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Lopez, 'Fish walk off with another one
By Bridgeport Bluefish
Jul 24, 2008 - 11:36:47 PM

The last time the Bridgeport Bluefish were home, it was Luis Lopez who drove in the game-winning run in extra innings. That was on July 13th against the Newark Bears. On Thursday against the Camden Riversharks, it was more of the same for the 2008 All-Star. Lopez drilled a Mike Flannery (2-6) offering into left center, scoring pinch runner Branden Florence to end the game 4-3 in 13 innings. The Bluefish improve to 9-4 in the second half and 42-41 overall in 2008.

Jay Caligiuri gave the Bluefish a beacon of life to set up the game-winning hit. The 2007 All-Star belted a two-out game-tying double over the head of Camden centerfielder L.J. Biernbaum that scored Alex Prieto and brought Lopez to the dish.

The Riversharks took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of thirteenth with an Alberto Castillo suicide squeeze in the top of the inning. Castillo laid down a bunt with outfielder Sheldon Fulse hustling down the line and scoring the go-ahead run.

The game made it to extra frames thanks to a pair of two-run home runs in the eighth inning. Camden started their scoring with a Tim Johnson two-run shot off Bridgeport starter Mike Connolly. The Park City crew immediately responded in the bottom of the inning with a Brian Munhall towering long ball that tied the game.

T.J. Tucker (3-1) picked up the victory in his two innings of relief despite allowing the go-ahead run to score in the thirteenth. Connolly was brilliant in his start despite allowing the home run, striking out eight over nine innings and allowing two runs on four hits. Camden starter Jose Lima was equally as effective in his eight innings of work. The former Major Leaguer struck out eight and allowed two runs on four hits with two walks. Flannery suffered the loss, giving up two runs on three hits in 2.2 innings.

The Bluefish look to extend their four-game home winning streak tomorrow night at 7:05 P.M. Rafael Bergstrom (5-5) heads to the hill for Bridgeport to square off against Julio Guerrero (6-1) of Camden.

Camden Riversharks vs Bridgeport Bluefish (Jul 24, 2008)

Box Score

The Automated ScoreBook
Camden Riversharks at Bridgeport Bluefish
Jul 24, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard)

Camden Riversharks 3 (44-39,4-9 2nd Half)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Gabe Suarez ss........... 5 0 0 0 0 3 5 5 0
Bobby Gandolfo 3b........ 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
LJ Biernbaum cf.......... 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 0
Ron Davenport lf......... 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Sheldon Fulse rf......... 4 1 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
Tyler Von Schell 1b...... 5 1 1 0 0 1 10 2 0
Alberto Castillo c....... 4 0 2 1 0 1 16 2 0
Kyle Nichols dh.......... 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Boyd pr................. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Collet ph............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tim Johnson 2b........... 4 1 1 2 0 1 2 3 0
Jose Lima p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Alec Zumwalt p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Flannery p......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Totals................... 41 3 7 3 2 11 38 16 2

Bridgeport Bluefish 4 (42-41,9-4 2nd Half)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB
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Henry Mateo cf........... 5 0 1 0 1 2 3 0 4
Jay Caligiuri lf......... 6 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0
Branden Florence pr..... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Lopez 3b............ 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0
Jesse Hoorelbeke 1b...... 4 0 0 0 1 1 15 1 0
Ryan Bear dh............. 4 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Steve Doetsch rf......... 5 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 0
Wilson Batista 2b........ 5 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 0
Brian Munhall c.......... 4 1 1 2 1 2 11 0 0
Alex Prieto ss........... 5 1 2 0 0 2 4 8 0
Mike Connoly p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Jeff Tam p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
TJ Tucker p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals................... 44 4 9 4 4 17 39 19 6

Score by Innings R H E
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Camden Riversharks.. 000 000 020 000 1 - 3 7 1
Bridgeport Bluefish. 000 000 020 000 2 - 4 9 2
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Note: 2 outs, 1 runner LOB when the game ended.

E - Suarez(16); Munhall(9); Prieto(19). DP - Camden 3; Bluefish 4. LOB - Camden 2; Bluefish 6. 2B - Castillo(6); Caligiuri(7); Prieto(13). HR - Johnson(1); Munhall(5). SH - Castillo(2). SB - Fulse(6). CS - Batista(2).

Camden Riversharks IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Jose Lima........... 8.0 4 2 2 2 8 26 28 98
Alec Zumwalt........ 2.0 2 0 0 1 5 8 9 35
Mike Flannery....... 2.2 3 2 2 1 4 10 11 44

Bridgeport Bluefish IP H R ER BB SO AB BF NP
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Mike Connoly........ 9.0 5 2 2 1 8 30 31 124
Jeff Tam............ 2.0 1 0 0 0 2 6 6 21
TJ Tucker........... 2.0 1 1 0 1 1 5 7 22

Win - Tucker (3-1). Loss - Flannery (2-6). Save - None.
PB - Castillo. Pitches/strikes: Lima 98/68; Zumwalt 35/22; Flannery 44/28; Connolly 124/75; Tam 21/15; Tucker 22/13.
Umpires - HP: Mike Mazzarsisi 1B: Joe Cruz 3B: Joey Stegner
Start: 7:08 PM Time: 3:37 Attendance: 2310
Game: BRG0724

Play-by-Play

The Automated ScoreBook
Camden Riversharks at Bridgeport Bluefish - Play-by-Play
Jul 24, 2008 at Bridgeport, CT (Harbor Yard)

