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BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT (August 4, 2016) The Sugar Land Skeeters defeated the Bridgeport Bluefish by the score of 5-3 at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard on Thursday, August 4, 2016. The win pushed their record to 17-11 in the second half and 52-46 for the season. Sugar Land posted four runs in the first inning and added a single run in the fifth. Bridgeport tallied one run in the third and added two addition runs in the eighth.
Designated hitter Travis Scott continued his domination at
the plate, connecting for three hits on five at-bats, while scoring two runs.
Center fielder Rene Tosoni was three-for-five with one run. Skeeter starter
Jake Hale, pitching 6.2 innings received the win; taking his record to 4-2. The
right-hander gave up four hits, one earned run and struck out three. Left
hander Derrick Loop, pitching one inning in relief, received his 23rd
save of the season. Bluefish starter Ross Seaton, who was signed by the
Bridgeport earlier in the day, competed four innings and received the loss in
his Bluefish debut. The right-handed pitcher gave up four runs, three of them
earned, off six hits and posted a 6.75 ERA.
The Skeeters will return to Sugar Land, Texas for a short
three-game series against the Somerset Patriots on August 5-7, 2016. They will
follow up the home stand with a six game road trip against the Bridgeport
Bluefish (August 9-11) and the New Britain Bees (August 11-13).
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