'FISH STORM BACK TO TAKE SERIES SWEEP
Bridgeport, CT – August 24th – The Bridgeport Bluefish offense was back up to their old tricks with a big 6-4 come-from-behind win over the Lancaster Barnstormers on Sunday. It marks Bridgeport's 33rd come-from-behind victory this season and their seventh win in which they have erased a deficit of at least three runs. By completing their first four-game series sweep of 2008, the Bluefish improve to 21-21 on the season and crawl within five games of first place Long Island in the division.
Tommy John's resilient team entered the bottom of the seventh trailing 4-1. Luis Lopez drove in the first run of the inning with a single to left and was on base for the backbreaking blast that gave Bridgeport the edge. Jay Caligiuri's sixth home run of the season sailed high into the net in left field with Lopez and Jesse Hoorelbeke on base to give his team the one-run lead. The long ball marks Caligiuri's third in his last three games. Alex Prieto also homered in the game and finished two-for-four.
The 'Stormers pounded out 14 hits but failed to take advantage down the stretch. Lancaster left 11 men on base and also had a runner gunned down at the plate by center fielder Travis Ezi. Four players recorded two hits for the Barnstormers including David Castillo who had a pair of RBI doubles. Lloyd Turner finished the day three-for-five with two doubles and a run.
Lancaster starter Jason Scobie pitched well in his six innings of work, stranding nine Bluefish runners and striking out four. He allowed one run on eight hits and two walks. The Barnstormer pen could not keep the lead intact as Sendy Rleal (5-4) gave up the three-run jack to Caligiuri to suffer the loss. Bridgeport reliever Andy Weimer (2-1) earned the win in his two scoreless innings. Bluefish closer Eddy Ramos earned his 14th save of the year with a perfect ninth inning.
Bridgeport now heads into an off day before heading out on the road for six games. The Bluefish will begin a three-game set with the Camden Riversharks on Tuesday. Bridgeport will send starter Matt Sweeney (2-6) to the mound as they look for their fifth consecutive victory.
The Automated ScoreBook Lancaster Barnstorme at Bridgeport Bluefish Aug 24, 2008 at Brigeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Lancaster Barnstorme 4 (19-23)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Michael Woods lf......... 5 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 Lloyd Turner 2b.......... 5 1 3 0 0 1 1 1 1 Ian Bladergroen 1b....... 5 0 1 0 0 1 8 0 2 Matt LeCroy dh........... 2 2 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 Danny Gonzalez ss........ 5 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 David Castillo c......... 5 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 1 Ivanon Coffie 3b......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 Jut Hileman cf........... 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 7 Jordan Herr rf........... 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 Michael Campbell ph/rf.. 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 Jason Scobie p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Nick Renault p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sandy Rleal p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ryan Cullen p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 38 4 14 4 4 7 24 8 11 Bridgeport Bluefish 6 (21-21)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Henry Mateo 2b........... 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 4 1 Alex Prieto ss........... 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 Luis Lopez dh............ 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Jesse Hoorelbeke 1b...... 4 1 2 1 0 0 11 0 0 Ryan Bear rf............. 5 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 Jay Caligiuri 3b......... 4 1 1 3 0 1 0 3 4 Steve Doetsch lf......... 4 0 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 Luis Rodriguez c......... 3 0 1 0 1 0 8 0 0 Travis Ezi cf............ 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 Mike Connoly p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Andrew Weimer p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Matt Pike p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eddy Ramos p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals................... 37 6 14 6 3 5 27 12 11 Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Lancaster Barnstorme 200 110 000 - 4 14 0
Bridgeport Bluefish. 100 000 41X - 6 14 0
------------------------------------------- DP - Bluefish 1. LOB - Lancaster 11; Bluefish 11. 2B - Turner 2(17);Castillo 2(8); Herr(6); Bear(27); Doetsch(4). HR - Herr(3); Prieto(8); Caligiuri(6). SF - Hoorelbeke(5). SB - Mateo(22); Prieto(3). Lancaster Barnstorme IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
--------------------------------------------------Jason Scobie........ 6.0 8 1 1 2 4 26 28 103 Nick Renault........ 0.0 2 3 3 1 0 2 3 19 Sandy Rleal......... 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 5 5 18 Ryan Cullen......... 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 4 5 16 Bridgeport Bluefish IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
--------------------------------------------------Mike Connoly........ 5.0 10 4 4 3 4 23 26 103 Andrew Weimer....... 2.0 3 0 0 1 1 8 9 24 Matt Pike........... 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 4 4 - Eddy Ramos.......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 9 Win - Weimer (2-1). Loss - Rleal (5-4). Save - Ramos (14). WP - Renault(3); Connolly(2). Pitches/strikes: Scobie 103/63; Renault 19/11;Rleal 18/10; Cullen 16/11; Connolly 103/58; Weimer 24/13; Ramos 9/6. Umpires - HP: Eric Diaz 1B: Jim Tatum 3B: Mark FactoStart: 2:05 Time: 3:10 Attendance: 2376 Renault faced 3 batters in the 7th.Game: BRG8240 The Automated ScoreBook Lancaster Barnstorme at Bridgeport Bluefish - Play-by-Play Aug 24, 2008 at Brigeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Lancaster Barnstorme 200 110 000 - 4 14 0