Score by Innings R H E
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Camden Riversharks.. 000 000 020 000 1 - 3 7 1
Bridgeport Bluefish. 000 000 020 000 2 - 4 9 2
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Camden Riversharks starters: 11/ss Suarez; 12/3b Gandolfo; 14/cf Biernbaum; 25/lf Davenport; 8/rf Fulse; 21/1b Von Schell; 29/c Castillo; 30/dh Nichols; 10/2b Johnson; 27/p Lima; Bridgeport Bluefish starters: 7/cf Mateo; 29/lf Caligiuri; 19/3b Lopez; 31/1b Hoorelbeke; 28/dh Bear; 17/rf Doetsch; 30/2b Batista; 20/c Munhall; 3/ss Prieto; 5/p Connolly;

Camden Riversharks 1st - Suarez flied out to lf (2-2). Gandolfo grounded out to 2b (2-1). Biernbaum reached on an error by ss (0-0). Davenport reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Biernbaum out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 1st - Mateo walked (3-2). Caligiuri struck out swinging (1-2). Lopez grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (1-1); Mateo out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 2nd - Fulse struck out swinging (2-2). Von Schell grounded out to ss (0-2). Castillo doubled to left field (2-2). Nichols grounded out to ss (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 2nd - Hoorelbeke grounded out to p (1-1). Bear struck out looking (3-2). Doetsch struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 3rd - Johnson grounded out to ss (2-2). Suarez struck out swinging (1-2). Gandolfo grounded out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 3rd - Batista grounded out to 3b (0-2). Munhall flied out to lf (2-2). Prieto grounded out to ss (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 4th - Biernbaum singled to right field (1-0).
Davenport struck out swinging (2-2). Fulse grounded into double play 3b to 2b to 1b (2-0); Biernbaum out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 4th - Mateo singled to left field (1-0). Caligiuri grounded into double play p to ss to 1b (0-0); Mateo out on the play. Lopez struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 5th - Von Schell flied out to rf (3-2). Castillo singled to center field (0-0). Nichols grounded into double play p to ss to 1b (0-2); Castillo out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 5th - Hoorelbeke flied out to cf (1-0). Bear
grounded out to ss (0-2). Doetsch struck out swinging (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 6th - Johnson struck out looking (3-2). Suarez
grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-1). Gandolfo flied out to rf (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 6th - Batista flied out to rf (0-2). Munhall struck out swinging (2-2). Prieto singled to right field (2-0). Mateo struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 7th - Biernbaum flied out to cf (0-0). Davenport flied out to cf (1-1). Fulse struck out swinging (3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 7th - Caligiuri reached on an error by ss (0-2). Lopez grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (3-2); Caligiuri out on the play. Hoorelbeke walked (3-1). Bear reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Hoorelbeke out at second ss unassisted. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 8th - Von Schell singled to left field (0-0).
Castillo struck out swinging (1-2). Nichols flied out to cf (2-1). Johnson homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-0); Von Schell scored. Suarez struck out looking (3-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 8th - Doetsch singled up the middle (0-1). Batista reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Doetsch out at second 2b to ss. Munhall homered down the lf line, 2 RBI (0-0); Batista scored. Prieto struck out swinging (3-2). Mateo grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 9th - Gandolfo struck out swinging (3-2). Biernbaum walked (3-0). Davenport grounded into double play 1b to ss to 1b (3-2); Biernbaum out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 9th - Zumwalt to p for Lima. Caligiuri struck out looking (2-2). Lopez struck out looking (0-2). Hoorelbeke flied out to cf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 10th - Tam to p for Connolly. Fulse struck out
looking (3-2). Von Schell grounded out to ss (1-1). Castillo grounded out to p (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 10th - Bear struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (0-2). Doetsch singled to left field (0-0). Doetsch advanced to second on a passed ball. Batista singled (2-1); Doetsch advanced to third. Munhall intentionally walked (3-0); Batista advanced to second. Prieto struck out looking (2-2). Mateo struck out looking (1-2). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 11th - Nichols singled to center field (0-2). Boyd pinch ran for Bonvechio. Johnson reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Boyd out at second p to ss. Johnson out at first p to 1b, picked off. Suarez struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 11th - Flannery to p for Zumwalt. Caligiuri struck out swinging (0-2). Lopez out at first 1b to p (0-0). Hoorelbeke struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 12th - Tucker to p for Tam. Gandolfo popped up to 2b (2-1). Biernbaum singled through the right side (0-0). Davenport grounded into double play ss to 1b (1-1); Biernbaum out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 12th - Bear walked (3-0). Doetsch struck out
swinging (1-2). Batista reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Bear out at second 1b to ss. Batista out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Camden Riversharks 13th - Fulse walked (3-2). Fulse stole second,
advanced to third on an error by c. Von Schell struck out swinging (2-2). Castillo grounded out to p, SAC, bunt, RBI (0-0); Fulse scored, unearned. Collet pinch hit for Boyd. Collet grounded out to 2b (0-1). 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

Bridgeport Bluefish 13th - Munhall struck out swinging (1-2). Prieto doubled to left center (3-2). Mateo grounded out to ss (0-2). Prieto advanced to third. Caligiuri doubled to center field, RBI (2-1); Prieto scored. Florence pinch ran for Caligiuri. Lopez singled to center field, RBI (1-1); Florence scored. 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

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