Staten Island Ferry Hawks Salvage Series Finale Against Long Island Ducks

From the desk: THE WEBBED SPIKES NINE and THAT RICHMOND COUNTY TEAM

EMPIRE STATE

Battle of the Birds

Long Island Ducks

vs.

Staten Island Ferry Hawks

Ferry Hawks and Mother Nature Strike Down Long Island Ducks

After sustaining consecutive losses to open the series, the Ferry Hawks tallied seven runs by the time Long Island mounted a response.  Not until the home fifth did Duck starter Bennett Parry retire Staten Island without yielding a run.  Leading off the bottom of the first, right fielder Antoine Duplantis doubled and scored.  The Ferry Hawks then pushed across two runs in the second, Dilson Herrera hit a two-run home run in the third, and designated hitter Joseph Monge singled home a pair in the fourth.  The Ducks finally got on the board in the fifth.  With the bases loaded, Staten Island starter Matt Solter walked Alejandro De Aza forcing in a run, and Dustin Woodcock scored on a fielder's choice.  In the top of the sixth, Jacson McGowan hit his first home run as a member of the Ducks, and shortstop Phil Caulfield doubled home a run making the score 7-4 in Staten Island's favor.  Matt Solter exited the game on the winning side upon allowing four runs on eight hits and four walks with six strikeouts in 5.2 innings. 

• Then, the game was delayed by lightning in the bottom of the sixth.  Play resumed at 9:18 pm.

Once given the all-clear, the Ducks rallied for two runs in the top half of the seventh; Jacson McGowan and Joe DeCarlo scored, cutting the Ferry Hawks' lead to one.  But Staten Island answered right back with two runs at the frame's bottom.  Hits by Dilson Herrera and Ricardo Cespedes extended the Ferry Hawks' lead to three.  The teams traded runs in the eighth.  Afterwhich, right-hander Victor Capellan closed out the game with a scoreless ninth for his 13th save.  Staten Island salvages the series finale.  Matt Solter earns the win and Bennett Parry takes the loss.  BOXSCORE