Gil Homers in Yankee Loss

Jose Gil belted a line drive homerun over the left field fence

By: Robert Pimpsner

August 1, 2007 – It was a beautiful evening at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark as the Oneonta Tigers and the Staten Island Yankees took the field against each other for the last time in the regular season.

                Zach McAllister got the start for the Baby Bombers, pitching four innings of one run ball.  McAllister allowed five hits while striking out four on 79 pitches.  The one run came in the top of the third inning with two outs on the board.  Justin Henry singled to left and then stole second, a Ron Bourquin double allowed him to score and plate the first run of the game.

                Jose Gil tied the game on one swing of the bat in the bottom of the sixth inning when he belted a line drive over the left field fence for his fourth homerun of the season.  On the very next pitch, Austin Krum then knocked a triple to triple and scored when Jose Fragoso balked giving the Yankees a 2-1 lead.

                The Tigers tied the game in the top of the seventh after Philip Bartleski allowed two runners to reach and Kyle Hollander gave up a base hit.  The bombers would threaten in their half of the inning, when with one out they had man on first and second but a force out and ground out to second ended the inning.

                The game would remained deadlocked until the tenth inning when on the first pitch by Jeff Livek, Casper Wells belted a long line drive over the left field fence and Kody Kaiser launched a shot over the right-centerfield wall for back-to-back jacks.

                Taylor Holiday, Damon Sublett, Braedyn Pruitt, and Isaiah Howes all had a multi-hit night  but the bombers left thirteen men on the bases.  Tomorrow night Ryan Zink would take the mound against the Lowell Spinners.

Notes:  Former Baby Bomber Shelley Duncan knocked his fifth major league homerun.  Tomorrow night the Staten Island Yankees will start a three game home series with the Lowell Spinners.  Friday night is sold out and Saturday night is Robinson Cano night.