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The Bridgeport Bluefish are tied for 2nd place with the Somerset Patriots; both are 21-19 and just one game behind the first place Long Island Ducks.

While Bridgeport continues a 7 game series against the Sugar Land Skeeters through Sunday, the Patriots will be facing the York Revolution (22-17) and the Ducks will be playing the last place Camden Riversharks (17-23). To say this will be a pivotal weekend for all three teams would be an understatement.

Sabatella/Burroughs Post-Trade Watch

OF Bryan Sabatella for the ‘Fish: .279/.360/.302, 8 for 19 in current series vs Sugar Land

INF Sean Burroughs for the Ducks: .370/.412/.457, 10 RBI, 5 R

Offense

OF Welington Dotel’s on-base streak ended on August 16 at 14 games.

Guess who’s hitting .300 since the start of the York series on August 13th? 1B/DH ANDRES RODRIGUEZ (9 for 30)!! How cute. 

3B Wilson Batista has been an offensive leader since joining the ‘Fish in July with a .307 batting average and hitting .333 in the month of August. Batista had spent time in the Mexican League and with the Atlantic Leagues Barnstormers coming to Bridgeport. 

Pitching

Reliever-turned-starter Rob Carson has only given up one earned run in his last 4 starts. In those 26.1 innings, he struck out 34 batters.

Reliever Scott Shuman has given up only one earned run in his 17 appearances since signing with the Fish on June 30th (15.2 IP, 19 K).

Current Series Bluefish vs Skeeters, 1-3

Bluefish ace Rob Carson pitched 8 phenomenal innings for the win in Game 1.

Games 2 & 3 were riddled with Bridgeport errors; 6 errors led to 7 unearned runs for the Skeeters across the two games. The Bluefish stranded 17 runners on base in the process.

Game 4 marked starting pitcher Cory Riordan’s Bluefish return and was possibly his worst start. He gave up 6 earned runs by the 5th inning. Riordan was pulled out of the 5th inning after giving up back to back homeruns without having gotten the first out.

Tonight should be newbie starting pitcher David Anderson’s second start for Bridgeport.  Anderson’s debut was promising (5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 6 BB). That start was on August 15th against the York Revolution, a better offensive team than Sugar Land. Sugar Land’s Matt Wright (6-7, 4.41 ERA, 1.47 WHIP) is due to start. The Bluefish have faced Wright twice; in early June they were shut down by Wright, in mid-July the Fish owned him. Looks like tonight can go either way.