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 2004 High School Schedule 2004 High School Standings 2004 High School Playoffs |
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2004 High School Schedule 2004 High School Standings 2004 High School Playoffs |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, September 26, 2004 By Don Delaney The Long Island Ducks became the 2004 Atlantic League Champions on Sunday evening at Campbell's Field as they knocked off the Camden Riversharks, 4-3, to complete the three-game sweep of the best of five series. It was the third straight game to be decided by one run as the Ducks won the opener 11-10 and 5-4 last night, both games were played at Citibank Park. It was two key errors that accounted for the four Duck runs. Long Island scored a pair of unearned runs in the fifth inning and two more runs in the seventh inning to account for their scoring. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 23, 2004 By Bob Nehring Nine runs and 14 hits carried the Camden Riversharks into the Atlantic League Championship Series on Wednesday night as they continued their season with a 9-4 win over the Atlantic City Surf at Sandcastle Stadium. The Riversharks clinched the best of three series with a two game sweep after winning the opener 8-2 on Tuesday at Campbell's Field. Once again the Riversharks scored earlier, received solid pitching through the contest and then pulled away late in the game. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Camden Riversharks Wednesday night 9-4, in front of 3,205 at Sandcastle Stadium. The win gives the Riversharks the sweep of the best-of-three series and they will play the winner of the Nashua vs. Long Island series. Camden struck first with three runs in the second inning with three consecutive RBI singles by Tony Rodriguez, Quincy Foster, and Brad Strauss. Rodriguez had four hits and drove in three runs, including a solo homer in the five run sixth. Tom Hage had three hits for the Riversharks and drove in two. Starter Ben Simon earned the win with seven strong innings. He allowed two runs on four hits and struck out four. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, September 20, 2004 By Don Delaney Lincoln Mikkelsen remains the only player in Camden Riversharks history to win a playoff game as he pitched eight innings of four hit baseball to lead the Riversharks over the Atlantic City Surf, 8-2, in the first round of the Atlantic League Southern Division playoffs on Tuesday night at Campbell’s Field. The Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year candidate struck out two and allowed just one run to improve to 1-0 in the playoffs. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, September 19, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Camden Riversharks, 3-1 Sunday afternoon at Sandcastle Stadium. It was the final game of the regular season for both teams before heading into post-season action against each other starting Tuesday. The Surf lone run was provided by outfielder Wil Quintana’s solo shot in the sixth inning. Jose Velazquez had two hits for the Surf. Starter Rob Corrado suffered the loss. He pitched five innings, allowing a run on five hits. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, September 17, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Camden Riversharks 5-2 Friday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The win clinched the South Division second half title, which means the two teams will meet in the first round of the playoffs. Surf starter Andy Zwirchitz took the loss, his third against the Riversharks, as he lasted four and a third. He surrendered five runs on six hits. Carlos Adolfo went deep for the Surf and Ben Candelaria drove in the other Surf run with one of his two hits on the night. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 16, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf routed the Bridgeport Bluefish 14-4 Thursday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The Surf’s 17-hit attack was paced by Jose Velazquez. The Surf first baseman was 5-for-5 with five RBI a homerun and three runs scored. The victory, the 71st of the season for Atlantic City, tied a club record for wins in a single season which was set in 2002 under Surf managers Tommy Helms and Mitch Williams. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 16, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks completed the four-game sweep of the Pennsylvania Road Warriors on Thursday night at Campbell's Field with a decisive 12-2 victory. The win improved the Riversharks magic number to two games over the Somerset Patriots, who were trailing the Nashua Pride when the Riversharks game went final. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Bridgeport Bluefish defeated the Atlantic City Surf 3-1 at Sandcastle Stadium Wednesday night. The victory left the Bluefish in a first-place tie with Nashua for the second half championship in the North Division as Nashua defeated Somerset at Commerce Bank Park. Trailing 1-0 in the eighth inning Bridgeport tied the game on a solo home run by Asbel Ortiz to right field off Surf reliever Rodney Dickinson. The Bluefish then took a 2-1 lead in the eighth on an RBI single by D.J. Boston that plated Jose Amado. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 By Don Delaney With the ability to go out and put pressure on the teams chasing them in the Atlantic League South Division, the Camden Riversharks won, 8-3, their fourth-straight game on Wednesday afternoon at Campbell’s Field. Jim Bullinger turned his best pitching performance of the season as he remained unbeaten at 3-0. The former Chicago Cubs starter allowed just one hit in seven innings of work and struck out six Pennsylvania batters. Along with the base hit to Melvin Falu in the seventh inning, which broke up Bullinger’s bid for a no hitter, the right hander allowed just one other base runner, a walk Gamalier Santana in the fourth inning. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks swept a doubleheader from the Pennsylvania Road Warriors on Tuesday afternoon to take a 1.5 lead over the Somerset Patriots heading into Tuesday night’s Atlantic League action. The Riversharks, who started the day a half game up on Somerset, won the first game 4-1 and took the second, 6-0. In the first game, Lincoln Mikkelsen earned his Atlantic League-leading 12th victory of the season as he allowed four hits and one earned run in six innings of work. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Monday, September 13, 2004 By Bill Rosario The final numbers have been tallied and Eastern League President Joseph McEacharn is pleased to announce that the 2004 Eastern League season was one of record setting proportions at the gates. A total of 3,914,027 fans passed through the turnstiles of the 12 Eastern League ballparks this season, shattering the previous all-time attendance record of 3,868,732, which was set during the 1999 season. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, September 12, 2004 By Don Delaney The Riversharks proved that the final week of the season is going to lead to an interesting race for the South Division title. The Riversharks scored four runs in the sixth inning and two more in the seventh as they knocked off the Nashua Pride, 6-2, on Sunday afternoon at Campbell's Field. The Riversharks received a strong pitching performance for the third straight game as Brett Laxton scattered eight hits, allowed just two runs and struck out two batters in seven innings of work. Laxton won his fifth straight decision as he moved to 7-8 on the year. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, September 11, 2004 By Don Delaney It was another pitcher's duel at Campbell's Field on Saturday night. What started with Ben Simon and Bubba Hardwick, turned into a battle of the bullpens until the game was decided on a Brad King home run in the 14th inning. King's 10th home run of the season was the difference in the 2-1 ballgame. Simon showed the form that earned him Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year honors as year ago. He pitched eight solid innings, allowing five hits and one earned run, while striking out a season-high 10. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, September 10, 2004 By Don Delaney Jim Bullinger pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the Camden Riversharks over the Nashua Pride, 6-0, on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series at Campbell’s Field. The game was played before 7,086 fans, the largest crowd at Campbell’s Field during the 2004 season. Bullinger kept the Riversharks in a scoreless game until the bats came alive in bottom of the seventh inning. The Riversharks sent 10 hitters to the plate as they ripped six hits and scored all six runs in the contest during that frame. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 9, 2004 By Don Delaney Cole Liniak and Wendell Magee each hit three run home runs in the top of the sixth inning to lead the Long Island Ducks to a 9-4 victory over the Camden Riversharks on Thursday night at Campbell’s Field. The six-run sixth inning broke open a close game that had Long Island leading 3-2 at the time. The Ducks struck first in the top of the first inning as Magee and Matt Garrick each singled home runs. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, September 8, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks used solo home runs from Brad Strauss and Stoney Briggs to beat the Long Island Ducks, 4-1, in the middle game of a three-game series on Wednesday afternoon at Campbell’s Field. The two runs that Riversharks scored would be more than enough for Camden starter Lincoln Mikkelsen, who is now tied for second in the Atlantic League with 11 victories. The Riversharks starter lasted eight innings as he allowed just one run, five hits and struck out four. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, September 5, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf split a doubleheader Sunday night at Sandcastle Stadium, winning the first game in ten innings 1-0, and dropping the second, 4-3. It was the first win in nine tries for Long Island at the Sandcastle this season. In the first game it was starter Archie Corbin and relievers Mark Persails and Damon Ponce DeLeon combining to pitch ten shutout innings. Ponce DeLeon earned his eleventh win. Duck’s starter John DeSilva pitched eight innings of scoreless ball, allowing just three runs. Reliever Jamie Brewington took the loss, giving up a run in the tenth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, September 4, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf used the long ball to defeat the Long Island Ducks 12-6 on Saturday night for the seventh straight time at the Sandcastle. The Surf offense was powered by two-run homers off the bats of Carlos Adolfo and Al Benjamin plus a three-run homer from Mel Rosario. For Adolfo, it was his third homerun in as many nights since joining the Surf earlier in the week. Dario Delgado collected two hits and scored three times and Ben Candelaria continued swinging a hot stick with three hits. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, September 3, 2004 By Don Delaney With their ace on the mound, the Camden Riversharks scored six runs in the first four innings on their way to a 7-3 victory over the Somerset Patriots on Friday night at Campbell’s Field. For the second straight night the Riversharks were able to score four runs in the bottom of the first inning, but this they were not forced to eliminate a five-run deficit. The Riversharks sent nine batters to the plate as second baseman Troy Cameron provided the big hit of the inning with a three-run double into the left field corner. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, September 3, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf took advantage of good starting pitching and three Newark Bears' errors to win 8-1 in Newark Thursday night. Starter Kyle Goldwater overcame four Surf errors to earn his fifth win by pitching eight innings of two-hit ball. He allowed just an unearned run while striking out five. Gary Johnson had four hits and drove in two runs and Ben Candelaria and Carlos Adolfo added two-run homeruns. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 2, 2004 By Don Delaney Pennsville High School product Chris Widger belted a 2-1 fastball from Somerset reliever Paul Darnell over the wall in the bottom of the ninth inning to send the Riversharks to an 8-7 victory at Campbell’s Field on Thursday night. It capped a four-hit night for the Camden catcher, who also recorded singles in the first, fifth and seventh innings. The Riversharks were forced to overcome an early five-run first inning deficit to earn the victory. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, September 2, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf moved within one game of the first place Camden Riversharks with their 12-7 over the Newark Bears in Newark Wednesday night. Starter Terrell Wade earned the win with six innings of work, allowing 5 runs on 8 hits. He walked 3 and struck out 4. The Surf knocked the August Atlantic League Pitcher of the Month, Brett Billingsley, out of the game with two outs in the fifth. Billingsley allowed 5 runs on 11 hits while striking out 5. