(3-0). Ramistella homered to left center, 2 RBI (2-2); Shanks scored. Osbornlined out to 2b (0-1). Johnston grounded out to 2b (1-1). 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 1st - Mateo lined out to 1b (3-2). Florence flied
out to cf (1-0). Lopez walked (3-1). Hoorelbeke struck out looking (1-2). 0runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maryland 2nd - Owens reached on an error by ss (0-1). Owens
stole second. Crozier hit into double play lf to 3b to 2b (2-0); Owens out onthe play. Maples flied out to lf (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 2nd - Bear singled up the middle (0-2). Caligiuri
doubled to right center (2-2); Bear advanced to third. Batista walked (3-1).Prieto tripled down the lf line, 3 RBI (2-2); Batista scored; Caligiuri scored; Bear scored. Harris struck out swinging (2-2). Mateo doubled down the rf line,RBI (2-0); Prieto scored. Florence flied out to cf (0-0). Lopez struck out swinging (3-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maryland 3rd - Shorsher grounded out to ss (1-2). Sandel
singled, out at second lf to 2b (0-0). Shanks grounded out to p (0-2). 0runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 3rd - Hoorelbeke struck out looking (3-2). Bear
struck out swinging (2-2). Caligiuri singled through the left side (0-2).Batista grounded out to p (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maryland 4th - Ramistella walked (3-2). Osborn struck out
swinging (2-2). Johnston singled to left field (3-2); Ramistella advanced tothird. Owens struck out swinging (0-2). Crozier struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 4th - Prieto homered to left field, RBI (0-1).
Harris grounded out to p (2-2). Mateo grounded out to ss (1-0). Florence fliedout to rf (3-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Southern Maryland 5th - Maples flied out to lf (3-1). Shorsher struck
out looking (3-2). Sandel struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 5th - Lopez struck out swinging (1-2). Hoorelbeke
singled up the middle (0-1). Bear reached on a fielder's choice (0-1);Hoorelbeke out at second ss unassisted. Caligiuri struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maryland 6th - Shanks flied out to cf (3-1). Ramistella walked
(3-1). Osborn doubled down the lf line (2-1); Ramistella advanced to third.Johnston flied out to lf, SF, RBI (2-2); Ramistella scored. Owens struck out
swinging (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 6th - Gale to p for Biconda. Batista flied out to rf
(1-1). Prieto grounded out to p (0-0). Harris struck out swinging (2-2). 0runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Southern Maryland 7th - Tucker to p for Sweeney. Crozier walked (3-0).
Maples homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-2); Crozier scored. Shorsher groundedout to p (0-2). Sandel flied out to cf (0-2). Shanks hit by pitch (0-1). Ramistella singled to center field (0-0); Shanks advanced to third. Osbornflied out to cf (3-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 7th - Blanton to p for Gale. Mateo grounded out to
2b (3-2). Florence grounded out to p (0-0). Lopez singled to center field(2-2). Hoorelbeke struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Southern Maryland 8th - Tam to p for Tucker. Johnston singled to right
field (2-1). Owens singled, bunt (1-0); Johnston advanced to second. Crozierreached on an error by p, SAC, bunt, advanced to second (1-0); Owens advanced to third; Johnston scored. Maples flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-1); Crozieradvanced to third; Owens scored, unearned. Shorsher fouled out to 3b (0-0). Sandel grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 8th - Jones to p for Blanton. Bear walked (3-2).
Doetsch pinch ran for Bear. Caligiuri reached on a fielder's choice (0-0);Doetsch out at second ss to 2b. Batista singled up the middle (1-1); Caligiuri advanced to second. Batista advanced to second on a wild pitch; Caligiuriadvanced to third on a wild pitch. Prieto struck out swinging (2-2). Rodriguez pinch hit for Harris. Rodriguez struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0errors, 2 LOB. Southern Maryland 9th - Doetsch to rf. Rodriguez to c. Ramos to p for
Tam. Shanks reached on an error by 2b (1-1). Shanks stole second. Ramistellaflied out to rf (2-1). Osborn struck out swinging (1-2). Johnston intentionally walked (3-0). Owens reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Johnston out at second3b to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 9th - Schweitzer to p for Jones. Mateo grounded out
to 2b (2-2). Florence popped up to 2b (0-0). Lopez singled (2-1). Hoorelbekepopped up to 2b (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.