Bridgeport Bluefish. 100 000 41X - 6 14 0
------------------------------------------- Lancaster Barnstorme starters: 15/lf Woods; 11/2b Turner; 7/1b Bladergroen;41/dh LeCroy; 20/ss Gonzalez; 29/c Castillo; 26/3b Coffie; 5/cf Hileman; 18/rf Herr; 22/p Scobie;Bridgeport Bluefish starters: 7/2b Mateo; 3/ss Prieto; 19/dh Lopez; 31/1bHoorelbeke; 28/rf Bear; 29/3b Caligiuri; 17/lf Doetsch; 27/c Rodriguez; 15/cf Ezi; 5/p Connolly; Lancaster Barnstorme 1st - Woods grounded out to 3b (0-0). Turner
doubled to left center (3-1). Turner advanced to third on a wild pitch.Bladergroen struck out swinging (1-2). LeCroy singled down the lf line, RBI (1-1); Turner scored. Gonzalez singled to right field (2-1); LeCroy advanced tosecond. Castillo doubled down the rf line, RBI (0-2); Gonzalez advanced to third; LeCroy scored. Coffie walked (3-1). Hileman reached on a fielder'schoice (0-0); Coffie out at second 2b to ss. 2 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 1st - Mateo grounded out to 2b (0-2). Prieto homered
down the lf line, RBI (0-0). Lopez walked (3-2). Hoorelbeke singled to rightfield (3-2); Lopez advanced to second. Bear struck out looking (1-2). Caligiuri flied out to rf (1-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 2nd - Herr flied out to lf (2-1). Woods singled to
right field (3-1). Turner lined out to ss (2-2); Woods out at first ss to 1b.0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 2nd - Doetsch grounded out to ss (2-1). Rodriguez
walked (3-1). Ezi singled to center field (3-1); Rodriguez advanced to second.Mateo grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2); Ezi advanced to second; Rodriguez advanced to third. Prieto struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0errors, 2 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 3rd - Bladergroen singled to center field (0-1).
LeCroy walked (3-2); Bladergroen advanced to second. Gonzalez flied out to lf(0-0). Castillo grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (0-1); LeCroy out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 3rd - Lopez popped up to ss (1-1). Hoorelbeke
grounded out to 3b (0-0). Bear doubled to right field (1-0). Caligiuri groundedout to p (2-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 4th - Coffie grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2).
Hileman struck out swinging (1-2). Herr homered to left field, RBI (3-2). Woodssingled to left field (2-0). Turner struck out swinging (3-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 4th - Doetsch struck out swinging (3-2). Rodriguez
singled to center field (3-2). Ezi lined out to ss (0-2). Mateo singled tocenter field (0-0); Rodriguez advanced to second. Prieto reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Mateo out at second 3b to 2b. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 5th - Bladergroen grounded out to 2b (2-2). LeCroy
walked (3-0). Gonzalez singled to left field (1-2); LeCroy advanced to second.Castillo doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-1); Gonzalez advanced to third; LeCroy scored. Coffie grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Hileman struck outswinging (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 5th - Lopez grounded out to ss (1-1). Hoorelbeke
flied out to cf (0-0). Bear singled to right field (1-2). Caligiuri struck outswinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 6th - Weimer to p for Connolly. Herr doubled down
the rf line (0-1). Woods grounded out to p, bunt (0-0). Turner singled,advanced to second on the throw (2-0); Herr advanced to third, out at home cf to c. Bladergroen flied out to cf (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 6th - Doetsch singled to left field (2-2). Rodriguez
grounded out to 3b (0-0); Doetsch advanced to second. Ezi flied out to rf(0-2). Mateo flied out to rf (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 7th - LeCroy walked (3-0). Gonzalez struck out
swinging (0-2). Castillo flied out to lf (0-0). Coffie singled to left center(3-0); LeCroy advanced to second. Hileman flied out to lf (1-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 7th - Renault to p for Scobie. Prieto walked (3-2).
Prieto advanced to second on a wild pitch. Lopez singled down the lf line, RBI(2-2); Prieto scored. Hoorelbeke singled to left field (2-2); Lopez advanced to second. Rleal to p for Renault. Bear struck out looking (1-2). Caligiurihomered to left field, 3 RBI (1-1); Hoorelbeke scored; Lopez scored. Doetsch doubled down the lf line (3-1). Rodriguez grounded out to 3b (1-1). Ezi fliedout to cf (2-0). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 8th - Pike to p for Weimer. Campbell pinch hit for
Herr. Campbell struck out swinging. Woods struck out swinging. Turner doubleddown the lf line. Bladergroen grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 8th - Campbell to rf. Cullen to p for Rleal. Mateo
singled to right center (1-0). Prieto singled to left field (2-2); Mateoadvanced to second. Lopez flied out to rf (1-2). Prieto stole second; Mateo stole third. Hoorelbeke flied out to cf, SF, RBI; Prieto advanced to third;Mateo scored. Bear flied out to cf (1-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Lancaster Barnstorme 9th - Ramos to p for Pike. LeCroy grounded out to
ss (1-1). Gonzalez grounded out to 2b (2-1). Castillo grounded out to 3b (0-1).0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.