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, September 1, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks struggles against the Somerset Patriots continued on Wednesday night at Campbell's Field with a 4-3 loss. The Riversharks are now 4-12 against the Patriots in 2004. The Riversharks were unable to plate the tying run in the bottom of the ninth inning as Somerset closer Rob Marquez struck out Quincy Foster and Brad Strauss to end the game. It was the fourth loss in the last five games for Camden, who now stand at 26-19 in the second half. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Somerset Patriots, 4-3 in Somerset on Tuesday night. Surf starter Rob Corrado earned the win after pitching 6.2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits and striking out 5. Reliever Ned Darley earned the save, his 3rd. Patriots starter Cam Smith struck out 9 Surf batters in his 6 innings of work. He allowed 2 runs on 6 hits. Chad Ricketts suffered the loss, allowing 2 runs in his 1.1 innings. Surf outfielder Al Benjamin went 4-for-4 and drove in a run. Ben Candelaria and David Housel had an RBI apiece. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 30, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf lost in ten innings to the Somerset Patrtiots 3-2 in Somerset on Monday night. The Patriots jumped out to an early lead, 1-0 in the top of the first. The Surf tied the game at one with David Housel's sacrifice fly to score Al Benjamin. In the eighth, Dario Delgado doubled off the left field wall to score Raul Marval and the Surf had a 2-1 lead. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, August 29, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have become the first team in the history of Minor League Baseball at the Double-A level or below to draw 400,000 fans for ten consecutive seasons. With today's attendance of 5,828, the total for the 2004 season stands at 402,280. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, August 28, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Outfielder Jason Grove has been named the 2004 Samuel Plumeri, Sr. Community Service Award Winner and the Hamilton Jewelers Fan Favorite Award Winner. He will be presented the awards in an on-field ceremony following the game vs. Binghamton on Saturday night at Mercer County Waterfront Park. Grove is the first player to receive both of the team's season ending awards. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, August 27, 2004 By Bill Cook The Eastern League and the Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Trenton Thunder Outfielder Mitch Jones has been named to the Eastern League's Post Season All-Star team, as voted on by respective Eastern League team managers and coaching staffs, sportswriters, radio and television broadcast personnel and other members of the media. Jones was named to the All-Star team as the Designated Hitter. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, August 27, 2004 By Bill Rosario The Eastern League of Professional Baseball is pleased to announce the selections for the 2004 Eastern League All-Star Team, as voted on by respective Eastern League team managers and coaching staffs, sportswriters, radio and television broadcast personnel and other members of the media. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, August 26, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf committed six errors as they fell 6-2 to the Camden Riversharks Thursday night at Sandcastle Stadium. Shortstop Henry Encarnacion committed three errors behind starter Rob Corrado. Corrado pitched six innings allowing six runs, all unearned, on five hits while striking out five. Shortstop Raul Marval drove in the only Surf runs with a two-run homerun, his thirteenth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Somerset Patriots 8-4 at Sandcastle Stadium on Wednesday night to move into first place. The Surf used five effective innings from starter Andy Zwirchitz. He allowed three runs and nine hits while striking out six to pick up the win. Gary Johnson, Dario Delgado, and Wil Quintana each went deep for the Surf. Johnson and Delgado drove in two runs apiece and David Housel collected three hits. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 By Don Delaney It took a future Hall of Famer to keep Jaime Steward from reaching every pitcher’s dream. Rickey Henderson broke up Jaime’s Steward bid for a no hitter with two outs in the top of eighth, but the Riversharks took over first place in the South Division with a 2-0 victory over the Newark Bears on Wednesday night at Campbell’s Field. Steward was masterful all evening long as he struck out ten and allowed just one hit in eight innings of work. Steward would have to fight each inning however as he allowed one bae runner in six of the eight innings he tossed. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Somerset Patriots 5-3 on Tuesday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The Surf scored five unanswered runs in the third and fourth inning to take the lead for good. Anthony Chavez started and went eight innings for the Surf, allowing nine hits and three runs while striking out nine Patriots. Ned Darley earned the save with a scoreless ninth. Raul Marval led the Surf bats with two hits and three RBI. Third baseman Dario Delgado also had two hits and drove in a run. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks pulled within a half game of the Newark Bears in the South Division with a 14-5 win over the Bears on Tuesday night at Campbell’s Field. The Riversharks were able to fight back from a pair of early deficits as they scored eight runs in the fifth inning to pull away with the victory. The Riversharks sent 14 batters to the plate in the fifth as eight different Riversharks crossed home plate. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 23, 2004 By Don Delaney The Riversharks keep getting the breaks they need to keep pace in the second half South Division race. Camden picked up a game on the Newark Bears with a 5-3 win over the Bears in the opener of a three-game series at Campbell’s Field on Monday night. The difference in the game came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Dwight Maness hit would looked to be an inning ending fly ball to right field after Newark starter Brent Billingsley walked the bases loaded. Bears right fielder Keith Maxwell had the ball fall out of his glove and allowed the Riversharks to score three runs on the error, which gave Camden a 4-2 advantage. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 23, 2004 By Bill Cook Mitch Jones of the Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, moved into a tie for the Eastern League home run lead with his 37th home run of the season on Sunday in Portland. He is now four home runs away from the Eastern League record with fifteen games to play; six of which are at home this week. The Eastern League home run mark of 41 was set by Ken Strong of Hazelton in 1930 and tied by Rick Lancellotti of Buffalo in 1979. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 23, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf lost to the Somerset Patriots Monday twice, 14-10 and 4-2 as they were swept at Sandcastle Stadium. Third baseman Jeff Nettles hit a three-run homerun in the top of the seventh for Somerset in the second game for the sweep. In the first game Kyle Goldwater lost for the first time in fourteen starts going five and a third allowing ten runs on twelve hits. Jason Shelley did not make it to the second inning for Somerset after surrendering five runs on three hits. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, August 22, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks had their nine-game winning streak snapped on Sunday afternoon as the Atlantic City Surf salvaged the final game of a four-game series with a 4-3 victory at Campbell’s Field. Al Benjamin and Melvin Rosario hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the ninth inning for the Surf to break a 1-1 tie. The two home runs ruined a good day for Camden starter Ben Simon, who had allowed just one run and three hits through his first eight innings of work. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, August 21, 2004 By Don Delaney When things are going good, you cash in on your opportunities. The Riversharks turned a Raul Marval error into five unearned runs in the bottom of the seventh inning on their way to a 12-8 win over the Atlantic City Surf on Saturday night at Campbell’s Field. Troy Cameron's two-run double with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning proved to be the difference as the Riversharks scored six times to eliminate an early 6-2 deficit. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, August 19, 2004 By Chuck Betson Atlantic City Surf catcher Melvin Rosario walked to force in the winning run for the second night in a row as the Surf defeated the Pennsylvania Road Warriors 4-3 at Sandcastle Stadium on Thursday night. The win gives the Surf their third straight win in their last at-bat and their eleventh of the season. It also is the last time the Pennsylvania Road Warriors’ franchise will visit the Sandcastle as next season they will be replaced by the Lancaster Barnstormers. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth before winning 8-7 in the tenth against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors on Tuesday night at Sandcastle Stadium. Surf catcher Melvin Rosario’s two-run double in the bottom of the ninth completed the team’s comeback from as much as seven runs down. In the tenth it was Jose Velazquez’s one-out double to score Raul Marval that gave the Surf the win. It was the ninth time the Surf won in their last at-bat this season. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 16, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Caonabo Cosme has been transferred to the Columbus Clippers (AAA) of the International League. His roster spot will be left open for the time being. Cosme, who was activated from the disabled list on August 5th with a strained hamstring, has a .308 BA, 1 HR, and 5 RBI in 14 games with the Thunder. He began the season with Triple-A Columbus in which he had a .248 BA, 3 HR, 32 RBI in 61 games for the Clippers. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, August 15, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf used a eight run fifth inning to take the second game of their doubleheader 9-2 against the Bridgeport Bluefish Sunday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The Bluefish won the first game 5-3 thanks to a two-run homerun by Hector Kuilan and a three-run blast from Willis Otanez. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, August 13, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf scored seven runs in the seventh and eighth to break up the pitchers duel and lift the Surf over the Bridgeport Bluefish, 9-6 on Friday night at Sandcastle Stadium. With the game tied at two, the Surf took advantage of Bluefish starter Blake William’s ejection, the third Bridgeport player to be thrown out of the game, to score four runs in the seventh. |
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Thursday, August 12, 2004 By Jerome Michaels So far during the second half of their season, the Riversharks has been hovering around the five hundred mark in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball South division. After splitting their first 2 games against the division leaders of the North division, Bridgeport Bluefish battled back twice against the Sharks to pull out the 7-6 victory. A ninth inning run scored by Angel Espada gave the Bluefish the win. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, August 12, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Pennsylvania Road Warriors were able to avoid the sweep as they shut out the Atlantic City Surf 2-0 at Sandcastle Stadium on Thursday night. Pennsylvania scored the first run of the ballgame in the eighth using three straight two-out singles. They tacked on an insurance run in the ninth with a solo homerun by Rob Cafiero. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 By Don Delaney One night after setting season highs for hits and runs scored, the Camden Riversharks dropped a 3-1 decision to the Bridgeport Bluefish at Campbell’s Field. When the game started it looked as if the Riversharks would carry over their offensive effort from the night before as Quincy Foster ripped a triple into the right field gap and scored the only Riversharks run on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Jones. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 By Don Delaney It must have been the day off. The Camden Riversharks brought their offense following their first day off in 24 days as they used a 10-run third inning on their way to a 16-7 rout of the Bridgeport Bluefish at Campbell’s Field on Tuesday night. Already leading 3-1 heading into the home half of the third inning, the Riversharks had their first nine batters reach base as they broke the game wide open. Camden catcher Chris Widger capped the double-digit inning with a two-run home run, his third of the year, to dead centerfield. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that Philadelphia Flyers play-by-play broadcaster Jim Jackson will call two games on the Thunder radio network this season. Jackson will call the Trenton vs. New Britain game on August 14 at 7:05 and the Trenton vs. Binghamton game on August 28 at 7:05. The games will be broadcast on WBUD 1260 AM, WHTG 1410 AM and online at www.nj.com starting at 6:45. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf have set a team record for players being sent back to affiliated baseball. The Atlantic League’s first half South Division champions have kept winning despite losing ten players this season to major league organizations. |
