Staten Island Ferry Hawks Turn Tables on Long Island Ducks

From the desk: THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE & THAT RICHMOND COUNTY CLUB

EMPIRE STATE
Battle of the Birds

Long Island Ducks

vs.

Staten Island Ferry Hawks

Native New Yorker Defeats Long Island in Game Two

The Ferry Hawks achieved a modicum of revenge on the heels of Monday's defeat to the Ducks.  

Left fielder Alejandro De Aza scored Long Island's lone run in the fourth on a double-play ball as Staten Island held the Ducks to just one run on seven hits to even the series at a game apiece.

Tuesday's pitching matchup featured Akeel Morris for Long Island against Anthony Rodriguez for Staten Island.  The native New Yorker held the Long Islanders to the lone run on seven hits and three walks with two strikeouts for the win.  He improved to 3-4 with a still unsightly 6.44 ERA.  Morris yielded four earned runs on seven hits and three walks with three strikeouts in six innings for the loss.

Two members of the Ferry Hawk bullpen allowed no hits over the final three innings to close out the win.  Right-hander Victor Capellan pitched the ninth for his sixth save.

Second baseman Dilson Herrera doubled home two runs in the first.  Left fielder Antoine Duplantis 

singled home a run in the second, and designated hitter Mariel Bautista's sac-fly to right field delivered home Staten Island's fourth run of the game.

The series shifts back to Long Island for games three and four.