Blanke collects four hits, Brownell tosses complete game in defeat
(New Britain, Conn., Aug. 17, 2016) – The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the New Britain Bees 3-1 on Wednesday night in the third game of a four-game series at New Britain Stadium.
GAME AUDIO: Highlights from game three of the series
The Bees opened the scoring with a two-run single to left field by Craig Maddox in the first inning off Ducks starter John Brownell. Cole Garner’s two-out RBI single to left in the third extended the advantage to 3-0.
The Ducks plated a run in the eighth on Mike Blanke’s RBI double to left, which scored Mike Dowd. However, they would get no closer.
Anthony Marzi (4-1) earned the win with five and one-third scoreless innings, allowing four hits and four walks while striking out six. Brownell (8-5) suffered the hard-luck loss despite tossing all eight innings, yielding just three runs on 14 hits and a walk with eight strikeouts. He threw 136 pitches in the game, 92 of which were for strikes. Rob Bryson collected his first save of the year by retiring the final five batters, including four on strikeouts.
Blanke led the Flock with four hits on the night, while Delta Cleary Jr. chipped in with two.
The Ducks and Bees wrap up their four-game set on Thursday night. Game time is slated for 6:35 p.m. at New Britain Stadium. Fans can follow all the action live on the Ducks’ official YouTube channel. Streaming audio will be available online by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander Chris McCoy gets the ball for the Ducks against Bees righty Mike Lee.
Long Island returns home on Tuesday, August 23 to open a three-game set against the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 p.m. with the Bethpage Ballpark gates opening at 5:35 (5:20 for full season ticket holders). The first 2,000 fans in attendance will receive Good Times, Every Time Beach Balls, courtesy of Dunrite Pools. It’s also a Two-Fer Tuesday, and fans purchasing tickets to the game online at LIDucks.com or via the Ducks mobile app can receive a special buy one, get one free offer by entering the promo code “BOGO” at checkout (max four total tickets per transaction). It’s a Humana Senior Discount Tuesday as well, and senior citizens (65 or older with valid ID) will receive a 25{f7b134541f126dcd33819b5eec9a91dff238b58155023223dba97c27371a7fb5} discount and a special gift package, courtesy of Humana, when purchasing a ticket to the game at the Bethpage Ballpark box office (limited to the first 50 tickets purchased). Tickets to the game and all Ducks home games are available by visiting the Bethpage Ballpark box office, calling (631) 940-TIXX or CLICKING HERE.
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Game Date: 08/17/2016 Long Island Ducks 1 AT New Britain Bees 3 YTD YTD L Island AB R H BI AVG N Britain AB R H BI AVG Lentini, F RF 4 0 0 0 .326 Skelton, J C 4 1 1 0 .271 Lyons, D SS 2 0 0 0 .288 Golson, G LF 5 1 3 0 .289 Wessinger, M SS 3 0 0 0 .195 Rosa, J 3B 4 0 1 0 .302 Cleary Jr., D CF 4 0 2 0 .329 Maddox, C RF 4 1 4 2 .303 Puckett, C 3B 3 0 0 0 .284 Garner, C DH 3 0 1 1 .273 Gotay, R 2B 3 0 0 0 .291 Crouse, M CF 4 0 0 0 .276 Dowd, M C 4 1 1 0 .308 Roof, J SS 4 0 2 0 .247 Blanke, M 1B 4 0 4 1 .264 Griffin, J 1B 4 0 2 0 .273 Kourie, J DH 2 0 0 0 .000 Dziomba, J 2B 4 0 0 0 .209 Colvin, T PH 1 0 0 0 .181 Scura, C LF 2 0 0 0 .077 Vega, A LF,PH 1 0 0 0 .259 33 1 7 1 36 3 14 3 L Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 N Britain 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 14 1 RBI--Blanke, M 1B (41), TOTALS (0), Maddox, C RF 2 (46), Garner, C DH (7), TOTALS 3 (0). HP--Puckett, C 3B (11), Garner, C DH (1). SB--Lentini, F RF (36), Cleary Jr., D CF (22), Roof, J SS (12). E--Gotay, R 2B (10), Dziomba, J 2B (2). LOB--L Island 11, N Britain 11. DP--J. Roof(SS) - G. Golson(LF) - J. Griffin(1B), R. Gotay(2B) - M. Blanke(1B), D. Lyons(SS) - R. Gotay(2B). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA L Island Brownell, J (L,8-5) 8.0 14 3 3 1 8 0 3.20 8 14 3 3 1 8 0 N Britain Marzi, A (W,4-1) 5.1 4 0 0 4 6 0 2.67 Vance, K 2.0 3 1 1 1 2 0 4.97 Bryson, R (S,1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 4 0 4.91 9 7 1 1 5 12 0 HB--Brownell, J (1), Marzi, A (2). SO--Lentini, F, Lyons, D, Wessinger, M, Cleary Jr., D 2, Gotay, R, Dowd, M 2, Kourie, J 2, Colvin, T, Vega, A, Skelton, J, Golson, G 2, Rosa, J, Crouse, M 2, Roof, J, Griffin, J. BB--Lentini, F, Cleary Jr., D, Gotay, R, Kourie, J, Scura, C, Skelton, J. BF--Brownell, J 38 (581), Marzi, A 25 (243), Vance, K 9 (49), Bryson, R 5 (41). P-S--Brownell, J 136-92, Marzi, A 96-54, Vance, K 32-18, Bryson, R 25-17. T--2:43. A--3598 Plate Umpire - Don Gollar, Field Umpire #1 - John Grasso, Field Umpire #2 - Carl Best