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Sunday, August 8, 2004 By Forrest Robleto It looked like the Sharks were going to extend their losing streak to five games but the Ducks gave them an inch and the Sharks took a mile. After falling behind 1-0 in the second then tying the score in the third and falling behind again in the fourth, the Ducks gave the Riversharks their chance when Tony Rodriguez picked up a ground ball and threw it into right field. This was the inch that allowed the Sharks their mile. Quincy Foster who was on second base trotted home for the tie. Camden’s Troy Cameron smacked a fastball out of the park scoring two runs to put the game away. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, August 6, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf announced today that the contract of RHP Conor Brooks has been purchased by the Boston Red Sox organization. Brooks, who led the Atlantic League in saves with 16, will report to the Class AA Portland (ME) Sea Dogs of the Eastern League. Brooks has been a key part of the Surf success this season. In 30 appearances, he is 1-2 with a 4.06 ERA. His 16 saves came in 19 opportunities, with about in a row. This marks the ninth player the Surf have sent back to affiliated baseball this season. Brooks will be joining Mike Lopez-Cao, the All-Star catcher from the Nashua Pride recently acquired by the Red Sox and sent to Portland. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, August 6, 2004 By Don Delaney Justin Davies and Pat Lennon each had three hits and scored one run to lead the Long Island Ducks past the Camden Riversharks, 8-4, in the series opener of a three-game series at Campbell’s Field on Friday night. It was the third straight loss the Riversharks who scored four runs on just five hits. The Riversharks were able to pull even at 4-4 after seven inning, but the Ducks scored four times in the final two innings to pull away with the win. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, August 3, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf are proud to announce that Surf outfielder Ozzie Timmons and pitcher Archie Corbin were named the Atlantic League Player and Pitcher of the Month, respectively, for the month of July. It is the first time in Surf history that the team has received both the Player and the Pitcher of the Month in the same month. The Surf went 17-9 in the month of July and the big month from both players helped the Surf clinch the first half southern division title in early July and jump out to a hot start at the beginning of the second half of the season. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 2, 2004 By Don Delaney Quincy Foster delivered Stoney Briggs with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the tenth inning as the Camden Riversharks finished a nine-game homestand with a 2-1 win over the Pennsylvania Road Warriors at Campbell’s Field on Monday night. One night before heading on a critical three-game road trip at Somerset, the Riversharks tallied just five hits, but chipped away with a Troy Cameron sixth inning home run to win their eighth game of the second half. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 2, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Nashua Pride 3-2 in the second game of their doubleheader Monday afternoon at Sandcastle Stadium. The Surf won the first game in eight innings, 4-2. The Surf won the first game in dramatic fashion with a game tying homerun in the seventh by Dario Delgado and then a walk-off two-run blast by third baseman Raul Marval. Starter Kyle Goldwater went five and two-thirds, allowing two runs on six hits and struck out four. Reliever Alberto Castillo recorded the win for inducing a ground out by the one batter he faced. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, August 2, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, and the Eastern League announced today that Trenton Thunder RHP Justin Pope has been named the Eastern League’s Pitcher of the Week for the week ending August 1st. Pope, a native of Lake Worth, Florida, went 1-0 with 10 strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA for the Thunder last week. In his first and only start of the week, the 24-year old struck out 10 batters and walked only one while tossing a complete game one-hitter against the Norwich Navigators at Waterfront Park. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 31, 2004 By Bill Cook The Thunder announced today that Yankees RHP Steve Karsay's tentatively scheduled rehabilitation assignment with the Thunder on Saturday night has been changed so the righthander is now scheduled to appear out of the Thunder bullpen on Sunday, August 1 at 5:05 PM. This rehabilitation assignment is tentative and is subject to change. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 31, 2004 By Chuck Betson Nashua Pride catcher Pascual Matos connected for a two-run home run off of closer Conor Brooks to lift the Pride over the Atlantic City Surf at Sandcastle Stadium on Saturday night, 8-6. The Surf came back from a five run deficit to tie the score at six before falling in the tenth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 31, 2004 By Don Delaney Ramon Linares struck out the side as the Riversharks had the tying run standing at second base in the bottom of the ninth inning. It was the third time in four games that the Riversharks took the decision down to the final at bat as they fell to the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in the opener of a three-game series on Saturday night at Campbell’s Field, 2-1. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, July 30, 2004 By Don Delaney The drama built for the fourth game in a row, but in the end the cardiac kids of the Atlantic League won again. Joe Strong struck out Dante Bichette, the potential tying run, with one runner on to preserve a 6-4 win for
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, July 29, 2004 By Don Delaney Camden Riversharks General Manager John Brandt announced today that starter Evan Thomas’ contract was purchased by the Cleveland Indians organization. Thomas, who joined the Riversharks at the start of the season, will report to Cleveland’s Triple-A affiliate in Buffalo, NY. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By Don Delaney Quincy Foster drew a bases loaded walk in the bottom of the tenth inning to give the Camden Riversharks their third-straight victory with a 4-3 win over
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 By Chuck Betson The rubber match of the Atlantic City Surf at the Bridgeport Bluefish series was rained out on Tuesday night. The Bluefish won the first game of the series 6-3 but the Surf won the second game in eleven innings 5-0. No makeup date has been set. The Surf travel to Long Island to take on the Ducks for three games before returning home. |
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South Jersey Baseball: By Don Delaney Camden Riversharks General Manager John Brandt announced today that starter Bryan Ward’s contract was purchased by the Seattle Mariners organization. Ward, who spent just 12 days with the Riversharks, will report to Seattle’s Triple-A affiliated in Tacoma, Wash. Ward joined the Riversharks on July 16 after spending the beginning of the year in the Mexican League. While playing for Monclova, Ward finished 7-7 overall and his 2.83 ERA was fifth best in the League. He also struck out 68 batters in 108 innings of work. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 By Don Delaney Dwight Maness’ RBI-single in the bottom of the eighth inning scored Brad Strauss and sent the Riversharks to a 4-3 win over the Pennsylvania Road Warriors on Tuesday morning at
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, July 26, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks used a five-run third inning to end a three-game losing streak and push past the Pennsylvania Road Warriors, 8-3, on Monday night at
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, July 25, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks fell to the Pennsylvania Road Warriors for the first time on Sunday afternoon, 6-1, at Campbell's Field. The Riversharks entered the game 9-0 against the Road Warriors in 2004 before the defeat. The Road Warriors grabbed an early 1-0 lead in the top of the second inning as Rob Cafiero led off the frame with a single and moved to second base when Ramiro Chamizo walked with one out. After a Brett Laxton wild pitch, Cafiero came in on a Ryan Owen ground out. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 24, 2004 By Don Delaney Hall of Famer Robin Roberts will make a pitch at Campbell’s Field, home of the Camden Riversharks, to promote the New Jersey Lottery’s newest instant game, Winning Legends. The baseball legend will be on hand on Monday July 26th to throw out a ceremonial first pitch and be available on the concourse for a limited time to sign autographs. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 24, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf swept the Long Island Ducks for the second straight time at home with their 3-2 win on Saturday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The Surf now take their four game win streak on the road after finishing their homestand 6-2. The Surf received another strong start, this time courtesy of Mark Brownson. He went seven innings, allowing two runs on five hits. Rodney Dickinson and Conor Brooks each pitched a scoreless inning of relief, with Brooks earning his 15th save. Third baseman Dario Delgado went three-for-four and drove in a run. First baseman Jose Velazquez had two hits and two RBI including driving in the game winning run in the sixth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, July 23, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf scored three insurance runs in the top of the eighth that turned out to be the difference in their 4-1 win over the Long Island Ducks at the Sandcastle on Friday night. The win gives the Surf five straight wins against the Ducks at home. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, July 23, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that RHP Chien-ming Wang and LHP Charlie Manning have been transferred to the Columbus Clippers (AAA) of the International League. RHP Francisco Villegas has been transferred from Tampa (A) of the Florida State League to the Thunder and will join the team today in Manchester, NH to begin their series with the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, July 22, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf hit back-to-back-to-back home runs to beat the Long Island Ducks 4-3 on Thursday night at Sandcastle Stadium. The win was the fourth straight one run victory for the Surf over the Ducks at the Sandcastle. With the Surf trailing 2-1 in the bottom of the sixth, Surf third baseman Raul Marval, left fielder Ozzie Timmons, and designated hitter Dario Delgado hit consecutive solo shots. Timmons’ homer gave him the league lead with seventeen. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf used a solo home run by Gary Johnson in the bottom of the eighth to break a 5-5 tie and lift the team to a 7-5 win over the Newark Bears at Sandcastle Stadium on Wednesday afternoon. The Surf jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first three innings but the Bears clawed their way back into the game with three runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth to tie the game. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf dropped the second game of their three game series against the Newark Bears on Tuesday night at Sandcastle Stadium 4-1. The Surf were held scoreless after jumping out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Surf first baseman Jose Velazquez drove in the lone Surf run against Bears starter Clint Smith. Smith dominated, picking up the win after allowing only a run and a hit in six and two-thirds. He struck out five and allowed four walks. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, July 19, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf used a four run burst in the seventh inning to defeat the Newark Bears Monday night at Sandcastle Stadium, 10-7. The game was a seesaw battle between the two teams as there were six lead changes. The Surf were led by Raul Marval’s two home runs and four RBI. Dario Delgado also connected for the Surf to collect two of his three RBI on the night. Starter Mark Brownson battled through six and a third, allowing seven runs, five earned, on ten hits. Reliever Rob Corrado picked up the win for his two-thirds of scoreless work, while Conor Brooks recorded his twelfth save. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 17, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Somerset Patriots scored six runs in the first inning to defeat the Atlantic City Surf 9-6 Saturday night at the Sandcastle. Surf starter Anthony Chavez picked up the loss after giving up seven runs in his five innings of work. Patriots starter Rich Kelley picked up the win. He went five innings in his first appearance for Somerset, allowing four runs on seven hits. |
