Baseball Long Island Ducks Take Opening Game in Series Against New Britain Bees by Staff Post June 14, 2016 Courtesy of the Long Island Ducks The Long Island Ducks opened their three-game series against New Britain Bees Tuesday night at Bethpage Ballpark. New Britain was able to start get the first runs on the board against Long Island. They were able to do so after a fielding error and an RBI single brought in Greg Golson and Michael Crouse. Long Island was able to cut the two-run lead in half with a bomber to right field from Ruben Gotay in the bottom of the 1st. During the bottom of the 4th inning Anthony Vega added a two-run single to the board for the Ducks bringing their lead to 3-2. The battle continued when Greg Golson hit a solo home run to left field tying the game up in the fifth. Long Island answered back with a Dan Johnson homer to right-center. The Bees were able to obtain a run-scoring groundout thanks to Jovan Rosa in the seventh inning but the Ducks broke free of the back and forth offense battle thanks to Mike Dowd who gave the Ducks the game winning run in the bottom of the 8th with a two-out RBI. Ducks starter RHP Bruce Kern(2.88 ERA) pitched five innings giving up one earned run, two unearned runs, and striking out four. New Britain starter RHP Brain Durpra (2.68 ERA) gave the Bees seven innings, four runs, three walks, and two strikeouts. The Long Island Ducks will play the New Britain Bees two more times at home this week. If you would like to be apart of the action call (631) 940-TIXX. Post Views: 1,398 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related TopicsBreanna MorelloLong Island DucksNew Britain Bees Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 Whoop Rewards Employees With $100 Each Month To Sleep by Inesh Chari | posted on March 22, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 106: Newsday’s Neil Best (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 12, 2021 More in Baseball You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) On the 112th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) On the 109th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 108: WFAN’s Sweeny Murti (Audio/Video) On the 108th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... You Know I’m Right, Episode 107: New York Post’s Columnist Mike Vaccaro (Audio/Video) On the 107th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Boulders, Jackals Split Four Game Series Yankees: Time for a breakup in the Bronx