FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2003
Contact: Jim Cerny (973) 848-1000, ext. 109
NEWARK, NJ, July 24-The Pennsylvania Road Warriors scored four times in the
eighth inning to rally for a 6-5 win over the Newark Bears Thursday night at
Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The Bears have lost three games in a
row, while the Road Warriors have now won 7 of their last 9.
Trailing 5-2 entering the eighth inning, Pennsylvania scored a run on two
singles and an error with one out against Bears starter Matt Wagner. Relief
pitcher Damon Ponce de Leon (0-4) came out of the Bears bullpen and gave up
a three-run home run to the first batter he faced, right-fielder Jerry
Amador, to give the Road Warriors their 6-5 lead. The home run was Amador's
15th of the season.
The Bears had a chance to at least tie the game in the bottom of the eighth
when they had runners on second and third and nobody out, but failed to
score.
Bears left-fielder Peto Ramirez was 3-4 with a home run, his second of the
season, and one RBI. Teammate Jay Laflair was 3-4 with an RBI. Michael
Coleman was 1-4 with a home run, his 17th, and one run-batted-in.
Gary Johnson was 3-5 with a stolen base for the Road Warriors.
The Bears and Road Warriors will wrap up their three-game series Friday
night with Tom Stepka (6-6) starting for Newark and Jason Dennis (1-0) going
for Pennsylvania.
The Automated ScoreBook
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS at NEWARK BEARS
Jul 24, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS 6 (7-7) NEWARK BEARS 5 (5-8)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Sanchez, Wellington 3b..... 5 0 0 0 Lara, Eddie dh............. 5 1 1 1
Escobar, Gustavo ss........ 5 1 1 0 LaFlair, Jay c............. 4 0 3 1
Johnson, Gary cf........... 5 1 3 0 DeCinces, Tim ph.......... 0 0 0 0
Lopez-Cao, Mike lf......... 4 0 0 0 Martinez, Hipolito ph..... 1 0 0 0
Rodriguez, Juan pr/lf..... 1 1 0 0 Coleman, Michael 1b........ 4 1 1 1
Amador, Jerry rf........... 4 1 2 3 Clyburn, Danny rf.......... 4 0 1 0
Cancel, Robinson c......... 4 0 1 0 Quintana, Wil cf........... 4 0 1 0
Cafiero, Rob 1b............ 3 1 2 0 Ramirez, Peto lf........... 4 1 3 1
Delgado, Dario dh.......... 2 1 1 2 Maestrales, Pete 3b........ 3 1 0 0
Ortiz, Asbel 2b............ 4 0 0 0 Esposito, Paul 2b.......... 3 0 0 0
Rollandini, David p........ 0 0 0 0 Martinez, Eddy ss.......... 4 1 1 1
Perkins, Mike p........... 0 0 0 0 Wagner, Matt p............. 0 0 0 0
McClain, Kevin p.......... 0 0 0 0 Ponce Deleon, Damon p..... 0 0 0 0
Ramos, Eddy p............. 0 0 0 0 Hazlett, Andy p........... 0 0 0 0
Miranda, Angel p.......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 37 6 10 5 Totals..................... 36 5 11 5
Score by Innings R H E
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PENN. ROAD WARRIORS. 020 000 040 - 6 10 1
NEWARK BEARS........ 100 001 300 - 5 11 1
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E - Escobar(21); Coleman(4). DP - PENNSYLVANIA 1; NEWARK 1. LOB - PENNSYLVANIA 7;
NEWARK 6. 2B - Cafiero(4); Martinez, E(6). HR - Amador(15); Delgado(12);
Coleman(17); Ramirez(2). SH - Cafiero(1). SB - Johnson(5); Lara(4); Maestrales(4).
CS - LaFlair(1).
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Rollandini, David ......... 6.1 5 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 23 25 10 4 72
Perkins, Mike W,2-0....... 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 21
McClain, Kevin ............ 0.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4
Ramos, Eddy ............... 1.2 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5 5 0 2 22
Miranda, Angel S,1........ 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2
NEWARK BEARS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Wagner, Matt .............. 7.1 8 5 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 29 31 10 8 90
Ponce Deleon, Damon L,0-4. 0.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 12
Hazlett, Andy ............. 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 0 16
WP - Ramos(3). PB - LaFlair(1). Pitches/strikes: Rollandini 72/51; Perkins 21/11;
McClain 4/2; Ramos 22/15; Miranda 2/1; Wagner 90/61; Ponce Deleon 12/8; Hazlett 16/12.
Strikeouts - Sanchez 2; Johnson; Cancel 2; Ortiz; Lara; Coleman 2; Maestrales;
Esposito. Walks - Delgado 2; Maestrales; Esposito.
Umpires - HP: Bob Willman 1B: Bruce Martin 3B: Joe Cruz
Start: 7:05pm Time: 3:00 Attendance: 2892
Game notes:
Game two of three-game series.
Friday's probables: Jason Dennis (1-0, 0.00) vs. Tom Stepka (6-6, 3.99)
McClain faced 2 batters in the 8th.
Game: NWK7240
