(Central Islip, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2012) – The Long Island Ducks defeated the York Revolution 7-2 on Sunday evening in the rubber game of a three-game series at Bethpage Ballpark.
POSTGAME VIDEO: Chris Hayes, Ray Navarrete and Kevin Baez talk about the series win
York jumped out to an early lead with a RBI double by Andres Perez off Ducks starter Chris Hayes in the top of the first. The Ducks would tie it up in the second when Dan Lyons singled to left off Revolution starter Chris Waters and Joash Brodin scored on an error by the left-fielder.
Ray Navarrete put the Ducks in front on a two-run home run to left in the third. York got a run back with a sacrifice fly to right off the bat of Chris Nowak in the fourth, but a four-run eighth for the Flock put the game away. A two-run single by Brodin, a RBI single by Kraig Binick and a sac fly off the bat of Lyons highlighted the inning.
Chris Hayes (2-3) picked up the win, tossing seven strong innings, allowing only two runs on five hits while striking out two. Waters (2-5) suffered the loss, giving up three runs (two earned) on eight hits over seven innings of work.
Brodin led the Flock with three hits at the plate, while Navarrete and Lyons chipped in with two each.
Long Island hits the road to face the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Monday night in the opener of a three-game series. Game time is slated for 7:05 p.m. from Regency Furniture Stadium. Fans can follow all the action live online at www.liducks.com by clicking the Listen Live icon on the homepage. Streaming audio will be provided by iBN, the Internet Broadcast Network.
The Ducks return home on Thursday, August 16 to begin a four-game series against the Lancaster Barnstormers. First pitch is set for 7:05 p.m., with the Bethpage Ballpark gates opening at 6:05. The first 1,500 fans in attendance will receive Buddy Harrelson Bobbleheads, courtesy of Dantona Industries. Tickets for the game and all Ducks home games are available by visiting the Bethpage Ballpark box office, calling 631-940-TIXX or visiting www.liducks.com.
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Duck Tales: Joash Brodin earned his third three-hit game of the season and seventh multi-hit contest. Brodin, who went 6-for-11 in the series, picked up three hits in back-to-back games has multi-hit games in five of his last seven contests…Ray Navarrete’s two-run homer in the third was his 15th of the season, second on the team to Brandon Sing (18). The Ducks have now hit 82 homers on the season and have gone deep in 11 of the last 13 games…Reid Gorecki’s walk in the bottom of the eighth extended his on-base steak to 14 consecutive games. In addition, Gorecki has now drawn at least one walk in seven consecutive games and 19 walks total over the 14-game stretch…With one scoreless inning each, Jeremy Hill has now pitched 12 consecutive scoreless outings while Armando Benitez has tossed seven straight scoreless appearances. During the homestand, the Ducks bullpen allowed just eight runs in 25 and one-third innings, which equates to a 2.84 ERA…With Sunday’s win the Ducks, won back-to-back series for the first time in the second half. The last time they won two consecutive series was when they took two of three from Somerset and swept a four-game set against Sugar Land from June 25 to July 1.
GAME DATE: 08/12/2012 York Revolution 2 AT Long Island Ducks 7 YTD YTD York AB R H BI AVG L Island AB R H BI AVG B.Haveman LF 4 0 0 0 .287 R.Gorecki CF 4 0 0 0 .271 R.Castro 3B 4 1 1 0 .287 B.Nelson 3B 5 1 1 0 .271 J.Thurston SS 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Navarrete DH 2 2 2 2 .316 A.Perez 2B 4 1 3 1 .332 M.Esquivel RF 4 1 1 0 .328 J.Fiorentino DH 4 0 1 0 .283 S.Williams 2B 3 1 0 0 .277 C.Nowak 1B 3 0 0 1 .274 J.Brodin 1B 4 2 3 2 .328 J.Limonta RF 4 0 0 0 .125 K.Binick LF 4 0 1 1 .257 T.Scott C 3 0 0 0 .228 D.Lyons SS 3 0 2 1 .259 S.Grimes CF 2 0 0 0 .251 J.Johnson C 4 0 1 0 .201 31 2 6 2 33 7 11 6 York 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 1 L Island 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 4 x - 7 11 0 2B--A.Perez 2 (31), B.Nelson (24), D.Lyons (10). HR--R.Navarrete (15). RBI--A.Perez (60), C.Nowak (63), R.Navarrete 2 (74), J.Brodin 2 (10), K.Binick (24), D.Lyons (50). HP--S.Williams (6). SF--C.Nowak (3), D.Lyons (9). SB--K.Binick (20), D.Lyons (11). CS--S.Grimes (1). E--J.Limonta (1). LOB--York 5, L Island 7. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA York C.Waters (L,2-5) 7.0 8 3 2 1 5 1 5.25 Y.Novoa 0.0 2 4 4 1 0 0 5.37 S.Penney 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 4.07 8 11 7 6 3 6 1 L Island C.Hayes (W,2-3) 7.0 5 2 2 1 2 0 4.95 J.Hill 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.84 A.Benitez 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6.53 9 6 2 2 2 4 0 PB--J.Johnson. HB--Y.Novoa (4). SO--R.Castro 2, A.Perez, C.Nowak, R.Gorecki 2, B.Nelson, J.Brodin, D.Lyons, J.Johnson. BB--J.Thurston, S.Grimes, R.Gorecki, R.Navarrete 2. BF--C.Waters 29 (218), Y.Novoa 4 (284), S.Penney 5 (184), C.Hayes 26 (84), J.Hill 3 (207), A.Benitez 5 (101). P-S--C.Waters 96-65, Y.Novoa 13-6, S.Penney 18-11, C.Hayes 83-57, J.Hill 15-9, A.Benitez 21-12. T--2:30. A--5252 Umpires: Plate Ump - Hank Himmanen, Field Ump #1 - Chase Edmondson, Field Ump #2 - Matt Hensel