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NEWARK, NJ, August 1st -Despite a late rally in the 9th inning on a two-run
home run by Pito Ramirez, the Newark Bears fell in 11 innings to the
Bridgeport Bluefish 3-2 Friday night at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in
Newark, NJ. With his homerun, Ramirez tied former Bear Ozzie Canseco's
all-time career Bears' home run record of 54.
Despite getting a no decision, Bears starter Jaime Navarro had his longest
outing of the season, going nine innings and allowing six hits and two runs
(none earned) and one walk while striking out seven.
The Bluefish scored one run in the 3rd inning, one in the 4th, and one in
the top of the 11th.
In the 11th, catcher Cesar Devarez hit a two-out double to left field off
Bears reliever Reggie Harris and came around to score on an RBI single by
second baseman Angel Espada. Shortstop Tony Rodriguez, along with Devarez
and Espada each finished with an RBI apiece on the night for Bridgeport.
Bluefish starter T.J. Mathews retired fourteen Bears in a row in between a
one out single by left fielder Ramirez in the fourth inning and a single by
third baseman Jay LaFlair in the ninth inning. Later in the bottom of the
ninth, Ramirez hit a two out, game tying two-run homerun (4) off of Mathews,
which tied him with Ozzie Canseco for the all-time career home run record in
a Bears uniform. Ramirez' last home run came on July 24th in the bottom of
the 13th inning to win the game against Pennsylvania.
Mike Guilfoyle (6-3) picked up the win and Bobby Chouinard picked up the
save (1) for Bridgeport. Reggie Harris (0-1) suffered the loss for the
Bears.
The Bears and Bluefish will meet Saturday night in the middle game of their
three-game series at 6:05 PM at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium. Calvin
Maduro (0-4) starts for the Bears and Kevin Henthorne (0-0) goes for the
Bluefish.
The Automated ScoreBook
BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH at NEWARK BEARS
Aug 01, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)
BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH 3 (12-10,46-39) NEWARK BEARS 2 (8-13,40-44)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Avila, Rolo cf............. 5 0 3 0 Goodwin, Curtis cf......... 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez, Tony ss......... 4 0 1 1 Martinez, Hipolito ph/lf.. 1 0 1 0
Amado, Jose 3b............. 5 0 0 0 LaFlair, Jay 3b............ 5 1 2 0
Otanez, Willis 1b.......... 5 0 0 0 Coleman, Michael 1b........ 5 0 0 0
Mota, Tony dh.............. 4 1 0 0 Clyburn, Danny dh.......... 4 0 0 0
Pennyfeather rf............ 5 0 2 0 Ramirez, Peto lf/rf........ 5 1 2 2
Devarez, Cesar c........... 5 1 2 1 Quintana, Wil rf/cf........ 5 0 2 0
Espada, Angel 2b........... 5 0 1 1 DeCinces, Tim c............ 3 0 0 0
Lindsey, Rodney lf......... 4 1 0 0 Lara, Eddie ph............ 1 0 0 0
Mathews, T.J. p............ 0 0 0 0 Perry, Kyle c............. 0 0 0 0
Guilfoyle, Mike p......... 0 0 0 0 Esposito, Paul 2b.......... 4 0 0 0
Chouinard, Bobby p........ 0 0 0 0 Lorenzo ss................. 4 0 1 0
Navarro, Jaime p........... 0 0 0 0
Harris, Reggie p.......... 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 42 3 9 3 Totals..................... 41 2 8 2
Score by Innings R H E
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BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH. 001 100 000 01 - 3 9 0
NEWARK BEARS........ 000 000 002 00 - 2 8 1
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E - LaFlair. LOB - BRIDGEPORT 8; NEWARK 7. 2B - Avila; Pennyfeather; Devarez 2. HR -
Ramirez. SH - Rodriguez. SB - Avila; Mota; Lindsey; Quintana.
BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Mathews, T.J. ............. 8.2 7 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 33 33 13 7 109
Guilfoyle, Mike ........... 1.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 2 1 17
Chouinard, Bobby W,3-4.... 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 2 11
NEWARK BEARS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Navarro, Jaime ............ 9.0 6 2 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 35 36 9 12 124
Harris, Reggie L,0-1...... 2.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 8 1 2 23
PB - DeCinces. Pitches/strikes: Mathews 109/80; Guilfoyle 17/14; Chouinard 11/6; Navarro
124/82; Harris 23/18.
Strikeouts - Otanez 3; Mota; Pennyfeather; Devarez 2; Lindsey 2; Coleman; Clyburn 2;
Ramirez; Quintana; Lara; Lorenzo. Walks - Mota; Clyburn.
Umpires - HP: Bill Yanosy 1B: Dan Wilson 3B: Ken Starkey
Start: 7:05 pm Time: 3:19 Attendance: 2540
Game: NWK801
