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By
Robert H Kelly
Copyright
2016 TexSport Publications
SUGAR
LAND, TEXAS (August 19, 2016) The Sugar Land Skeeters erupted for 14 hits in
the middle innings and as a result, downed the Long Island Ducks by the score
of 9-5 at Constellation Field in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, Texas on Friday,
August 19, 2016. The win pushed the Skeeters’ record to 27-15 in the second
half of Atlantic League play. The win was their sixth in a row and their ninth
in the last eleven games.
The
Ducks jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings; scoring three in the first
and two in the second. The Skeeters finally got on the scoreboard in the third
inning when catcher Wilfredo Rodriguez connected on a 3-2 pitch for his fifth
home run of the season. Second baseman Josh Prince added a second run for Sugar
Land when shortstop Ricky Hague singled to make the score 5-2 after three
innings.
In the fourth inning, the Skeeters’ bat exploded; scoring
four runs. Right fielder Jeremy Barfield added a run to Sugar Land’s total on a
Prince single. Center fielder Rene Tosoni added three RBI to his season total
when he doubled; scoring Prince, third baseman Lance Zawadzki and Rodriguez. At
that point, the Ducks pulled starter Daniel Herrera in favor of Eriberto Garcia.
Herrera left the game; competing 3.2 innings while giving up six earned runs
off eight hits.
Sugar Land added three additional runs to the total in the
fifth inning when Zawadzki hit his second home run of the season and added
three RBI to his total when designated hitter Travis Scott and first baseman
Delwyn Young scored. Left handed starter Roy Merritt received the win, his
eighth of the season. He completed six
innings and gave up five runs off six hits; taking his ERA to 2.99. Herrera
received the loss.
The Skeeters and the Ducks will continue their three-game
series on Saturday, August 20 with a 6:05 p.m. CDT first pitch. RHP Brett
Marshall (3-5, 4.70 ERA) is scheduled to take the mound for Sugar Land. The
Duck will counter with RHP Nick Struck (1-3, 4.38 ERA).
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