bluefish hold off patriots
Bridgeport, CT – September 4 – The Bridgeport Bluefish withstood a late rally by the Somerset Patriots to take the 7-5 victory on Thursday. Bluefish starter Mike Connolly (3-2) posted a quality start and took a one-hitter into the seventh inning.
Alex Prieto and Luis Lopez highlighted the evening for the 'Fish offense. Prieto finished a perfect four-for-four with two runs, two doubles and three RBIs. Lopez finished three-for-five with a run and an RBI. Lopez also smacked two doubles in the game raising his total to 36 on the season, breaking the Bridgeport Bluefish single season record of 34 set by Oreste Marrero in 2001.
Leadoff hitter Sean Smith led the Pats' offense recording the only multi-hit game. Smith finished three-for-five with two RBIs. The Patriots' big inning came in the bottom of the seventh, scoring four of their five runs in the contest. After a hit batter, two wild pitches and walk, Somerset's bats heated up and started bringing in the runs. The Bluefish bullpen was able to cool them off to secure Connolly's win.
Connolly allowed two hits, three runs, four walks and struck out three over his six innings of work. Patriot starter Josh Brey (6-5) also went six innings but allowed 10 hits, five runs and three walks to absorb the loss. Eddy Ramos picked up his 16th save of the season in relief.
The Bluefish look to keep the win streak going tomorrow night at 7:05 P.M. Ryan DiPietro (4-5) will start for Bridgeport and oppose Brian Adams (10-6).
The Automated ScoreBook Somerset Patriots at Bridgeport Bluefish Sep 04, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Somerset Patriots 5 (64-59,24-29 2nd Half) Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Sean Smith cf............ 5 0 3 2 0 1 5 0 0 Elliott Ayala ss......... 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 Lockwood lf.............. 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 Josh Pressley dh......... 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Matt Hagen 3b............ 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 Jason Belcher c.......... 4 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 1 Ryan Radmanovich rf...... 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Vito Chiaravalloti 1b.... 4 1 1 0 0 2 10 1 2 Gerardo Alvarez 2b....... 2 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 Josh Brey p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Casey Cahill p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Totals................... 30 5 6 5 5 7 24 12 6 Bridgeport Bluefish 7 (59-62,26-25 2nd Half)
Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB ------------------------------------------------------Henry Mateo lf/cf........ 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 2 Alex Prieto ss........... 4 2 4 3 1 0 2 2 0 Luis Lopez 3b............ 5 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Jesse Hoorelbeke 1b...... 4 0 1 0 1 0 8 1 1 Ryan Bear rf............. 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 Jay Caligiuri dh......... 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 Wilson Batista 2b........ 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 Luis Rodriguez c......... 4 1 1 0 0 1 8 2 0 Travis Ezi cf............ 3 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 Steve Doetsch lf........ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mike Connoly p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Franklin Perez p........ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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................... 35 7 12 6 3 2 27 9 10 Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Somerset Patriots... 000 000 401 - 5 6 1 Bridgeport Bluefish. 011 003 02X - 7 12 0
------------------------------------------- E - Ayala(16). LOB - Somerset 6; Bluefish 10. 2B - Smith(19);Chiaravallot(21); Alvarez(13); Prieto 2(21); Lopez 2(36); Ezi(14). HBP - Pressley; Alvarez; Doetsch. SH - Mateo(7). SF - Alvarez(5); Caligiuri(4). SB- Hagen 2(22). CS - Smith(7); Lockwood(1). Somerset Patriots IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP --------------------------------------------------Josh Brey........... 6.0 10 5 5 3 2 28 32 112 Casey Cahill........ 2.0 2 2 2 0 0 7 9 26 Bridgeport Bluefish IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
--------------------------------------------------Mike Connoly........ 6.0 2 3 3 4 3 18 24 80 Franklin Perez...... 1.0 2 1 1 0 1 4 5 19 Jeff Tam............ 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 14 Eddy Ramos.......... 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 5 5 18 Win - Connolly (3-2). Loss - Brey (6-5). Save - Ramos (16). WP - Brey(3); Connolly 2(4); Ramos(4). HBP - by Connolly (Alvarez); by Connolly(Pressley); by Cahill (Doetsch). PB - Belcher. Pitches/strikes: Brey 112/72; Cahill 26/17; Connolly 80/35; Perez 19/12; Tam 14/7; Ramos 18/13.Umpires - HP: Dan Wilson 1B: Jim Tatum 3B: Mark Facto Start: 7:11 PM Time: 2:52 Attendance: 1580Connolly faced 3 batters in the 7th. Game: BRG9040 The Automated ScoreBook Somerset Patriots at Bridgeport Bluefish - Play-by-Play Sep 04, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard) Score by Innings R H E -------------------------------------------Somerset Patriots... 000 000 401 - 5 6 1 Bridgeport Bluefish. 011 003 02X - 7 12 0
------------------------------------------- Somerset Patriots starters: 11/cf Smith; 21/ss Ayala; 0/lf Lockwood; 31/dhPressley; 39/3b Hagen; 16/c Belcher; 19/rf Radmanovich; 13/1b Chiaravallot; 6/2b Alvarez; 24/p Brey;Bridgeport Bluefish starters: 7/lf Mateo; 3/ss Prieto; 19/3b Lopez; 31/1bHoorelbeke; 28/rf Bear; 29/dh Caligiuri; 30/2b Batista; 27/c Rodriguez; 15/cf Ezi; 5/p Connolly; Somerset Patriots 1st - Smith struck out swinging (1-2). Ayala grounded
out to ss (0-1). Lockwood walked (3-0). Lockwood out at second c to ss, caughtstealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 1st - Mateo grounded out to 2b (1-2). Prieto doubled
down the lf line (2-2). Lopez flied out to lf (0-1). Prieto advanced to thirdon a passed ball. Hoorelbeke grounded out to 3b (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Somerset Patriots 2nd - Pressley grounded out to 1b unassisted (3-1).
