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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS (July 4, 2016) The Sugar Land Skeeters kicked off the second half of the 2016 Atlantic League season with a 2-1 win over the New Britain Bees at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas on July 4, 2016. After the game, the 8,606 fans in attendance, which was a stadium record, we treated to a fireworks display to celebrate Independence Day.
The Bees got on
the scoreboard in the third inning on a Jovan Rosa double, scoring Jon Griffin.
Delwyn Young evened the score in the fifth inning on an infield single by Bremer
Weems. Skeeters starting pitcher Roy Merritt received the win, his second of
the season, pitching six innings and giving up the single run off six hits.
Brian Dupra was credited with the loss while Sugar Land’s Derrick Loop received
is 16th save of the season.
The Skeeters
will continue their current three-game home stand against the Bees on Tuesday,
July 5 and Wednesday July 6 with a 7:05 p.m. CDT start both days.
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