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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 28, 2003
Contact: Jim Cerny (973) 848-1000, ext. 109

NEWARK, NJ, August 28-Jose Velasquez hit a pair of home runs and Jason Jacome tossed a complete-game eight hitter as the Atlantic City Surf defeated the Newark Bears, 8-4, Thursday night at Bears and Eagles Riverfront Stadium. The Surf won their fifth game in a row and the Bears dropped their fourth straight.

Velasquez hit a solo home run in the 3rd inning to give the Surf a 3-1 lead and then hit a two-run shot in the seventh to push the Atlantic City lead to 5-1. He finished 3-5 on the night with the two home runs, his 6th and 7th of the season, and 3 runs-batted-in. Teammate Juan Thomas crushed his league-leading 23rd home run, a three-run blast, in the eighth inning to put the game away. Thomas was 2-3 with 2 walks, the home run and 4 RBI on the night.

Jacome, the former New York Mets left-hander, tossed his third complete game of the season in upping his record to 3-2. Jacome allowed four runs and eight hits. He struck out four batters and did not walk any.

Bears right fielder Hipolito Martinez went 3-4 in the losing effort, including a solo home run in the seventh inning, his 4th of the year. Pete Maestrales hit a two-run home run, his fifth of the season, in the eighth inning.

Hut Smith (0-4) made his first start of the season and lasted only 2.2 innings, allowing three runs, six hits and four walks. Rolando Viera pitched well in relief, tossing 2.1 scoreless frames before Alberto Castillo gave up five runs in three innings of work.

The Bears and Surf will play the final game of this three-game series Friday night at 7:05 PM as Jaime Navarro (9-4) starts for the Bears and Andy High (8-7) goes for Atlantic City.

                                The Automated ScoreBook
                           ATLANTIC CITY SURF at NEWARK BEARS
                      Aug 28, 2003 at Newark, NJ (Bears & Eagles)

  ATLANTIC CITY SURF 8 (57-53,27-20 2ND HALF)   NEWARK BEARS 4 (46-62,14-31 2ND HALF)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Garland, Tim lf............  3  1  0  0       Piercy, Mike cf............  4  1  2  0
  Johnson, Ric cf............  3  1  1  1       Lorenzo, Juan 2b...........  3  1  1  0
  Candelaria, Ben rf.........  3  1  1  0        Maestrales, Pete 2b.......  1  1  1  2
  Thomas, Juan dh............  3  2  2  4       Minor, Ryan 1b.............  4  0  0  0
  Velasquez, Jose 1b.........  5  2  3  3       Clyburn, Danny lf..........  4  0  1  1
  Jackson, Brandon 3b........  3  0  0  0       DeCinces, Tim dh...........  4  0  0  0
  Marval, Raul 2b............  4  0  0  0       Martinez, Hipolito rf......  4  1  3  1
  Meran, Jorge c.............  5  0  2  0       Martinez, Eddy ss..........  4  0  0  0
  Ruiz, Willy Randolph ss....  5  1  2  0       Esposito, Paul 3b..........  4  0  0  0
  Jacome, Jason p............  0  0  0  0       LaFlair, Jay c.............  3  0  0  0
                                                 Perez, Koby c.............  0  0  0  0
                                                Smith, Hut p...............  0  0  0  0
                                                 Viera, Rolando p..........  0  0  0  0
                                                 Castillo, Alberto p.......  0  0  0  0
                                                 Ponce Deleon, Damon p.....  0  0  0  0
  Totals..................... 34  8 11  8       Totals..................... 35  4  8  4

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  ATLANTIC CITY SURF.. 111 000 230 -  8 11  1
  NEWARK BEARS........ 100 000 120 -  4  8  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Jackson, Bra(24); Esposito(17). DP - NEWARK 2. LOB - ATL. CITY 11; NEWARK 4. 2B
  - Lorenzo(5). HR - Thomas(23); Velasquez 2(7); Maestrales(5); Martinez, H(4). HBP -
  Garland. SH - Garland; Johnson. CS - Thomas(3); Piercy(9).

  ATLANTIC CITY SURF             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Jacome, Jason  W,3-2.......   9.0  8  4  4  0  4   1  0  0  0   35 35  10 12  85

  NEWARK BEARS                   IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO  NP
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Smith, Hut  L,0-4..........   2.2  6  3  3  4  0   0  0  1  0   11 17   3  3  76
  Viera, Rolando ............   2.1  1  0  0  1  5   0  0  0  0    7  8   0  1  40
  Castillo, Alberto .........   3.0  4  5  5  4  2   0  0  0  0   13 18   5  2  68
  Ponce Deleon, Damon .......   1.0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  2   4

  WP - Jacome(1). HBP - by Smith (Garland); by Smith (Garland). Pitches/strikes: Jacome
  85/66; Smith 76/42; Viera 40/24; Castillo 68/41; Ponce Deleon 4/3.

  Strikeouts - Garland; Johnson; Candelaria; Thomas; Jackson, Bra; Ruiz 2; DeCinces 2;
  Martinez, H; Martinez, E. Walks - Garland; Johnson; Candelaria 2; Thomas 2; Jackson,
  Bra 2; Marval.

  Umpires - HP: David Mills  1B: Juan Puntiel  3B: Roberto Herrera
  Start: 7:05pm   Time: 2:51   Attendance: 2747

  Game notes:
  Game two of three-game series.
  Friday's probables: ACY High (8-7, 3.90) at NWK Navarro (9-4, 3.90)
  Game: NWK8280