L.I. Ducks: Look Who's Still Number One

From the desk of:  THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE

Ducks Win Series 2-1

I - LID 3; SOM 2

II - SOM 3; LID 1

III - LID 5; SOM 3

The Ducks score a huge victory over rival Somerset.  Easily the biggest game of the season to date, Long Island gets an immensely clutch performance out of starter Alec Asher, who yields just one earned run on five hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.  He faces 27 batters, throwing 101 pitches with 73 (70%) going for strikes.  

Catcher Hector Sanchez hit a two run home run in the second, and center fielder Rey Fuentes hit a two run home run in the fourth.  David Washington adds an RBI double in the fifth en route to Long Island's 5-3 margin of victory.

Josh Lueke pitches a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts to earn his third save.

Long Island improves to a league best 29-16 record.  They win the series and extend their first place lead over Somerset by 2.5 games.

Now it's off to North Carolina where the Ducks will face the third place High Point Rockers, whom presently trail the Ducks by 3.5 games in the Liberty Division standings.  High Point took two of three from the Ducks when they met last weekend at Bethpage Ballpark.  A four game weekend series at BB&T Point ballpark awaits.