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Thursday, July 15, 2004 By Bill Cook Portland scored four runs in the 1st Inning off rehabbing right-hander Kevin Brown and went on to beat Trenton, 9-1, in Eastern League play on Thursday night. Brown (0-1), on the disabled list for the New York Yankees, threw two innings in a rehabilitation start for Trenton. He gave up seven hits and five runs while throwing 36 pitches in the two innings. Two of the five runs that Brown surrendered were unearned and 22 of his 36 pitches were strikes. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, July 15, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Waterfront Park in Trenton will serve as a collection point for new hats, visors and sunscreen to be donated to the victims, relief workers and volunteers who are cleaning up the recent flooding in Burlington County, NJ. |
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Monday, July 12, 2004 By Forrest Robleto It was supposed to be the rubber match for the Atlantic City Surf and the Camden Riversharks. It was also supposed to be Camp Day for several thousand children at Campbell field and a day for the fans to participate in Omelet day at Campbell field. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, July 12, 2004 By Bill Cook The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that New York Yankees RHP Kevin Brown will have a rehabilitation start for the Thunder on Thursday, July 15 at 7:05 PM as Trenton hosts the Portland Sea Dogs, the Class AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, July 12, 2004 By Chuck Betson On August 1st, the Atlantic City Surf will be holding the 1st Annual AC Surf Grand Slam Charity Event at Sancastle Stadium. Following the 1:35 pm game against the Nashua Pride, Surf players and coaches will be putting together their effort to raise money for Surf Charities. |
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Sunday, July 11, 2004 By Forrest Robleto The Sharks managed to load the bases in the bottom of the seventh down one run. Two walks proceeded allowing Camden to tie and then win the game by a 5-4 score. The teams traded runs in the first inning and had a scoreless second inning in which the fans each won a free slice of pizza for a strikeout. The Surf slipped ahead with a 3-2 third inning to make it four to three but the lead wasn’t enough. The fans won a second slice of pizza before the seventh inning walk fest. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 10, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf clinched the first half South Division title, Saturday night in Camden with a 6-1 win over the Riversharks. The title reserves a spot for the Surf in the Atlantic League playoffs at the end of the season. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, July 8, 2004 By Bill Cook The Eastern League and the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Stump Merrill has been named as the Manager and Gary Lavelle has been named as the pitching coach for the Northern Division Team and for the Eastern League All-Star game to be held on Wednesday, July 14th at Prince George’s Stadium in Bowie, MD. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 By Phil Ingling The Trenton Thunder fell to the Portland Sea Dogs last night, 9-5, on Hartz Mountain Chase Bobblehead Night at Waterfront Park. Joe Kilburg had a bases-clearing double in the top half of the 11th to lead the Sea Dogs past the Thunder. Kenny Perez added an RBI single in the 11th to help seal the victory. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and the Camden Riversharks announced the rosters for the 2004 All-Star Game at Campbell’s Field, the site of this year’s game, earlier today. Six players from the Atlantic City Surf have been selected to play for the South Division on Wednesday, July 14. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, July 6, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf could not overcome a three-run first inning by the Camden Riversharks Tuesday afternoon as they fell 3-2 in the series finale at Sandcastle Stadium. The Surf chipped away and cut the deficit to one in the bottom of the seventh but could not deliver the timely hit to tie the game with a runner on second with one out in the eighth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, July 4, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf hit three home runs to win 4-1 and complete the sweep of the Camden Riversharks at Sandcastle Stadium Sunday night. The two teams were tied for first in the standings before the Surf won both games 4-1, in front of 4,275 Surf fans. In the first game the Surf’s four run third inning provided starter Ray Davis all the offense he would need to record his second win of the season. After RBI singles by second baseman Demetrius Heath and shortstop Raul Marval, first baseman Ozzie Timmons connected for this thirteenth homer of the season and the two RBI gives him a league leading fifty-three. Davis allowed only three hits and one run in his seven inning complete game. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, July 4, 2004 By Chuck Betson After the first game of their doubleheader the Atlantic City Surf find themselves in sole possession of first place, at least for a couple of hours, after a 4-1 win over the Camden Riversharks at Sandcastle Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Surf and Riversharks entered the game tied for first place and fighting for the first half’s division title and bid to the playoffs at the end of the season. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, July 3, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, welcomed 4,512 spectators to Waterfront Park for the first-of-its-kind PSE&G “No Game Night” and City of Trenton Independence Day Fireworks on Saturday night in Trenton. The Trenton Thunder, the City of Trenton and PSE&G raised $11,512 for the Grand Slam We Care Foundation through this event. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, July 2, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Surf hit four home runs avenging their loss the night before as they defeated the Pennsylvania Road Warriors 17-3 at Sandcastle Stadium Friday night. The Surf received strong pitching and timely hitting as they scored seventeen runs on twelve hits while receiving eight innings from starter Kyle Goldwater. Goldwater received plenty of run support from the beginning. The Surf scored in six of eight innings. Outfielders Ozzie Timmons, Wil Quantana, third baseman Ryan Minor, and first baseman Dario Delgado all hit the long ball. Minor’s was of the grand slam variety to plate four of his five RBI. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, July 1, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Pennsylvania Road Warriors came one game shy of tying the Atlantic League record for futility as they defeated the Atlantic City Surf Thursday night at Sandcastle Stadium, 5-1. The Surf came into the game in a three way tie for first place while the Warriors had lost twenty straight, dating back to their June 9th game against Newark. Warriors designated hitter Guy Lynam led the way with four hits while driving in a run. First baseman Brady Williams also helped the Warriors effort with two RBI singles. Starter Luis Arroyo went the distance to pick up the win. He gave up one run on seven hits while striking out eight. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 By Dan Loney The Eastern League and the Trenton Thunder, Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that IF Aaron Rifkin, RHP David Shepard, OF Kevin Reese and RHP Javier Ortiz have been named to the Northern Division Team for the Eastern League All-Star game to be played in Bowie, MD on July 14th. Two players from each Eastern League team were chosen through voting by fans at ballparks and Rite Aid stores in the region. The remaining players were chosen by the Eastern League President’s office. For the Thunder, Aaron Rifkin and David Shepard earned the fan votes while Kevin Reese and Javier Ortiz were chosen by the league office. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, June 28, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that C Dioner Navarro and INF Robinson Cano have been transferred from Trenton to the Columbus Clippers (AAA) of the International League. LHP Tim Adkins, C David Parrish and INF Caonoba Cosme have been sent from Columbus to Trenton. LHP Scott Wiggins has been released by the Yankees organization. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, June 27, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf (29-19) made it eight straight wins in a row and sixteen of the last eighteen at the Sandcastle with a 12-7 win Sunday afternoon against the Pennsylvania Road Warriors (8-40). The win, coupled with the Somerset Patriots and Camden Riversharks’ losses give the Surf sole possession of first place in the Atlantic League South Division. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, June 26, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Pennsylvania Road Warriors at Sandcastle Stadium Saturday night, 6-4. The win was the Surf’s third in a row over the Warriors and seventh straight overall. Surf shortstop Raul Marval provided the big hit with a three-run home run. Marval’s fourth home run put the Surf up 6-4 and capped a five run sixth inning. Second baseman Demetrius Heath drove in run, scored a run, and stole his league leading thirtieth base. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, June 25, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Pennsylvania Road Warriors for the second time Friday night at Sandcastle Stadium, 2-1. The Surf swept the doubleheader, winning both games by one run. Surf reliever Damon Ponce DeLeon recorded the win in both games. Surf designated hitter Ozzie Timmons drove in the first run of the game in the bottom of the third. Raul Marval doubled in the winning run in the bottom half of the inning after the Road Warriors tied it at one in the top of the inning. Chad Alexander led the Surf with two hits. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, June 24, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf completed the sweep and stretched the winning streak to four games as they defeated the Nashua Pride at Sandcastle Stadium Thursday night, 4-3. Surf first baseman Dario Delgado singled in Demetrius Heath for the game winning RBI in the bottom of the eighth. Delgado led the Surf, collecting three hits, driving in two runs, and scoring twice. One of his hits was his eleventh home run of the season. Chad Alexander and Ozzie Timmons each drove in a run. The Surf received excellent starting pitching from Ray Davis. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 By Chuck Betson In what should be the high watermark for the first half, the Atlantic City Surf will play the Pennsylvania Road Warriors in a four-game, promotion-laden series. Along with exciting baseball, as the Surf seek their first first-half South Division title in franchise history, fans can expect giveaways galore at the Sandcastle. Friday night will feature the Surf’s first doubleheader at home, beginning at 4:05 PM. The second game will be followed by another exciting fireworks show, sponsored by Resorts Rendezvous. The Sandcastle will also host the MBCA celebration of Atlantic City’s 150th anniversary, sponsored by Fleet Bank and Fox-Rothschild. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Nashua Pride in the rain at Sandcastle Stadium on Tuesday night, 8-7. The Surf held off multiple comeback attempts by the Pride. They finally took the lead in the bottom of the seventh for good as the rain started falling when Surf catcher Melvin Rosario singled in Chad Alexander for the game winning run. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, June 19, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Newark Bears Saturday night at Sandcastle Stadium, 7-4. The Surf were never able to bounce back from a third inning three-run homerun by Danny Clyburn. The Surf scored three runs in the bottom of the first. Right fielder Ozzie Timmons hit a two-run home run, his ninth, to put the Surf up 2-1. The Surf did not score again until they scored a run in the bottom of the eighth. Left fielder Chad Alexander had the other two RBI for the Surf along with his two hits. Third baseman Raul Marval also collected two hits and scored two runs. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, June 17, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Surf finished up their nine-game road trip with a 12-6 loss to the Nashua Pride last night. Clint Chrysler got the win for the Pride and raised his record 3-0. Rodney Dickinson took the loss and evened his record at 2-2. Ozzie Timmons did hit his eighth home run of the year. The Surf return to the Sandcastle tomorrow night to begin a stretch of nine home games in ten days. Tomorrow night the Surf will open that home stretch with the first of three against the Newark Bears. |
