GAME ONE
Home Team Holds Their Ground Against Long Island Invaders
After losing two of three on their home turf, the Flock makes their first-ever venture to Gastonia, North Carolina, where this weekend they open a three-game series against the expansion Honey Hunters.
Not a game for the faint of heart, Long Island starter Jhoendri Herrera allows seven earned runs on seven hits and four walks in just 2.2 innings pitched. Gastonia starter Jeff Gause fares no better, surrendering seven runs (four earned) on eight hits and one walk in only 4.1 innings pitched. He yields home runs to Ryan Jackson, first baseman Clint Freeman, and Johnni Turbo.
With two runs in the top of the fourth, Long Island ties the game at seven. However, facing Corey Howard in relief of Herrera, the Honey Hunters pull away with three runs in the bottom half of the frame.
Before being dispatched to the showers, Jeff Gause surrenders his eighth run in the fifth. Facing Carl Brice in relief of Gause, Ryan Jackson's sac-fly in the sixth brings the Ducks within one. That is until Gastonia takes an 11-9 lead in the bottom of the sixth.
But you knew it wouldn't stop there. After all, through the first six innings, Long Island scored in every inning but the second, and Gastonia scored in every inning but the fifth. Be that as it may, Juan De La Cruz singles home Clint Freeman, and Steve Lombardozzi drives home another with a sacrifice fly to left field, tying the game at eleven.
However, Long Island's bullpen does not hold its ground. Hector Cervenka surrenders the go-ahead run in the seventh, and Anderson DeLeon gives up an insurance run in the ninth en route to Gastonia's 13-11 win. Cervenka takes the loss.
Clint Freeman leads Long Island with four hits, and Ryan Jackson leads Long Island with four runs batted in.
The first place Ducks still own a one-game lead over the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs.
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