FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 13, 2003
Contact: Jim Cerny (973) 848-1000, ext. 109
NEWARK, NJ, August 13-The Newark Bears hit five home runs, three by
league-leader Michael Coleman, as Newark defeated the Pennsylvania Road
Warriors, 14-4, Wednesday afternoon at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium.
The Bears, who beat the Road Warriors 6-0 Tuesday night, have now won
back-to-back games for the first time in the second half of the season.
Coleman, who leads the Atlantic League with 23 home runs this season, tied
the Bears franchise record for most home runs in a single game that was
originally set by Ozzie Canseco on August 30, 2000 against Aberdeen. Coleman
hit a two-run blast in the first inning off of Pat Daneker that nearly
touched off a brawl when Pennsylvania catcher Mike Lopez-Cao began jawing
with Coleman when he crossed the plate. The benches emptied, but no punches
were thrown.
In a highly-charged atmosphere, Coleman hit a second two-run home run off of
Daneker in the 5th inning and then tied Canseco's home run mark with a
two-run shot in the 6th off of Kevin McClain. Coleman finished the game 3-4
with 3 home runs, 6 runs-batted-in and 4 runs scored
In the eighth inning Bears right-fielder Pito Ramirez unloaded a three-run
home run off of Mike Perkins, making him the Bears all-time career home run
leader. The blast was the 55th in Ramirez' Bears career, which began in
1998. He passed Canseco on the all-time list. Ramirez finished the game 2-4
with the home run, his 5th, 3 RBI and 3 runs scored.
The Bears set a season-high with ten extra-base hits amongst their sixteen
hits. Catcher Tim DeCinces was 4-5 with two doubles and an RBI; Wil Quintana
was 2-5 with a solo home run, his 16th; and Eddie Lara went 2-4 with three
runs scored. Ryan Minor, who was re-signed by the Bears earlier in the day,
was 2-2 with a double, a walk, a sacrifice fly and three runs-batted-in.
Jaime Navarro (8-3) picked up the win for Newark, tossing seven innings and
allowing two runs and seven hits.
The Automated ScoreBook
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS at NEWARK BEARS
Aug 13, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS 4 (25-69,11-20 2ND HALF) NEWARK BEARS 14 (43-51,11-21 2ND HALF)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Espino, Jose 2b............ 5 0 2 0 Quintana, Wil cf........... 5 2 2 1
Sanchez, Wellington ss..... 5 1 1 0 Lara, Eddie dh............. 4 3 2 0
Johnson, Gary cf........... 5 1 1 0 Martinez, Hipolito ph..... 1 0 0 0
Lopez-Cao, Mike c.......... 4 1 1 0 Coleman, Michael 1b........ 4 4 3 6
Delgado, Dario 3b.......... 4 1 2 1 Clyburn, Danny lf.......... 5 1 1 0
Rosario, Omar rf........... 3 0 1 2 Ramirez, Pito rf........... 4 3 2 3
Amador, Jerry lf........... 4 0 1 1 DeCinces, Tim c............ 5 1 4 1
Cafiero, Rob 1b............ 4 0 2 0 Minor, Ryan 3b............. 2 0 2 3
Sein, Javier dh............ 4 0 0 0 Maestrales, Pete 2b........ 4 0 0 0
Danaker, Pat p............. 0 0 0 0 Lorenzo, Juan ss........... 4 0 0 0
McClain, Kevin p.......... 0 0 0 0 Esposito, Paul ss......... 0 0 0 0
Perkins, Mike p........... 0 0 0 0 Navarro, Jaime p........... 0 0 0 0
Pena, Alex p.............. 0 0 0 0
Smith, Hut p.............. 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 38 4 11 4 Totals..................... 38 14 16 14
Score by Innings R H E
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PENN. ROAD WARRIORS. 000 002 020 - 4 11 0
NEWARK BEARS........ 400 132 13X - 14 16 1
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E - Maestrales(16). DP - PENNSYLVANIA 2; NEWARK 1. LOB - PENNSYLVANIA 9; NEWARK 4.
2B - Delgado(16); Clyburn(13); Ramirez(4); DeCinces 2(8); Minor(1). HR -
Quintana(16); Coleman 3(23); Ramirez(5). SF - Minor(1).
PENN. ROAD WARRIORS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Danaker, Pat L,2-6........ 4.1 9 8 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 21 22 7 5 65
McClain, Kevin ............ 1.2 3 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 9 3 2 29
Perkins, Mike ............. 2.0 4 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 9 11 3 2 39
NEWARK BEARS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Navarro, Jaime W,8-3...... 7.0 7 2 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 28 29 7 7 98
Pena, Alex ................ 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 1 24
Smith, Hut ................ 1.0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 14
WP - Danaker(5); McClain(7); Perkins(3). Pitches/strikes: Danaker 65/46; McClain 29/17;
Perkins 39/23; Navarro 98/66; Pena 24/16; Smith 14/9.
Strikeouts - Espino; Sanchez 2; Lopez-Cao 2; Delgado; Amador 2; Lara. Walks -
Lopez-Cao; Rosario, O; Coleman; Ramirez; Minor.
Umpires - HP: Bob Willman 1B: Bruce Martin 3B: Joe Cruz
Start: 12:05p Time: 2:59 Attendance: 4512
Game notes:
Game 2 of three-game series.
Thursday's Probables: PEN Steve Gagliano (4-9) vs. NWK Calvin Maduro (0-6)
Game: NWK8130