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Wednesday, June 16, 2004 By Mike Donlin SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Five Le Moyne College baseball players have been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Northeast Region teams. Senior Jeff Justice (Pedricktown, N.J./Penns Grove) and junior pitchers Alan Drechsler (Rochester, N.Y./Greece-Athena) and Matt Scherer (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Ketcham) were named first team all-region, while sophomore Andre Enriquez (Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit) and senior Kyle Brown (Colonie, N.Y./Colonie) were named to the second team. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Surf took the second game of a three-game series with the Nashua Pride last night as Orlando Miller hit two home runs to lead the way for Jeff Ball''s bunch. With one on in the second inning, Chad Alexander was hit by a pitch, after which Miller answered with a three-run home run that set the pace for the Surf''s evening. He hit his second of the evening and fifth on the year in the ninth to give the Surf and Conor Brooks some breathing room. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 By Chuck Betson Glenn Murray hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to steal a victory away from the Surf last night 7-6. On the positive side for the Surf, Mark Brownson pitched four shutout innings in relief before being lifted in the ninth after giving up a walk. The offensive highlights for the Surf were Melvin Rosario''s third home run and "Meatball" Heath''s twenty-third stolen base of the season. Marc Deschenes got the win and moved his record to 2-0, while Conor Brooks took the loss and dropped his record to 1-1. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that RHPs Buddy Carlyle and Carlos Reyes have been promoted to Columbus (AAA- International League) and that RHP Ramon Ramirez has been activated from the Disabled List. Carlyle is 4-0, 0.72 ERA for the season with the Thunder. He has 48 strikeouts and 4 walks in 37.1 innings with just 23 hits allowed. During the past week, he didn't allow a run in two games. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, June 14, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf were held to six hits last night in a 12-3 loss to the Long Island Ducks at Citibank Park. Raul Marval and Dario Delgado were able to deliver two hits each, but the rest of the team was only able to scratch two more hits among them. Lance Davis was the winning pitcher and raised his record to 4-3, while Marty Barnett took the loss and dropped his record to 2-3. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, June 13, 2004 By Chuck Betson Ray Davis threw an outstanding complete game Sunday to lead the Surf over the Long Island Ducks 5-1 at Citibank Park. Davis allowed just one run on three hits. He struck out five and retired 22 of the last 23 Ducks he faced on his way to his first victory of the season. |
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Saturday, June 12, 2004 By Don Delaney The Camden Riversharks used a four-run seventh inning to push past the Nashua Pride, 6-4, in the opener of a three-game series at Campbell’s Field on Saturday night. Trailing 4-2 heading into the home half of the seventh inning, the Riversharks sent 10 batter to the plate and used RBI-singles from Kevin Jordan, Dwight Maness and Travis Anderson to take the lead for good. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, June 12, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Surf scored three runs in the tenth inning last night to down the Bridgeport Bluefish 6-3 at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard. Atlantic City entered the game looking to avoid their first sweep of the year and jumped on Bluefish starter Tim Cain in the third inning. Raul Marval doubled with the bases loaded, driving in Gary Johnson and Melvin Rosario. "Meatball" Heath would later cross the plate on a wild pitch and the Surf had a 3-0 lead. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, June 10, 2004 By Chuck Betson For the second straight night the Bridgeport Bluefish downed the Atlantic City Surf at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard, tonight by a score of 9-4. Ozzie Timmons doubled home Raul Marval in the fourth inning, but the Bluefish got three back in the bottom of the frame. The Bluefish got three more in the sixth and then again in the eighth to put the game away. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, June 9, 2004 By Chuck Betson Atlantic City had their seven-game winning streak snapped tonight as the Bridgeport Bluefish downed the Surf 10-5. Jamie Gann got the first of his three hits with two outs in the first inning to drive in former Surf Will Pennyfeather. The Surf answered with single tallies in the third and fourth, but in the bottom of the fourth Eddie Lara hit a three-run home run over the right field fence that put the Surf down 4-2. A Ryan Minor solo home run made it 4-3, but the Surf would get no closer. Ozzie Timmons would hit his seventh home run of the season in the ninth inning, but it would be too little too late. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, June 8, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf continued their hot play at home as they defeated the Long Island Ducks, 6-5, at The Sandcastle on Tuesday afternoon. The Surf won their ninth straight home game and seventh straight overall in front of 3,324 fans, mostly school kids on School Special Day. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth by Surf catcher Melvin Rosario scored center fielder Gary Johnson and gave the Surf their third walk-off win in their last four games. Left fielder Ozzie Timmons hit a two-run homerun, his sixth of the season, to tie the game at five in the bottom of the eighth. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, June 7, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf made it six wins in a row Monday night as they defeated the Long Island Ducks at The Sandcastle, 5-4. The Surf are now 18-12 after beating Ducks' starter Bill Pulsipher. Pulsipher was the Atlantic League leader in wins and ERA entering the game. However, after center fielder Kimera Bartee led off the game with his sixth homerun of the season, the Surf scored the next three runs. In the bottom of the first, Surf second baseman Demetrius Heath stole his league leading sixteenth base after the first of two hits on the night. He ended up scoring on a wild pitch. Atlantic City first baseman Ryan Minor also had two hits on the night, including a two-run double in the bottom of the third. |
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Sunday, June 6, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Baseball continues for high school players from the Camden County area as they participate in the Camden County All-Star game this year held at Campbell's Field in Camden, New Jersey. Getting back to the basic of baseball and its fundamentals, this game featured no home runs but batters coming through with timely hits and execution on the field. From the West all-stars, Zach Jakubowski had three hits and two stolen bases in the game. But in the bottom of the third inning, the East all-stars broke the game open scoring five runs to take a five run lead. JP Larmore and Frank Wilczynski combined for five hits, five runs and five runs batted in. Camden County East went on to win this game by a 12-5 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, June 6, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning to knock off the Long Island Ducks, 2-1 at The Sandcastle on Sunday afternoon. The Surf continued their hot play in front of 2,132 fans, winning their fifth game in a row. Long Island has now dropped four straight. The win puts the Surf in first place. Surf designated hitter Dario Delgado came through with the game winning hit, driving in shortstop Orlando Miller from second with a single to center. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, June 5, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf completed the three game sweep of the Bears in a rain shortened game at The Sandcastle, 8-1 on Saturday afternoon. For the second night in a row, the Surf jumped out to an early lead, but this time with the help of the rain, they were able to hold on. The rain came with two outs in the top of the sixth and that is when the tarp came out and the game was ended. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, June 4, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf outlasted the Newark Bears at The Sandcastle in a fourteen inning marathon, 6-5 on Friday night. The Surf received the big hit from the Atlantic League leading hitter left fielder Ozzie Timmons as he singled in right fielder Jason Law in the bottom of the fourteenth. The Bears clawed their way back from a 5-1 deficit, tying the score in the ninth with a two-run homerun by Bear's first baseman Michael Coleman. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, June 3, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf came back late in the game to defeat the Rickey Hendersonless Newark Bears, 7-3 at the Sandcastle on Thursday night. The Surf trailed 3-0 heading into the seventh but scored seven runs in the next two innings to steal a victory and improve their record to 13-11. Henderson was not with the team because of a personal family emergency in California. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, June 2, 2004 By Chuck Betson Atlantic City split a double-header with Somerset on Tuesday night, with each game lasting seven innings. The Surf won Game 1, 7-2, behind a complete game from Kyle Goldwater (1-0). In seven innings, Goldwater allowed seven hits, a walk, and fanned seven. The Surf scored twice in the first and four more times in the sixth. The sixth inning featured RBI hits from Ozzie Timmons, Raul Marval and Gary Johnson. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, May 29, 2004 By Chuck Betson Rickey Henderson, the all-time major league leader in walks, runs and stolen bases, showed the Surf what he has been doing to the baseball world for over 20 years. Henderson reached base 4 times, scored 3 runs, drove in two and stole two bases. He singlehandedly scored the insurance run in the 6th inning that ended up being the difference as the Bears beat the Surf 8-7 in Newark. |
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Friday, May 28, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It was a battle between two familiar opponents, only this time the winner would be labeled as the South Jersey Group 2 Champions. For Sterling and Haddonfield, the battle for the final positions in the Colonial Conference title was a distant thought. It's been two years since the last time Sterling had advance to the finals and they took full advantage in the title game. Starting pitcher Andy Meyers held Haddonfield in check long enough for the Knights to constantly build on their lead through the first 4 innings. The result was a 7-1 victory and a chance for the title celebration to occur on their home field. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, May 28, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf lost their third player during the month of May to a major league organization. The Surf announced on Friday that starter Jeff Farnsworth's contract was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers and he will report to their triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians. After a rocky opening day start, Farnsworth was one of the top starters this season for the Surf. He was 2-0 with a 2.96 ERA in four starts. He struck out nineteen and walked only three in his twenty-seven and a third innings of work. Farnsworth was tied for second in the league in wins and third in innings pitched. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, May 27, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf defeated the Somerset Patriots 15-1 at Sandcastle Stadium on Thursday afternoon. The Surf jumped out to an early lead with a five run second inning in front of 2,003 fans, mostly students, on School Special Day. The Surf's fifteen runs were their season high output. The Surf received four and a third shutout innings from starter Andy High before he had to leave with a twinge in his left forearm. High struck out four and gave up two hits and a walk in his abbreviated outing. Reliever Rob Corrado was awarded the win, allowing only one run in his three and two-thirds of innings of work. He gave up five hits, walked one, and struck out three. Reliever Kyle Goldwater pitched a scoreless ninth for the Surf. |
