Strong start by Downs not enough in series opener

(York, Pa., June 7, 2016) – The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the York Revolution 1-0 on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at PeoplesBank Park.

Both starters were superb in the game. York’s Tony Pena (5-0) earned the win with eight scoreless innings, allowing just three hits and one walk while striking out six. Long Island’s Darin Downs (3-3) suffered the hard luck loss, yielding just one run on five hits and a walk while tying a career-high with 11 strikeouts. Mike DeMark picked up his 15th save of the season with a perfect ninth inning.

The only run of the game came across in the seventh inning. Telvin Nash drew a leadoff walk and went to second base on a balk by Downs. That set the stage for Andres Perez, who squeaked an RBI single up the middle to score Nash.

Anthony Vega led Long Island offensively with two hits, while Ruben Gotay collected a hit and a walk.

The Ducks and Revolution continue their three-game set on Wednesday night. Game time is slated for 6:30 p.m. from PeoplesBank Park. Fans can follow all of the action live on the Ducks’ official YouTube channel. Streaming audio will be available online by CLICKING HERE. Right-hander Bobby Blevins takes the mound for the Ducks against Revolution lefty Kelvin De La Cruz.

Long Island returns home on Tuesday, June 14 to begin a three-game series the New Britain Bees. 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). It’s a Two-Fer Tuesday at the ballpark, and fans purchasing tickets to the game online or via the Ducks mobile app can receive a buy one, get one free offer by entering the promo code “BOGO” at checkout (max four total tickets per transaction). It’s also a Humana Senior Discount Tuesday, 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.

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: 06/07/2016 Long Island Ducks 0 AT York Revolution 1 YTD YTD L Island AB R H BI AVG York AB R H BI AVG Lentini, F RF 4 0 0 0 .317 Repko, J LF 4 0 2 0 .308 Lyons, D SS 4 0 0 0 .306 Tejeda, I C 4 0 1 0 .339 Gotay, R 2B 3 0 1 0 .288 Guzman, J DH 3 0 0 0 .307 Colvin, T 1B 4 0 0 0 .227 Nash, T 1B 2 1 1 0 .273 Puckett, C 3B 3 0 0 0 .285 Perez, A 2B 3 0 1 1 .280 Blanke, M DH 3 0 0 0 .240 Marte, A RF 3 0 0 0 .286 Tekotte, B CF 3 0 0 0 .241 Pounds, B 3B 3 0 0 0 .234 Dowd, M C 3 0 0 0 .322 Wilson, J SS 3 0 0 0 .258 Vega, A LF 3 0 2 0 .305 Rockett, M CF 3 0 0 0 .237 30 0 3 0 28 1 5 1 L Island 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 0 York 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 x - 1 5 0 2B--Nash, T 1B (9). RBI--Perez, A 2B (24), TOTALS (0). CS--Repko, J LF (2). LOB--L Island 4, York 4. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA L Island Downs, D (L,3-3) 7.0 5 1 1 1 11 0 4.56 Kern, B 1.0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3.15 8 5 1 1 1 14 0 York Pena, T (W,5-0) 8.0 3 0 0 1 6 0 2.78 DeMark, M (S,15) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 9 3 0 0 1 7 0 SO--Gotay, R, Colvin, T, Puckett, C, Blanke, M, Tekotte, B, Dowd, M, Vega, A, Repko, J, Tejeda, I 2, Guzman, J, Perez, A, Marte, A 2, Pounds, B 3, Wilson, J 2, Rockett, M 2. BB--Gotay, R, Nash, T. BF--Downs, D 26 (224), Kern, B 3 (88), Pena, T 28 (137), DeMark, M 3 (69). P-S--Downs, D 98-69, Kern, B 11-9, Pena, T 85-64, DeMark, M 11-6. T--2:11. A--3144 Weather: 77 degrees, sunny Plate Umpire - Buzz Albert, Field Umpire #1 - Tim Detweiler, Field Umpire #3 - Brian deBrauwere