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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 12, 2003
Contact: Jim Cerny (973) 848-1000, ext. 109

NEWARK, NJ, July 12-The Atlantic City Surf crushed four home runs en-route to a 9-3 victory over the Newark Bears Saturday night at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. Both teams are now 1-1 in the second half of the season.

Designated hitter Juan Thomas unloaded a pair of home runs, his 8th and 9th of the season, to lead the Surf attack. Thomas hit a solo shot off Bears starter Calvin Maduro in the second inning and a three-run blast off of Maduro in the third inning. Maduro (0-1) also allowed two-run home runs to Chad Gambill in the second and Raul Marval in the sixth inning.

Maduro pitched 5.2 innings and allowed all nine runs on eight hits. Surf starter Andy Zwirchitz (7-3) also tossed 5.2 innings in getting the win. He allowed 2 earned runs on six hits.

Eddy Martinez led the Bears offense with a 3-4 night. He also had a double and a run-batted-in. Michael Coleman extended his hitting streak to 13 consecutive games with a solo home run in the fourth inning, his 14th of the season.

The Bears and Surf will play the rubber game of this three-game series Sunday afternoon as Newark will start Matt Wagner (7-3) and Atlantic City will counter with Anthony Chavez.

  The Automated ScoreBook
                           ATLANTIC CITY SURF at NEWARK BEARS
                      Jul 12, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)

  ATLANTIC CITY SURF 9 (31-34,1-1 2ND HALF)     NEWARK BEARS 3 (33-32,1-1 2ND HALF)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Jackson, Brody lf..........  4  0  1  1       Henderson, Rickey lf.......  2  1  0  0
  Johnson, Ric cf............  5  1  2  0        Lebron, Francisco ph......  1  0  0  0
  Jackson, Brandon 3b........  4  1  1  0       Esposito, Paul 3b..........  2  0  1  0
  Thomas, Juan dh............  4  2  2  4       Lara, Eddie 2b.............  4  0  0  1
   Denny, John Jr. ph........  1  0  0  0       Coleman, Michael 1b........  4  1  1  1
  Velasquez, Jose 1b.........  3  1  1  0       DeCinces, Tim c............  4  0  0  0
   Burns, Pat 1b.............  1  0  0  0       Quintana, Wil rf...........  4  1  2  0
  Gubanich, Creighton c......  4  0  0  0       Clyburn, Danny dh..........  4  0  1  0
   Meran, Jorge c............  0  0  0  0       Martinez, Eddy ss..........  4  0  3  1
  Gambill, Chad rf...........  4  2  2  2       Piercy, Mike cf............  4  0  0  0
  Marval, Raul 2b............  4  1  2  2       Maduro, Calvin p...........  0  0  0  0
  Ruiz, Willy Randolph ss....  4  1  1  0        Viera, Rolando p..........  0  0  0  0
  Zwirchitz, Andy p..........  0  0  0  0        Harris, Reggie p..........  0  0  0  0
   Calmus, Lance p...........  0  0  0  0        Hazlett, Andy p...........  0  0  0  0
   Mattson, Craig p..........  0  0  0  0
   Mallard, Randi p..........  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 38  9 12  9       Totals..................... 33  3  8  3

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  ATLANTIC CITY SURF.. 033 003 000 -  9 12  2
  NEWARK BEARS........ 100 101 000 -  3  8  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Gubanich(1); Zwirchitz(1); Martinez(10). DP - ATL. CITY 2; NEWARK 1. LOB - ATL.
  CITY 5; NEWARK 7. 2B - Jackson, Bro(6); Johnson(17); Martinez 2(5). HR - Thomas
  2(9); Gambill(8); Marval(7); Coleman(14). SB - Henderson(9). CS - Johnson(6).

  ATLANTIC CITY SURF             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Zwirchitz, Andy  W,7-3.....   5.2  6  3  2  4  3   0  0  0  0   22 26   5  8  97
  Calmus, Lance .............   1.1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  2  12
  Mattson, Craig ............   1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  3   3  0  10
  Mallard, Randi ............   1.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  2  12

  NEWARK BEARS                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Maduro, Calvin  L,0-1......   5.2  8  9  9  2  2   0  0  0  0   25 27   8  6  92
  Viera, Rolando ............   1.1  2  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    6  6   1  1  23
  Harris, Reggie ............   1.0  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  1  11
  Hazlett, Andy .............   1.0  1  0  0  1  1   0  0  0  0    4  5   1  1  22

  PB - Meran. Pitches/strikes: Zwirchitz 97/57; Calmus 12/7; Mattson 10/6; Mallard 12/8;
  Maduro 92/62; Viera 23/14; Harris 11/7; Hazlett 22/11.

  Strikeouts - Johnson; Jackson, Bra; Thomas; Denny; Gubanich; Gambill; DeCinces;
  Quintana; Martinez. Walks - Jackson, Bro; Jackson, Bra; Velasquez; Henderson 2;
  Esposito 2.

  Umpires - HP: Harry Fredenburgh  1B: Trent Delmont  3B: Clark Davis
  Start: 6:05pm   Time: 3:12   Attendance: 5024

  Game notes:
  Game 2 of three-game series.

  Sunday's probables: ACY Anthony Chavez (6-5, 3.25)
                      NWK Matt Wagner (7-3, 3.07)
  Game: NWK7120