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Wednesday, May 26, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It was a contest between two Olympic Conference division leaders who had their share of victories and their records showed it. Today, the Lions from Cherry Hill West and leaders of the Patriot Division were playing host Bishop Eustace the division leaders from the National Division. Matching run for run, hit for hit, both teams demonstrated their offensive ability to score runs. Every run counted in this inter-conference game and the three scored in the bottom of the sixth inning proved to be the difference. The Cougars would outscore Bishop Eustace by an 11-8 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf knocked off the Somerset Patriots Wednesday night at The Sandcastle, 8-3. The Surf jumped out to an early lead with two runs in the first and never looked back on their way to their win in front of 2,025 fans. Surf right fielder Ozzie Timmons started the Surf out by collecting four RBI in the first three innings while going two for four and scoring two runs. Second baseman Raul Marval collect three of the Surf's sixteen hits on the night while driving in two and scoring two runs. Every Surf starter had at least one hit while six players collected multiple hit games. |
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Tuesday, May 25, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It's a very interesting fact that was noticed when teams from the South Jersey Group 1 bracket compete for the title. For the past three seasons, the number one seeded team has been able to maintain the top seed and be claimed as the area's group winner. This year, the Lions from Gloucester have had the privilege of hosting every game as the number one seed and that continued with the hosting of the fourth seeded Warriors from New Egypt. Gloucester used a five run fifth inning to move into the finals with a 6-1 victory. The Lions will be looking to win the title as they will try again to defeat Pennsville for the second season in a row. |
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Monday, May 24, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It's never any fun losing a game, especially in the South Jersey group playoffs when your expectations are so high. For both Cinnaminson and Camden Catholic baseball their season was not quite over. This would be Cinnaminson's last regular season scheduled game and they ended it on a winning note. The Pirates found themselves down three runs early in the first inning but rallied to defeat Camden Catholic. Pitcher Will O'Connor settled down and kept the Irish off the scoreboard with help from his defense. Cinnaminson won the game by a 5-3 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, May 24, 2004 By Chuck Betson Jeff Farnsworth went 7 and a third innings Sunday afternoon at Campbell's Field against the Camden Riversharks. He allowed just two runs, one earned, and walked none to raise his record to 2-0. Damon Ponce Deleon finished the eighth for Farnsworth by striking out the two batters he faced and Conor Brooks struck out three in the ninth to collect his second save of the season. Sunday's victory was the final game of a three-game series in Camden and raised the Surf record to 7-7. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, May 24, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, and the Eastern League announced today that Trenton Thunder first baseman Aaron Rifkin has been named the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending May 23rd. Rifkin had an excellent week for the Thunder, hitting .462 (12-for-26) with two doubles and three home runs. The 25-year old accounted for almost half of the 49 runs the Thunder scored last week, driving in 13 runs and scoring seven times. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, May 23, 2004 By Chuck Betson Andy High fell victim to two timely home runs tonight as the Riversharks beat the Surf 7-1 at Campbell's Field in Camden. High was cruising until the third inning when a one-out walk set the stage for Quincy Foster's first home run of the year. In the fifth Kevin Jordan hit a two-out, three-run homer that just stayed fair as it hugged the left-field line. That would prove enough as Evan Thomas would go seven innings for Camden, yielding just one run on Chad Alexander's sixth-inning single. He drove in "Meatball" Heath who had singled and stolen second. The loss drops the Surf record to 6-7. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, May 22, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Camden Riversharks broke open a close game with a four-run sixth inning and went on to defeat the Surf 7-3 Friday night in Atlantic City's first road game of the year. Rivershark centerfielder Dwight Maness drew a leadoff walk to start the sixth. That was followed by singles from Ryan Jones, Brad Strauss and Travis Anderson. With the score 4-0 already, Troy Cameron capped the inning with his third homer of the season. The Surf rallied for three runs in the eighth highlighted by a two-run Raul Marval double. They brought the tying run to the plate, but that would be as close as they got. |
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Friday, May 21, 2004 By Jason Brown The sound of a baseball being hit by an aluminum bat was a familiar noise at Cinnaminson. The top seeded Pirates were hosting eighth seeded Audubon in a South Jersey Group 2 quarterfinal matchup. For the Green Wave, it was their second game of the bracket as they had earned the right to play the number one team with their win over Glassboro. Audubon did not wanted to be eliminated as they kept pace and outscored the Pirates to move onto the next round. Mike Slattery not only picked up the win for Audubon, but he also had four hits to highlight the Green Waves' 17-12 victory. |
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Friday, May 21, 2004 By Jerome Michaels When you take a look up and down the lineup on Shawnee's baseball team, you will find out that every player has contributed in the Renegades record growing now to 23-3. Of course Sean Doolittle's name can be found in an article or print almost every time the Renegades complete a baseball game, but Doolittle knows that its nine players that make a team and each player has contributed to their success. Andy Bella had the hot bat today belting two home runs to ignited Shawnee to a 7-3 win against Toms River South. With the win, the Renegades advance to the semifinals in the South Jersey Group 4 bracket. |
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Friday, May 21, 2004 By Vincent Lewis No team can really predict an outcome of a game based on their regular season statistics or standings. With the start of a new season called the playoffs, players find a new level of excitement of playing in the game and executing the fundamentals of baseball in order to move onto the next round. In a first round South Jersey Group 1 match-up, Gloucester City was the patient team taking advantage of the scoring chances Lindenwold provided. The Lions from Gloucester posted a 7-0 victory with pitchers Andrew Meyers and Gary Bobo combining for the one hit shutout. |
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Thursday, May 20, 2004 By Jerome Michaels There's something special about playing baseball at West Deptford for both the fans and players. The excellent facility gives all a perfect view of the field. For the players on the field, they also have their site set on is it possible to if your well hit ball can clear the fence. When the fifth seeded Bulldogs from Haddonfield watched West Deptford's Matt Sanders' solo homerun send this game into extra innings, they would respond with two round trippers in the top of the eight to finally end this South Jersey Group 2 competition. Haddonfield advance to the semifinals and earn the rights to play Audubon after defeating the Eagles by a 6-3 score. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, May 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that Baseball Hall of Famers Whitey Ford and Rollie Fingers, will be making appearances at Waterfront Park this season. The New Jersey Lottery presents Whitey Ford in Trenton on June 7 while Rolaids presents Rollie Fingers visiting Waterfront Park on August 25. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 By Chuck Betson Atlantic City Surf centerfielder Marvin Benard became the first 2004 Surf player and Atlantic Leaguer to be signed by a major-league organization, the club announced today. Benard's Atlantic League contract was purchased by the Toronto Blue Jays and he will report to the Blue Jays triple-A affiliate, the Syracuse Skychiefs, immediately. Benard, who played for the San Francisco Giants for six seasons from 1997-2003, hit .361 with six RBI in nine games for the Surf. Benard also was solid defensively for Atlantic City and carried himself well in the clubhouse. |
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Monday, May 17, 2004 By Jerome Michaels The first round of the South Jersey Group 4 playoffs began with Cherokee hosting the ninth seeded Vikings from Eastern. Every pitch counted in this game as each team looked to find a way to gain the edge that would keep them alive in the playoffs. Cherokee, seeded eighth, watched a three run lead dissipate quickly to just one run during the top of the seventh inning. Cherokee would hold on for a 4-3 victory and now face the top seeded Toms River East in the next round. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, May 15, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf (4-4) loss for the second straight day to the Bridgeport Bluefish (3-5) on Saturday afternoon at The Sandcastle, 9-2. The Bluefish, already up 2-0, put the game out of reach with a seven run seventh inning in which they sent ten men the plate. |
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Friday, May 14, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It was one of those games that no lead seemed to be safe. Both teams sent a total of twenty-six crossing the plate that indicated the offense was clicking on all cylinders. Trying to do all that he could, pitcher Calvin Lewis survived Penns Grove 17-9 win over Wildwood with not just his pitching arm. Lewis stepped up at the plate during the bottom of the fifth inning and delivered a grand slam to push the Red Devils ahead for good. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, May 13, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, kicked off a new contest, called “The Intern” at Wednesday night’s Thunder doubleheader at Waterfront Park. Ereka Vetrini of the television show “The Apprentice” was on hand to help the team get the contest underway. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, May 13, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf (4-2) shutout the Pennsylvania Road Warriors (0-7) Thursday afternoon at The Sandcastle 4-0. The win completes the Surf’s sweep of the three game series. The game was played in front of 3,605 fans, mostly students, as it was School Special Day. Surf pitchers allowed only five hits and two walks while striking out seven. The Surf pitching staff has allowed only two free passes in the past two games. |
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Wednesday, May 12, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It must have been a good day when you stepped up at the plate five times and delivered a base hit each and every time. Pitcher, yes, pitcher Andy Console missed the cycle batting at the plate, but he did pick up the 9-6 win for Haddonfield. The Bulldogs would score three runs during their top half of the eighth inning to defeat Audubon by a 9-6 margin in a Colonial Conference competition. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf (3-2) defeated the Road Warriors Wednesday night 5-4 at The Sandcastle. The Surf broke the 1-1 tie with a four run bottom of the eighth. However, the Warriors would not go quietly. Pennsylvania scored three in the top of the ninth and had the go ahead runner on first before Warrior centerfielder Gamalier Santana popped out to short to end the game. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, May 12, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that RHP Ben Moore has been transferred from the Tampa Yankees (A) of the Florida State League and that INF/OF Andy Brown and RHP Rik Currier have been transferred to Tampa Moore, a native of St. Croix Falls, WI, is in his second season with the Yankees organization. He was signed as a free agent on June 11, 2003. Moore has appeared in nine games for the Tampa Yankees with a 2-0 record and a 1.45 ERA. Last season, Moore was 1-0, 4.29 ERA in 16 games for Tampa and the Gulf Coast Yankees. |
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Tuesday, May 11, 2004 By Jason Brown The pairings for the upcoming area group playoffs have been decided and Holy Cross looks to have a clear path to finish their season undefeated. Of course the remainder of their regular season scheduled games still has to be played, but the well balance staff should have a winning feeling attitude to settle for nothing less than continuing to play smart baseball...the rest will come later. Cinnaminson was the Lancers next big test to see if they could defeat the top team from the Patriot Division. Holy Cross took advantage of the opportunities presented to them that allowed the Lancers to pick up their sixteenth win in a row. Holy Cross won the game by a 4-0 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 By Chuck Betson The Atlantic City Surf (2-2) battled their way to an 8-4 victory over the Pennsylvania Road Warriors (0-5) Tuesday night at The Sandcastle. The Surf scored two runs in the seventh and three in the eighth to come from behind for the victory. Designated hitter Dario Delgado led the way for the Surf offense and reliever Andy High pitched four scoreless innings in relief of starting pitcher Andy Zwirchitz to record the win. Delgado was 3-4 with an RBI and two runs scored. He had a home run and a double. Surf shortstop Victor Gutierrez was 2-3, with a two-run triple in the eighth. |
