FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 27, 2003
Contact: Jim Cerny (973) 848-1000, ext. 109
NEWARK, NJ, August 27-The Atlantic City Surf pounded four home runs and
right-hander Matt Wagner earned the win against his former team as the Surf
defeated the Newark Bears, 11-4, Wednesday night at Bears and Eagles
Riverfront Stadium. The Bears have now lost three straight games and the
Surf have won four in a row.
Wagner (10-6), an all star with the Bears this season, was traded to the
Surf on August 15th. He made his second start for the Surf this evening and
picked up his first victory for his new team. Wagner allowed four runs and
eight hits in seven innings of work, striking out one batter. He allowed a
pair of two-run home runs, one in the first inning and one in the third
inning, to Bears left fielder Danny Clyburn, who now has hit 21 home runs on
the season.
The Surf had eleven hits off of four Bears pitchers including home runs by
Ric Johnson (his 1st), Raul Marval (his 11th), Ben Candleria (his 10th) and
Jose Velazquez (his 5th). Third baseman Brandon Jackson was 2-3 at the plate
with two doubles and 4 runs-batted-in.
Bears starter Tom Stepka (8-9) took the loss, allowing seven runs and eight
hits in six innings of work. Stepka struck out four batters and walked a
season-high four.
Juan Lorenzo continued his hot hitting for the Bears, going 304 with a
double and two runs scored.
The Bears and Surf will play again Thursday evening at 7:05 PM as Alberto
Castillo (5-7) will start for the Bears and Jason Jacome (2-2) goes for the
Surf.
The Automated ScoreBook
ATLANTIC CITY SURF at NEWARK BEARS
Aug 27, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)
ATLANTIC CITY SURF 11 (56-53,26-20 2ND HALF) NEWARK BEARS 4 (46-61,14-30 2ND HALF)
Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI
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Garland, Tim lf............ 4 1 0 0 Piercy, Mike cf............ 5 0 0 0
Johnson, Ric cf............ 3 3 2 1 Lorenzo, Juan 2b........... 4 2 3 0
Candelaria, Ben rf......... 4 1 2 3 Minor, Ryan 1b............. 4 0 0 0
Thomas, Juan dh............ 5 1 1 0 Clyburn, Danny lf.......... 4 2 2 4
Velasquez, Jose 1b......... 3 3 2 1 Martinez, Hipolito rf...... 2 0 0 0
Jackson, Brandon 3b........ 3 1 2 4 DeCinces, Tim dh........... 4 0 1 0
Gubanich, Creighton c...... 5 0 0 0 Martinez, Eddy ss.......... 4 0 1 0
Marval, Raul 2b............ 4 1 1 1 Esposito, Paul 3b.......... 4 0 0 0
Mattulo, Joe ph........... 1 0 0 0 LaFlair, Jay c............. 4 0 1 0
Felix, Lauro 2b........... 0 0 0 0 Stepka, Tom p.............. 0 0 0 0
Ruiz, Willy Randolph ss.... 5 0 1 1 Pena, Alex p.............. 0 0 0 0
Wagner, Matt p............. 0 0 0 0 McClellan, Matt p......... 0 0 0 0
Thompson, Travis p........ 0 0 0 0
Totals..................... 37 11 11 11 Totals..................... 35 4 8 4
Score by Innings R H E
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ATLANTIC CITY SURF.. 121 021 220 - 11 11 0
NEWARK BEARS........ 202 000 000 - 4 8 1
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E - Lorenzo(5). DP - NEWARK 1. LOB - ATL. CITY 7; NEWARK 6. 2B - Thomas(14);
Jackson, Bra 2(25); Lorenzo(4). HR - Johnson(2); Candelaria(10); Velasquez(5);
Marval(11); Clyburn 2(21). HBP - Garland; Jackson, Bra; Martinez, H. SB -
Garland(11). CS - Ruiz(2).
ATLANTIC CITY SURF IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Wagner, Matt W,10-6....... 7.0 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 29 30 13 7 104
Thompson, Travis .......... 2.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 1 4 27
NEWARK BEARS IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP
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Stepka, Tom L,8-9......... 6.0 8 7 7 4 4 1 0 2 2 25 31 4 9 96
Pena, Alex ................ 1.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 3 14
McClellan, Matt ........... 2.0 1 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 1 3 29
WP - Stepka(1). HB - Wagner; Stepka 2. Pitches/strikes: Wagner 104/70; Thompson 27/15;
Stepka 96/61; Pena, Al 14/8; McClellan 29/18.
Strikeouts - Garland; Thomas 2; Gubanich; Mattulo; Piercy; Clyburn. Walks - Johnson
2; Candelaria; Velasquez 2; Jackson, Bra; Martinez, H.
Umpires - HP: Roberto Herrera 1B: David Mills 3B: Juan Puntiel
Start: 7:05p Time: 2:31 Attendance: 1838
Game notes:
Game 1 of three-game series.
Thursday's probables: ACY Jason Jacome (2-2) vs. NWK Alberto Castillo (5-7)
Game: NWK8270
