Lansford tosses fourth consecutive quality start
(Central Islip, N.Y., July 20, 2014) – The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the York Revolution 3-2 on Sunday evening at Bethpage Ballpark in the final game of a three-game series.
GAME AUDIO: Highlights from the series finale
York grabbed an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning on a two-run home run from Eric Patterson off Ducks starting pitcher Jared Lansford. The Ducks evened the ballgame in the bottom of the fourth on a pair of two-out RBI singles from Joash Brodin and Jan Vazquez off Revolution starter Scott Gorgen.
The score remained even at two until a two-out RBI double from Salvador Paniagua in the top of the eighth put the Revolution in front for good.
Neither starting pitcher factored into the decision. Lansford allowed two runs on five hits over six innings with two walks and four strikeouts. Gorgen went five and one-third innings, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five. Beau Vaughan (6-2) earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and Jeremy Accardo (4-7) received the loss after yielding one run on three hits in one inning of relief. Rommie Lewis earned his 22nd save of the year with a scoreless ninth inning.
Brodin led the Ducks with three hits in the game, while Fehlandt Lentini added two.
Long Island begins a three-game series with cross-sound rival Bridgeport on Monday morning. First pitch is slated for 11:05 a.m., with the Bethpage Ballpark gates opening at 10:05. Join the Ducks at this special start time for the first Camp Day of the season at the Duck Pond. Catch Long Island’s hometown team as they continue the Ferry Cup Series with Bridgeport. Right-hander Shaun Garceau gets the start for the Ducks against Bridgeport righty Tomo Ohka.
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Duck Tales: Fehlandt Lentini earned two hits on Sunday and has now hit safely 40 of his last 41 games, including 19 straight. In the 41 games, he is batting .344 (62-for-180), and in his current 19-game hitting streak, he’s hitting .310 (27-for-87). In addition, Lentini stole two bases and now leads the Atlantic League with 33 steals on the year. He is also now 33-for-33 in stolen base attempts this season to lead the league in stolen base percentage. The first-year Duck also leads the Atlantic League in hits (110), doubles (27) and at-bats (341) while ranking third in runs (56) and fourth in batting average (.323)… Brendan Harris reached base three times on Sunday, and has now reached base safely in 13 consecutive games. During that stretch, the former big leaguer is hitting .333 (14-for-42)…Joash Brodin earned his second consecutive and fifth three-hit game of the year overall on Sunday. The second-year Duck now has 18 multi-hit games this season…Adam Bailey’s fourth inning double extended his hitting streak to 10 consecutive games. During that span, the 2014 All-Star is batting .390 (16-for-41) with two homers, eight RBI and seven runs…Jared Lansford worked his fourth consecutive quality start on Sunday, tossing six innings of two-run ball. Over his last four starts, the third-year Duck is 1-0 and has allowed six runs over 28 innings pitched, good for a 1.93 ERA. Lansford has allowed more than three earned runs just once in his last nine starts.
Game Date: 07/20/2014 York Revolution 3 AT Long Island Ducks 2 YTD YTD York AB R H BI AVG L Island AB R H BI AVG J.Greene RF 3 1 1 0 .388 F.Lentini RF 5 0 2 0 .323 W.Valdez SS 4 0 0 0 .290 C.Puckett 2B 5 0 1 0 .281 E.Patterson LF 4 1 2 2 .303 L.Ford CF 4 0 0 0 .361 C.Tracy 1B 5 0 0 0 .260 A.Bailey LF 4 1 1 0 .280 T.Garcia 3B 3 0 2 0 .277 B.Hall DH 4 0 0 0 .143 B.Nelson DH 4 0 1 0 .246 B.Harris 3B 2 1 1 0 .292 O.Castro 2B 4 1 1 0 .249 J.Brodin 1B 4 0 3 1 .254 S.Paniagua C 4 0 3 1 .237 J.Vazquez C 3 0 1 1 .229 S.Smith CF 4 0 0 0 .213 B.Bantz C,PH 1 0 0 0 .217 S.Miranda SS 3 0 0 0 .190 J.Myers PH 1 0 0 0 .234 35 3 10 3 36 2 9 2 York 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 10 0 L Island 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 2B--S.Paniagua (10), A.Bailey (13). HR--E.Patterson (9). RBI--E.Patterson 2 (52), S.Paniagua (29), J.Brodin (40), J.Vazquez (13). HP--B.Harris (3). SH--J.Greene (0), W.Valdez (0). SB--T.Garcia (1), F.Lentini 2 (33). CS--J.Greene (6). E--B.Harris 2 (4). LOB--York 10, L Island 11. YTD IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA York S.Gorgen 5.1 6 2 2 1 5 0 7.22 B.Morgado 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.16 B.Vaughan (W,6-2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.76 M.Hendrickson 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 0 1.76 R.Lewis (S,22) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.61 9 9 2 2 3 10 0 L Island J.Lansford 6.0 5 2 2 2 4 1 3.21 J.Lansford 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3.33 J.Accardo (L,4-7) 1.0 3 1 1 0 1 0 4.93 D.Kopp 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4.11 9 10 3 3 3 7 1 PB--J.Vazquez. HB--S.Gorgen (1). SO--J.Greene 2, C.Tracy 2, B.Nelson, O.Castro, S.Smith, C.Puckett 2, L.Ford, B.Hall 2, J.Brodin, J.Vazquez, B.Bantz, S.Miranda, J.Myers. BB--J.Greene, E.Patterson, T.Garcia, L.Ford, A.Bailey, B.Harris. BF--S.Gorgen 24 (80), B.Morgado 3 (35), B.Vaughan 3 (193), M.Hendrickson 5 (126), R.Lewis 5 (157), J.Lansford 25 (362), J.Lansford 6 (115), J.Accardo 5 (155), D.Kopp 4 (66). P-S--S.Gorgen 87-56, B.Morgado 16-10, B.Vaughan 12-7, M.Hendrickson 18-12, R.Lewis 13-8, J.Lansford 109-72, J.Lansford 18-9, J.Accardo 27-15, D.Kopp 20-15. T--3:25. A--5516 Plate Umpire - Richard Katz, Field Umpire #1 - Frank Leparik, Field Umpire #2 - Warren Nicholson