Sun 24 Jun 2007
In the final game of a three-game weekend series, the Staten Island Yankees’ bats finally came to life as they posted a 9-1 victory over Aberdeen to salvage the last game and snap their three-game skid Sunday afternoon at St. George before 2,711.
They took advantage of four Iron Bird errors, including three of their first four runs against losing starter Zach Clark (1-1) unearned in the third and fourth innings.
Trailing by a run in the home third, the Baby Bombers pushed across two in large part to two fielding errors by shortstop Tyler Henson which extended the inning. After back-to-back miscues which allowed Staten Island shortstop Luis Nunez and second baseman Damon Sublett to reach, right fielder David Williams drew a walk to load the bases. Third baseman Justin Snyder followed with a clutch two-run single to right which gave the ballclub the lead for good.
After a strong fourth in which starter Dellin Betances struckout two on his way to his first victory, the S.I. Yanks got two more to go up 4-1. First baseman Chris Raber walked, stole second and then advanced to third on a balk. Catcher Frank Lonigro doubled him in. Lonigro would also come around to score on an error by right fielder Robbie Widlansky.
Betances went one more inning, finishing the day in style be getting Widlansky to chase a pitch to strand a runner. The former Grand Street High School star tossed five solid innings allowing just a run on three hits while walking three and whiffing four to improve to 1-0.
Staten Island put the game out of reach with a four-run seventh. One inning after a Sublett RBI triple made it 5-1, the Aberdeen bullpen lost the plate leading to two runs on consecutive bases loaded walks to D.J. Hollingsworth and Lonigro. Fernando De Nabal walked the first four before Julio Soriano made it five straight to put S.I. up six.
After Soriano got Austin Crum and Nunez, Sublett came through with a two-run basehit to left which made it 9-1. One day after making two bad errors and not delivering at the plate, the second baseman atoned with a two hit, two RBI day.
Reliever Craig Heyer came on to toss three scoreless before giving way to Jason Kiley, who worked around a two out hit in the ninth to strikeout Henson which ended it.
Notes: After only getting four hits Saturday, Staten Island had seven Sunday with six coming from the trio of Sublett, Williams and Snyder who all had multi-hit days. … In his second start of the year behind the plate, Lonigro was 1-for-3 with a pair of walks and two runs scored. … The Baby Bombers showed good patience at the plate drawing 10 walks while their pitchers only allowed four.
The Bombers (2-4) travel to Hudson Valley for the first of a three-game series beginning later tonight. The two teams will return to Richmond County Bank Ballpark tomorrow for Game 2 before concluding the series back in Hudson Valley. It will be the first of two three-game series this week as Hudson Valley comes back in Sunday afternoon for two of three by the Staten Island Ferry Terminal.
In between, Mike Gillespie’s club will head to Aberdeen for a three-game set hoping to return the favor by grabbing a series rematch which is slated for Thursday through Saturday.
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