Almonte homers twice in Bluefish victory
BRIDGEPORT -- Led by a pair of homers Tuesday from Denny Almonte, the Bridgeport Bluefish are 2-0 in the second half of the season and are off to a fresh start.
The Bluefish -- the last-place team in the Atlantic League Liberty Division the first half -- defeated the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs 7-2 on Tuesday night at the Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
Southern Maryland scored the first run of the game in the top of the first inning on a solo home run by former Bluefish Steve Moss. Bridgeport answered when they got their first hit of the game in the sixth inning, a solo home run by Prentice Redman.
The Bluefish added two runs in the bottom of the seventh on a pair of a solo home runs by Denny Almonte and Austin Gallagher. In the eighth inning, however, Blue Crabs second baseman Amadeo Zazueta hit a solo home run to cut the lead to one.
Bridgeport took care of business later in the eighth when Luis Lopez hit an RBI single and Almonte hit his second homer of the night, a three-run dinger.
Bluefish starter Hunter Jones (4-7) picked up the win, going 7 2/3 innings, allowing six hits and two runs with zero walks and three strikeouts. Blue Crabs starter Gabriel Hernandez (3-5) suffered the loss, going seven innings and allowing three runs on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
The two teams play again today with an 11 a.m. Camp Day start at Harbor Yard.