Can-Am League Recap for Week of June 8th

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Sussex - CAN-AM LEAGUE RECAP 6/8/08         
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New Jersey 4, Sussex 3 (Completion of Suspended Game from June 7)
@ Augusta, NJ. Time: 2:19 Attendance: 2,016
W: Mike Vicaro (2-1) L: Kyle Ruwe (3-1) S: Rusty Tucker (3)
HR: SX-Jorge Moreno (1)
In the completion of the suspended game from Saturday, the New Jersey
Jackals held off the Sussex Skyhawks late to get a big victory on the
road. The Skyhawks would jump out to a 2-0 in the first inning thanks to
LF Jorge Moreno's two-run home run, his first of the season. The Jackals
responded by scoring all four of their runs in the fourth inning,
highlighted by a two-run triple from C Craig Maddox. Sussex would get
across a run in the eighth inning from a RBI single by LF Jorge Moreno but
that would be it. Mike Vicaro notched the win for New Jersey as he went
six innings allowing an earned run on six hits with five strikeouts. He is
now 2-1 on the year.
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Sussex 9, New Jersey 8 (Regularly Scheduled Game - 11 innings)
@ Augusta, NJ. Time: 4:11 Attendance: 2,251
W: Matt Petrusek (1-0) L: Hunter Davis (0-1) S: None
HR: NJ-Juan Tejeda (1)
In the regularly scheduled game, 1B Juan Tejeda's error in the 11th inning
allowed RF Matt Weston to score the game winning run as the Skyhawks beat
the New Jersey Jackals and in the process take two of three in the series.
This game was a seesaw affair and had plenty of offense as both teams
combined to score 17 runs on 32 hits. Sussex 2B Chris Brown went 3-for-5
with two runs scored and a RBI. The Skyhawks 1-2 hitters of CF Ron Perodin
and SS Kevin Rios combined to go 8-for-12 at the dish with two runs scored
and two RBI. Skyhawks reliever Matt Petrusek was the winner hurling three
shutout innings allowing two hits and a walk while fanning one.
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Ottawa 11, Worcester 8
@ Ottawa, ON. Time: 3:10 Attendance: 1,912
W: Noel Baca (1-1) L: Jacob Ociesa (0-2) S: None
HR: W-Francisco Caraballo (4); O-Jared Lemieux (1)
Both Worcester and Ottawa brought their bats to the park on Sunday
afternoon as the Rapidz outlasted the Tornadoes in a wild one and in doing
so snap their seven game losing streak. Both teams combined to plate 19
runs and hammer out 26 hits. Ottawa 3B Felix Escalona went 3-for-4 at the
plate with two runs scored and a RBI while CF Jared Lemieux turned in a
2-for-4 performance, including a fourth inning grand slam. Rapidz reliever
Noel Baca was the winner pitching 3 1/3 innings giving up a run on four
hits with two punchouts. He evened his record at 1-1. For the Tornadoes in
the losing cause, CF BJ Weed and 3B Mike MacMillan each had three hits on
the day with Weed scoring three runs.
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Nashua 6, Quebec 5
@ Quebec City, QC. Time: 3:08 Attendance: 2,427
W: Hideki Nagasaka (3-0) L: Eric Cyr (2-1) S: Andy Weimer (5)
HR: None
The Nashua Pride snapped Quebec's six game winning streak by edging the
Capitales by a run on the road. Quebec jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the
second inning thanks to a wild pitch by Pride starter Hideki Nagasaka. The
Pride would come roaring back as they scored three runs in the fifth
inning and three more in the sixth to take a 6-1 lead. But the Capitales
in the bottom half of the sixth tagged Nagasaka for four runs to cut the
lead to 6-5. Nashua brought in reliever Mike Joyce and got RF Mike Goss to
ground into a fielder's choice and LF Issael Gonzalez to fly out to get
out of the inning and preserve the lead. Joyce, Adam Piechowski and closer
Andy Weimer would combine to allow Quebec only a hit and two walks the
rest of the way.
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Brockton 14, Atlantic City 11
@ Atlantic City, NJ. Time: 3:29 Attendance: 1,561
W: Jacob Ramos (1-0) L: Ryan Rafferty (1-1) S: Jerry Dunn (4)
HR: BR-Dom Ramos (1), Jud Thigpen (5); AC-Clyde Williams 2 (2)
A wild affair took place in Atlantic City tonight as the Brockton Rox
outlasted the Atlantic City Surf. Both teams this evening combined to
score 25 runs on 31 hits. The Rox 1-2 hitters of CF Ervin Alcantara and SS
Dom Ramos together went 5-for-12 at the dish with four runs scored and six
RBI. Ramos also chipped in with his first dinger of the year. Brockton
reliever Jacob Ramos was the winning pitcher allowing an unearned run on
three hits in 2 1/3 innings pitched. LF Clyde Williams was 4-for-5 with
two runs scored, two home runs and five runs driven in for Atlantic City.
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STANDINGS
                                 W   L   GB
Quebec                           12   5   --
Worcester                        11   5  0.5
Atlantic City                    10   7  2.0
Brockton                          8   9  4.0
New Jersey                        8   9  4.0
Sussex                            8   9  4.0
Nashua                            7   9  4.5
Ottawa                            3  14  9.0

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