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Lombardozzi returns for his second season with the Ducks, third in the Atlantic League and 13th in professional baseball. The infielder played in 74 games during the 2019 season with Long Island. He batted .262 with two home runs, 33 RBIs, 36 runs, 72 hits, 13 doubles, two triples and a .346 on-base percentage. Defensively, he spent time at second base, third base and shortstop, committing just four errors and totaling a .985 fielding percentage. The switch-hitter excelled during the postseason, hitting .313 with 10 hits, seven RBIs, three runs and two walks. He earned at least one hit in all five games during the Atlantic League Championship Series against Sugar Land, as the Ducks earned their fourth league title.

The 32-year-old has six seasons of Major League experience, playing parts of three seasons with the Washington Nationals (2011-13) and one each with the Baltimore Orioles (2014), Pittsburgh Pirates (2015) and Miami Marlins (2017). In 291 MLB games, the Pennsylvania resident has posted a .260 batting average, five homers, 52 RBIs, 75 runs, 33 doubles and five triples. His stint with the Marlins came after he posted a .367 batting average and a .401 on-base percentage in the Atlantic League with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in 2016. Lombardozzi was selected by the Nationals in the 19th round of the 2008 amateur draft.