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Monday, May 10, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It's the reason why there's seven innings to a game, and that reason was quite evident Monday afternoon at Woodbury. In a Colonial Conference baseball game, the Gators from Gateway traveled to compete against the Thundering Herd. Having one of those seasons that they would like to play over, Woodbury provided those who were in attendance with a never-say-die play to the last at bat win. Needing two runs to send this game into overtime was never in the minds of the runners on base when Dirk Ranck delivered the hit that gave Woodbury the 6-5 victory. |
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College Baseball: Monday, May 10, 2004 By Mike Ballard The Scarlet Raptors closed their season May 4 with a 9-5 home loss against Delaware Valley College as the Aggies rallied from a 5-1 deficit, aided by a solo home run in the fourth inning from senior first baseman Mark Roth and a three-run shot in the seventh by junior left fielder Brandon McCabe. Rutgers-Camden, which was celebrating Senior Night, closed its season at 16-23-1 with its sixth straight loss. Delaware Valley College improved to 24-11 with its seventh straight win. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, May 9, 2004 By Denny Watson The Nashua Pride defeated the Atlantic City Surf 9-1 on Sunday afternoon at The Sandcastle. It was the final game of the three game series, which Nashua took 2-1. Nashua centerfielder Curtis Pride remained hot as Nashua pounded out 17 hits. Pride went 3-5, collecting his two RBI with a two-run homerun in the seventh inning, he also scored three runs. Pride first baseman Kevin Haverbusch continued to hurt the Surf with his bat. He was 5-6 with three RBI and also hit a two-run homerun in the sixth inning, his second of the series. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, May 7, 2004 By Chuck Betson Atlantic City, NJ – The Atlantic City Surf fell to the Nashua Pride 11-10 in the season opener for both teams. The Surf had the lead 10-9 heading into the top of ninth. However, two runs by Nashua erased the Surf lead and gave the advantage back to the Pride. Leading the attack for the Pride was Glen Murray and Curtis Pride. Murray was 3 for 4 with a home run and 6 RBI. Pride was just as impressive at the plate going a perfect 5 for 5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored. Gary Johnson was the top hitter for the Surf, he collected 4 hits and 3 RBI. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, May 5, 2004 By Chuck Betson The news that the Philadelphia Phillies called up Jim Crowell from the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Wilkes Barre-Scranton was a big hit in the offices of the Atlantic City Surf on Wednesday, two days before opening day for the Atlantic City Surf. |
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Tuesday, May 4, 2004 By Jerome Michaels With the cutoff to make the playoffs approaching face, there are those teams playing with urgency and then there are those who just play. Eastern, already with a record to make the post season, did not panic when their early three run lead disappeared quickly. The Quakers from Moorestown had successful hit their way past Eastern and looked to have had the early lead. But a consistent offense from the Vikings allowed them to score in every inning but one to post a 9-6 win. |
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Monday, May 3, 2004 By Mike Ballard An 0-5 week eliminated the Scarlet Raptors from the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff chase and spoiled any chances of defending their ECAC Metro championship. Rutgers-Camden was whitewashed by Catholic University, 4-0, April 27, then lost four straight NJAC games against Rutgers-Newark (5-1, April 29 at home), Rowan (5-4, April 30 in Glassboro) and a doubleheader at Kean (3-1 and 8-5, May 1). |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, May 2, 2004 By Dan Loney Akron notched a six-run 1st inning en route to a 16-2 win over the Thunder on Sunday afternoon. The Aeros and the Thunder split the four-game weekend series. Akron (12-10) jumped on Thunder starter Javier Ortiz for the six runs in which all scored after two outs. 1B Nate Grindell started the scoring with a two-run single. 2B Rodney Choy Foo added a two-run triple to make it 4-0. C Victor Valencia and RF Nen Francisco also plated runs to cap the inning. Ortiz (1-1) left the game after one inning due to a strained hamstring. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Saturday, May 1, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Andy Phillips has been transferred from Trenton to Columbus (AAA) of the International League and that RHP Ramon Ramirez has been transferred from Columbus to Trenton. |
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Friday, April 30, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Plain and simple, in order for a team to come away with a solid victory there has to be good pitching and error free defense. Okay, sometimes that doesn’t always happen as on several occasion, a batter or batters will have a good day at the plate. Take for instance the Colonial Conference game between Sterling and Audubon. Homeruns, triples, doubles and a total of 22 runners crossing the plate made a bad day for the pitchers on the mound. After the dust had cleared, Sterling's late inning rally allowed them to pick up the 14-8 road victory. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, April 29, 2004 By Dan Loney Jaosn Grove and Kevin Reese delivered with run scoring hits in the 7th Inning to help the Trenton Thunder to a 3-2 win over Akron in Eastern League play on Thursday. Trailing 2-1, Grive hit a solo home run, his 3rd of the year, off Akron reliever Jake Robbins to tie the game. Reese added an RBI double later in the inning scoring J.T. Stotts, who had walked, for the game-winner. Trenton (11-6) managed just six hits in the game, but had enough to win their third straight contest and maintain their hold on 1st Place in the Northern Division. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 By Amy Dalrymple The Atlantic City Surf announces two new additions for the 2004 season's staff. Mike Wolverton will be the play-by-play announcer and Mike DiDomenico will be the color commentator for all Surf games broadcasted on 1490AM The Game this season. |
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Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Jerome Michaels High school competition in our area has a few twists that provide some interesting match ups when looking at a regular scheduled game. For instance two schools from the same township but in two different conferences. A rivalry that seems easy to become very familiar with, but not always played every season on the ball field. For West Deptford and Deptford, it was a treat for these two neighboring school to compete against one another and even a bigger treat for the Spartans who were the ones coming away with the 6-1 victory. Ryan Sullivan picked up the win for Deptford. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Dan Loney The Eastern League of Professional Baseball announced their weekly honors for Player and Pitcher of the Week. Thunder RHP Chien-ming Wang received the honor as "Pitcher Of The Week" becoming the first Thunder pitcher to win the award in the 2004 season. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 By Bob Heller West Chester University scored with one out in the bottom of the ninth breaking a 2-2 tie to defeat the USP men's baseball team 3-2 in the championship game of the Bill Giles Division II Invitational last night. The game marked the first collegiate game to be played in Citizen's Bank Park the new home of the Philadelphia Phillies. USP had advanced to the game with a 6-5 win over Philadelphia University last Thursday. |
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Monday, April 26, 2004 By Mike Ballard The Scarlet Raptors collected victories to open and close the week, but sandwiched three straight losses between them. They closed the week April 24 by splitting a doubleheader at New Jersey City University, losing the opener, 6-2, and winning the nightcap, 7-1. Junior pitchers Matt Novella (Lindenwold, NJ/Overbrook) and Paul DeMarco (Mullica Hill, NJ/Clearview Regional) combined on a five-hitter as the Raptors defeated New Jersey City University, 7-1, to earn a split of their New Jersey Athletic Conference doubleheader. |
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Friday, April 23, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Rivalries always add something special to a season especially when you participate in a game with your neighboring school. Relationships have been formed outside of the sport and friendly competition exists on the field. For Northern Burlington and Burlington Township, it would be yet another Burlington County Liberty division game this time held at the Falcon's home field. But it would be the Greyhounds who made themselves right at home breaking a two all tie in the sixth inning to defeat Township by a 7-5 margin. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Friday, April 23, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that Sonny Pittaro, head coach of the Rider University baseball team, will be inducted into the Trenton Baseball Hall of Fame in a ceremony prior to June 7th's 7:05 p.m. game against Portland. |
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Thursday, April 22, 2004 By Jerome Michaels There are those special games that you mark on your calendar at the beginning of the season as a must-see. Usually it's a divisional rivalry or just two teams that have always peak your interest to see who would come out on top. For Cinnaminson and Delran, it would be a game to see if they could hand the other their first loss of the season. Both of these Burlington County Patriot divisional teams were riding a five game winning streak and wanted that success to continue. On this day, the Pirates were the team winning their sixth game in a row by posting a 6-1 victory. Dave Mebs picked up his 100th hit in his high school career for Cinnaminson. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Thursday, April 22, 2004 By Bob Heller Trailing 5-3 and down to their last strike in their final at-bat, the USP men's baseball team scored three runs to defeat Philadelphia University 6-5 to advance to the championship game of the Bill Giles Division II Tournament. The win marks the first time in the four-year history of the tournament that the Devils will play for the Championship Trophy. The game will be played at the Philadelphia Phillies new ball park- Citizens Bank Park on Tuesday, April 27th at 7 p.m. the Devils will take on West Chester University (34-7) who defeated Wilmington College, 6-5 earlier in the week. The Golden Ram's are ranked 16th nationally as of the April 19th poll. This will be the first collegiate and non-Phillies game to be played in the new ball park. |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By Jerome Michaels During the early portion of the regular scheduled baseball season, players are using their time at the plate working on getting solid contract with the ball in searching for a base hit. By mid season, high hopes of an average that’s above 300 would show how well the work at the plate has paid off. But again, it starts with those early at bats that set up how well a player’s individual season will be at the plate. The Rams from Gloucester Catholic would definitely take one step closer to increasing their averages by pounding out 16 hits during their 14-2 victory over Highland. |
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Having a game scheduled almost every day of the week can either hurt a team or help them improve on their skills. Every batter accepts the challenge when stepping up to the plate in search of making good contact with the bat. By having played five days in a row, every starting player in the lineup has had the opportunity of working on coming through with those big hits. The Renegades from Shawnee had a day’s rest after completing their fifth game that ended on Monday. Cherokee was looking to put up their second win against Shawnee, but Sean Doolittle’s efforts only the mound allowed the Renegades to post a 7-0 shutout. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Bob Heller The University of the Sciences men's baseball team snapped their six game losing streak with a 5-4 win over Division I Temple University yesterday, handing the Owls their first loss at Ambler Field, their new home. Starter Daniel Fox (So., Harriton HS/Narberth, PA) worked out of two bases loaded jams and combined with two other Devil relievers to limit Temple to seven hits. Fox earned his first win of the season against four losses while Mike DeVincenzo (Fr., Bishop Hoban HS/Plains, PA) picked up his first save for the Devils, who improved to 9-21 overall. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced today that INF Teuris Olivares has been transferred from Columbus (AAA) of the International League to Trenton and that C Omar Fuentes has been transferred from Trenton to Columbus. Olivares went 1-4 with Trenton this year, smacking a home run in Trenton's 5-4 win over New Hampshire on April 18. In 2002, Olivares was the starting shortstop for Trenton, batting .231 with 6 HR and 33 RBI. He signed as a non-drafted free agent in 1995. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A Affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced that Ereka Vetrini from The Apprentice, Heidi Strobel from Survivor Amazon and Tazz and Dawn Marie from the WWE will all be making appearances at Waterfront Park during the 2004 season. In addition, the NASCAR number 9, Cottman Transmissions racing car will also be on display for a game this season. |
