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Riversharks Score Early to Knock off Pats

Friday, September 3, 2004

By Don Delaney
Camden Riversharks Media Relations Manager

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.

Ryan Jones pushed the advantage to 6-0 when he ripped a two-run double inside the third base bag in the bottom of the fourth inning. The runs would be more than enough for Lincoln Mikkelsen, would recorded his 10th victory of the season as he allowed two earned runs in seven innings of work.

The Patriots would have their chances against Mikkelsen, however, as they collected 13 hits -12 singles – and had legitimate scoring chances in the second and third innings. They did get three runs across in his final two innings on the mound.

The Patriots final chance to catch the Riversharks came when they put two men on with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, but closer Joe Strong came in to preserve the win and earn his 10th save of the year.

Qunicy Foster and Troy Cameron each finished the game with three hits apiece for the Riversharks. Second baseman Emiliano Escandon also collected three hits for the Patriots to lead the offense.

The Riversharks will now travel to Bridgeport, Conn. to take on the North leading Bridgeport Bluefish in a three-game series. Camden will send left hander Jaime Steward to the hill in the opener at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.

                                The Automated ScoreBook

                        Somerset Patriots at Camden Riversharks

                    Sep 03, 2004 at Camden, N.J. (Campbell's Field)

 

  Somerset Patriots 3 (25-22)                   Camden Riversharks 7 (28-19)

 

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI

  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------

  Perez, J ss................  4  1  2  0       Foster, Q lf...............  5  2  3  0

  Escandon, E 2b.............  4  1  3  0       Strauss, B 3b..............  3  1  1  0

  Rodriguez, V 1b............  5  0  2  1       Briggs, S rf...............  4  2  0  0

  Nettles, J dh..............  3  1  1  0       Jones, R 1b................  4  1  1  2

  Clemente, E cf/lf..........  2  0  0  0       Widger, C dh...............  4  0  1  1

   Todd, J lf................  2  0  0  0       Cameron, T 2b..............  4  1  3  3

  Lemonis, C 3b..............  2  0  1  0       Maness, D cf...............  3  0  1  0

   Gsell, T 3b...............  2  0  1  1       Anderson, T c..............  5  0  1  1

  Santana, E c...............  4  0  2  0       Rodriquez, T ss............  4  0  1  0

  Radmanovich rf.............  4  0  1  0       Mikkelsen, L p.............  0  0  0  0

  Hutchins, N lf/cf..........  4  0  0  0        Cedeno, B p...............  0  0  0  0

  Grunwald, E p..............  0  0  0  0        Strong, J p...............  0  0  0  0

   Darnell, P p..............  0  0  0  0

   Heams, S p................  0  0  0  0

   Davis, J p................  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 36  3 13  2       Totals..................... 36  7 12  7

 

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E

  -------------------------------------------

  Somerset Patriots... 000 001 200 -  3 13  1

  Camden Riversharks.. 400 201 00X -  7 12  0

  -------------------------------------------

 

  E - Lemonis, C. DP - Patriots 1; Riversharks 3. LOB - Patriots 9; Riversharks 13. 2B

  - Jones, R; Widger, C; Cameron, T. 3B - Gsell, T; Foster, Q. HBP - Perez, J;

  Cameron, T. SB - Widger, C; Maness, D; Rodriquez, T. CS - Perez, J.

 

  Somerset Patriots              IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Grunwald, E  L,2-5.........   4.0  8  6  6  4  5   0  0  0  0   21 25   5  2

  Darnell, P ................   2.0  3  1  1  2  0   0  0  0  0    8 10   1  4

  Heams, S ..................   1.0  1  0  0  1  3   0  1  0  0    4  5   0  0

  Davis, J ..................   1.0  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  1  0    3  4   0  2

 

  Camden Riversharks             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO

  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Mikkelsen, L  W,10-4.......   7.0 13  3  2  1  2   0  0  0  0   31 32   7  9

  Cedeno, B .................   1.1  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  1  0    4  6   1  3

  Strong, J  S,10............   0.2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    1  1   1  0

 

  HB - Davis, J; Cedeno, B. BK - Heams, S. PB - Santana, E; Anderson, T.

 

  Strikeouts - Clemente, E; Radmanovich; Foster, Q; Strauss, B; Briggs, S 2; Jones, R

  2; Maness, D 2; Anderson, T. Walks - Escandon, E; Nettles, J; Strauss, B 2; Briggs,

  S; Jones, R; Widger, C; Maness, D 2.

 

  Umpires - HP: Bob Willman  1B: Dave Perry  3B: Bruce Martin

  Start:   Time: 3:11   Attendance: 5464

  Game: CMD09030

 

  Game notes:

  Camden: Jaime Steward

  Somerset: Cam Smith


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