Hagen walked (3-1). Hagen stole second. Belcher struck out looking (1-2). Hagen
stole third. Radmanovich walked (3-0). Chiaravallot struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 2nd - Bear walked (3-2). Caligiuri flied out to lf
(3-1). Batista singled (0-0); Bear advanced to second. Rodriguez struck outswinging (0-2). Ezi doubled to left field, RBI (1-0); Batista advanced to third; Bear scored. Mateo flied out to cf (0-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2LOB. Somerset Patriots 3rd - Alvarez flied out to lf (2-1). Smith singled,
bunt (0-0). Smith out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. Ayala flied out to cf (2-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 3rd - Prieto singled (0-0). Lopez doubled to left
field (3-1); Prieto advanced to third. Hoorelbeke walked (3-2). Bear reached ona fielder's choice (2-1); Hoorelbeke advanced to second; Lopez advanced to third; Prieto out at home 1b to c. Caligiuri flied out to cf, SF, RBI (2-2);Lopez scored. Batista reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Bear out at second ss to 2b. 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Somerset Patriots 4th - Lockwood grounded out to ss (2-0). Pressley
flied out to lf (1-1). Hagen flied out to cf (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 4th - Rodriguez popped up to 2b (0-0). Ezi grounded
out to ss (0-2). Mateo grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0LOB. Somerset Patriots 5th - Belcher fouled out to c (1-1). Radmanovich
grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0). Chiaravallot grounded out to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 5th - Prieto walked (3-0). Prieto advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Lopez flied out to cf (3-2). Hoorelbeke singled to right field(1-1); Prieto advanced to third. Bear popped up to 2b (1-2). Caligiuri flied out to lf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Somerset Patriots 6th - Alvarez hit by pitch (0-0). Smith grounded out
to p (0-0); Alvarez advanced to second. Ayala lined out to 2b (0-1). Lockwoodpopped up to 2b (2-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 6th - Batista grounded out to ss (2-2). Rodriguez
singled to center field (0-2). Ezi struck out swinging (1-2). Mateo singled toleft field (2-2); Rodriguez advanced to third. Prieto doubled to right field, 2 RBI (0-2); Mateo scored; Rodriguez scored. Lopez singled to right field, RBI(0-0); Prieto scored. Hoorelbeke reached on an error by ss (1-0); Lopez advanced to second. Bear grounded out to 2b (0-0). 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error,2 LOB. Somerset Patriots 7th - Pressley hit by pitch (3-0). Pressley advanced
to second on a wild pitch. Hagen walked (3-1). Hagen advanced to second on awild pitch; Pressley advanced to third on a wild pitch. Belcher singled to center field, RBI (1-0); Hagen advanced to third; Pressley scored. Perez to pfor Connolly. Radmanovich reached on a fielder's choice, RBI (1-0); Belcher out at second 1b to ss; Hagen scored. Chiaravallot doubled to center field (3-1);Radmanovich advanced to third. Alvarez flied out to lf, SF, RBI (0-0); Radmanovich scored. Smith doubled to right field, RBI (0-2); Chiaravallotscored. Ayala struck out swinging (3-2). 4 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 7th - Cahill to p for Brey. Caligiuri grounded out
to ss (3-2). Batista grounded out to 2b (0-1). Rodriguez grounded out to p(0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Somerset Patriots 8th - Tam to p for Perez. Mateo to cf. Doetsch to lf
for Ezi. Lockwood walked (3-1). Pressley struck out looking (2-2). Hagen grounded out to 3b (0-1); Lockwood advanced to second. Belcher grounded out to2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Bridgeport Bluefish 8th - Doetsch hit by pitch (1-2). Mateo grounded out
to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); Doetsch advanced to second. Prieto singled through theleft side, RBI (0-0); Doetsch scored. Lopez doubled to left field (3-2); Prieto scored. Hoorelbeke flied out to cf (0-0). Bear flied out to cf (1-2). 2runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Somerset Patriots 9th - Ramos to p for Tam. Radmanovich struck out
swinging (2-2). Chiaravallot struck out looking (0-2). Alvarez doubled to leftfield (0-1). Alvarez advanced to third on a wild pitch. Smith singled, RBI (2-2); Alvarez scored. Ayala flied out to cf (1-1). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors,1 LOB.