Bats quieted by Albaladejo in Bridgeport
(Photo courtesy of Mike Ashmore)
(Bridgeport, Conn., Aug. 7, 2016) – The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the Bridgeport Bluefish 3-1 on Sunday afternoon in the finale of a three-game series at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
GAME AUDIO: Fehlandt Lentini scores for the Ducks in the eighth
Neither side plated a run until the bottom of the fifth inning when Luis Nunez laced an RBI double to left-center field off Ducks starter John Brownell. Another run came home in the sixth on Jose Gil’s two-out RBI single to center.
Long Island closed to within 2-1 in the eighth when Fehlandt Lentini doubled and later scored from third on a wild pitch by Bluefish starter Jonathan Albaladejo. However, they stranded the tying run at second in the frame, and Bridgeport got the run back in the bottom of the inning on a two-out RBI double from Sean Burroughs.
Albaladejo (11-4) earned the win, tossing seven innings of one-run ball, allowing six hits while striking out nine. Brownell (8-4) took the hard luck loss, pitching all eight innings and yielding three runs on eight hits and a walk with five strikeouts. Jose Veras collected his ninth save of the year with a scoreless ninth.
Lentini led the Flock with a pair of doubles in the series finale.
The Ducks return home on Monday to open up a four-game series against the Somerset Patriots. Game time is slated for 6:35 p.m. with the Bethpage Ballpark gates opening at 5:35 (5:20 for full season ticket holders). It will be a LaVida Massage Monday at the ballpark! Free massages will be available on the concourse during the game, and one lucky fan will also go home with a special massage package, courtesy of LaVida Massage of Smithtown, the official massage therapy and skin care center of the Ducks. Right-hander D.J. Mitchell gets the start for the Ducks.
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The Long Island Ducks are members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play their home games at Bethpage Ballpark. For further information, call (631) 940-DUCK or visit www.liducks.com.
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Game Date: 08/07/2016 Long Island Ducks 1 AT Bridgeport Bluefish 3 YTD YTD L Island AB R H BI AVG Bridgeport AB R H BI AVG Vega, A LF 4 0 1 0 .273 Hernandez, L SS 4 0 1 0 .294 Lentini, F RF 3 1 2 0 .320 Chavez, E DH 4 1 2 0 .328 Cleary Jr., D CF 3 0 0 0 .313 Dotel, W RF 3 1 1 0 .326 Puckett, C 3B 4 0 1 0 .279 Cuevas, J 3B 3 0 0 0 .282 Gotay, R 1B 4 0 1 0 .293 Burroughs, S 1B 4 0 1 1 .280 Colvin, T DH 4 0 0 0 .205 Gil, J C 4 0 1 1 .326 Blanke, M C 4 0 1 0 .248 Nina, A LF 3 1 1 0 .229 Wessinger, M 2B 4 0 1 0 .199 Nunez, L 2B 3 0 1 1 .234 Hughes, C SS 3 0 0 0 .086 Giansanti, A CF 3 0 0 0 .233 Dowd, M PH 1 0 0 0 .293 34 1 7 0 31 3 8 3 L Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 7 1 Bridgeport 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 x - 3 8 0 2B--Vega, A LF (14), Lentini, F RF 2 (27), Dotel, W RF (14), Burroughs, S 1B (8), Nunez, L 2B (13). RBI--Burroughs, S 1B (11), Gil, J C (17), Nunez, L 2B (31), TOTALS 3 (0). HP--Lentini, F RF 2 (7), Cleary Jr., D CF (2). SH--Dotel, W RF (0). SB--Nunez, L 2B (6). E--Hughes, C SS (2). LOB--L Island 8, Bridgeport 6. DP--C. Puckett(3B) - R. Gotay(1B), S. Burroughs(1B). YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA L Island Brownell, J (L,8-4) 8.0 8 3 3 1 5 0 2.83 8 8 3 3 1 5 0 Bridgeport Albaladejo, J (W,11-4) 7.0 6 1 1 0 9 0 4.35 Carpenter, D 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4.43 Veras, J (S,9) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.40 9 7 1 1 0 12 0 WP--Albaladejo, J 2 (6). HB--Albaladejo, J 2 (4). SO--Vega, A, Cleary Jr., D, Gotay, R 2, Colvin, T 2, Blanke, M 2, Wessinger, M 2, Hughes, C, Dowd, M, Hernandez, L, Dotel, W, Burroughs, S, Gil, J, Giansanti, A. BB--Cuevas, J. BF--Brownell, J 33 (514), Albaladejo, J 30 (523), Carpenter, D 3 (100), Veras, J 3 (76). P-S--Brownell, J 117-77, Albaladejo, J 90-67, Carpenter, D 12-7, Veras, J 16-11. T--2:35. A--2767 Weather: Hazy-Hot-Humid Plate Umpire - J.B. Torres, Field Umpire #1 - Freddy DeJesus, Field Umpire #3 - Warren Nicholson