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Monday, April 19, 2004 By Mike Ballard For the second time this season, junior right-hander Matt Ulmer earns Raptor of the Week honors after hurling 8-1/3 strong innings in a 2-1 victory over The College of New Jersey April 15 in Camden. Facing a team that had posted 49 runs and 43 hits in a doubleheader sweep in its previous two games, Ulmer limited the hard-hitting Lions to five hits, two walks and one earned run while raising his record to 4-3. He struck out seven and lowered his ERA to 1.83. Ulmer also received Raptor of the Week honors on March 8, 2004. He also won the school's weekly honor as a sophomore (April 28, 2003) and was Co-Raptor of the Week as a freshman (March 4, 2002). |
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Monday, April 19, 2004 By Jerome Michaels It was a game that the Minutemen needed to win. After starting out the season winning 4 of their first 5 games of the season, the Ralph Shaw Classic baseball tournament can either turn a season around or let you scratching your head in disbelief. For Washington Township, they had split their games during the tournament and were looking for a much needed win. Steve Roop took charge on the mound while Mike Modica had a good day at the plate against the Chargers from Timber creek. Roop pitched a one hit shutout to highlight Washington Township's 10-0 victory. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Sunday, April 18, 2004 By Dan Loney (Manchester, NH)- The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, announced on Sunday that RHP's Buddy Carlyle and Juan Padilla have been transferred to Columbus (AAA) of the International League. RHP Charlie Isaacson will join Trenton from Tampa (A) and Joe Orloski has been activated from the Disbaled List. |
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Friday, April 16, 2004 By Vincent Lewis There are those who believe that winning a game all starts with that person who stands on the mound tossing the baseball across the plate for a strike. When two cross city rivals met on the diamond, it would be Joe Voiro who came up with the big pitches for Cherry Hill West limiting Cherry Hill East’s chances of scoring. The Cougars would rally around their starting pitcher manufacturing the first 2 runs of the game during the first inning of an Olympic Conference game played at East. After a seven full innings were completed, Voiro would be rewarded with an 8-0 victory giving West their third victory of the young season. |
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Wednesday, April 14, 2004 By Mike Ballard Bob Diepold never had the chance to play a baseball game at Campbell’s Field during his collegiate career at Rutgers University-Camden. The Scarlet Raptors’ assistant coach may finally be getting that opportunity after signing a contract with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Diepold, who signed with the Riversharks Friday, will go to spring training with the team beginning April 19 at Campbell’s Field. That will give him the chance to make the team as a right-handed pitcher. |
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College Baseball: Monday, April 12, 2004 By Mike Ballard Sophomore right-hander Tom Ford (Laurel Springs, NJ/Paul VI) provided the brightest spot in a tough 1-4 week for the Scarlet Raptors. Ford hurled a five-hitter, striking out seven and allowing no walks, to collect his first career shutout as Rutgers-Camden defeated Richard Stockton College, 7-0, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game April 9. Ford was in control throughout the game, as the Ospreys collected back-to-back hits only once. That came with one out in the second inning when junior first baseman Chris Freihaut and junior designated hitter John Orlando each poked singles, but Freihaut was erased between hits when he was caught stealing. That was the closest Ford came to having two runners on base all day. |
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Tuesday, April 6, 2004 By Jerome Michaels For majority of the teams this year, the last memory that is on their mind was the disappointment of not winning their represented division title or making it to the playoffs. There are those who made it to the post season but the feeling of coming up short still lingers in the minds of the returning players. But the beginning of a new season allows everyone to have high hopes of at least improving on their goals they have set out for themselves. Showing improvement on the mound and with their bats, Triton’s Nick LaMonica and Tom Ready both hit homeruns and pitched their way to the 5-4 victory over Camden Catholic. |
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Monday, April 5, 2004 By Mike Ballard In a week which included a rainout, a late-inning rally and the start of the New Jersey Athletic Conference schedule, the Rutgers-Camden baseball team stretched its season-high winning streak to four games before losing a home conference doubleheader April 3 against Ramapo College. Ramapo senior Justin Ottman and junior Patrick Tuthill hurled complete-game victories as the Roadrunners swept Rutgers-Camden, 5-4 and 5-2. It was the first day of NJAC action for the Roadrunners, who were rained out of scheduled conference games Thursday and Friday. Ramapo improves to 10-4 overall and 2-0 in the NJAC. Rutgers-Camden falls to 10-9-1 and 1-2, snapping its four-game winning streak. |
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Monday, March 29, 2004 By Vincent Lewis Grounds crew all over the country are preparing for what most still consider American's favorite past-time. The area ball fields in sand lots, public parks, high school grounds and stadiums are all getting a face lift preparing the playing field for the sport of baseball. With the Phillies really excited about playing on real grass, high school players all over our area are only use to the blades of grass. Maybe the local high school's playing surface is not as good as what's preserved at Citizens Bank Park, but its grass. Getting an early start on getting a few swings in against an opponent instead of practice, Cherokee and Vineland participated in a scrimmage before the season begins on this Thursday. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 By Bob Heller The young USP baseball team turned in an impressive performance yesterday, losing 1-0 at Division I LaSalle University. The Devils outhit the Explorers 8-6 and got a solid 7 1/3 innings pitched from starter Dan Fox (So., Harriton HS/Narberth, PA). Fox gave up just one earned run and six hits while striking out six LaSalle batters. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 By Dan Loney (Trenton, NJ) The Grand Slam We Care Foundation and its two member organizations, the Trenton Thunder and Lakewood BlueClaws Minor League Baseball teams, are once again teaming up with Wachovia Bank for the charitable community initiative called the Educational Winners Circle. The initiative helps fund educational opportunities for children in the Trenton and Lakewood communities. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Friday, March 12, 2004 By Larry Shenk The Phillies announced an agreement today with Build-A-Bear Workshop to create a Make Your Own Phanatic store at Citizens Bank Park. Open during all Phillies home games, the unique store will allow fans to purchase an un-stuffed 19-inch Phanatic plush doll, watch it get stuffed with fluff on-site and dress it in miniature clothes and accessories from the Phanatic's outfits worn on-field. Customers will also be able to print out a personalized birth certificate and take the items home in a unique carrying case, the Cub Condo®. The store is the first of its kind developed by Build-A-Bear Workshop in a professional sports venue. |
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College Baseball: Monday, March 8, 2004 By Mike Ballard Junior pitcher Matt Ulmer turned in a sparkling performance last week, only to be undone by the Raptors’ offensive slump in a 1-0 loss to Franklin and Marshall College March 5. Ulmer hurled a four-hitter, walking one and striking out seven, in his first complete game of the season. He allowed only a seventh-inning run while lowering his ERA to 2.16. The honor marks the third Raptor of the Week award for Ulmer during his three-year career. He was a Co-Raptor of the Week March 4, 2002 and won the honor outright April 28, 2003. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Wednesday, March 3, 2004 By Maryann Gettis Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia's home for sports entertainment from 1971 through 2003, will be imploded at 7 a.m. on Sunday, March 21, the City of Philadelphia and the Phillies announced today. It will take approximately 58 seconds to implode the building. During the past few months, work has been underway with the conventional demolition of Veterans Stadium. Much has been removed from the Vet including concrete ramps, the podium level, lower seating bowl, lights, roofing and the Liberty Bell. By the time March 21 comes around, the Vet will have been reduced to a virtual concrete skeleton. |
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College Baseball: Monday, March 1, 2004 By Mike Ballard Junior pitcher Nick Davidson turned in an outstanding outing in his first start of the year for the Rutgers-Camden baseball team, working eight shutout innings and allowing only three hits as the Scarlet Raptors won their home opener over Wesley College, 3-0, Feb. 28. Davidson walked three and struck out seven to post the Raptors’ first victory of the season. He allowed only one runner to third base all day long, coming in the first inning. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, and Global Stadium Services, who oversee field and maintenance services at Waterfront Park, have announced the hiring of Nicole Sherry as Head Groundskeeper. She becomes the first woman to be Head Groundskeeper in the history of Eastern League. Sherry, a Wilmington, DE native, joins the Thunder after working the last three seasons as Assistant Head Groundskeeper for the Baltimore Orioles. Sherry also has worked for several golf courses in her career. |
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Baseball Spotlight: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 By Maryann Gettis Phillies Hall of Fame broadcaster Harry Kalas will be honored by the organization at Citizens Bank Park with the naming of the scoreboard restaurant after him. Harry the K's will be a casual, finger-food type, bi-level restaurant built into the scoreboard building in left field. Both levels will be open air and will have fantastic views of the playing field. It will be located at the western end of the ballpark's outfield entertainment zone called Ashburn Alley, named after the Phillies' Hall of Fame outfielder and Kalas' former broadcast partner. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Monday, February 16, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, has released its 2004 Spring Training Schedule. The spring schedule includes 14 games and four intrasquad games before the Season Opener against the Erie SeaWolves on Thursday, April 8th. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Thursday, January 29, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, have announced the players who will be featured on the team’s seven Bobblehead Doll Giveaways this season. Former Yankees great Don Mattingly will be the first player featured on April 10. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 By Dan Loney The “Top 10” Prospects List for the New York Yankees organization has been made public in the most recent edition of Baseball America with the Trenton Thunder placing three members of the 2003 squad on that list. C Dioner Navarro was rated the #1 prospect in the entire system with RHP Ramon Ramirez being rated #5 and 2B Robinson Cano at #6. |
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South Jersey Baseball: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 By Dan Loney The Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, has announced their coaching staff for the 2004 season. Stump Merrill will return for his second consecutive season as Manager. Hitting Coach Steve Braun, Pitching Coach Gary Lavelle and Trainer Greg Spratt will also return to the Thunder after spending last season with Trenton. |
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