`Oil Can,’ Blue Ox hand Adirondack loss

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GLENS FALLS, N.Y. – A seven-run inning and another steady pitching performance out of Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd gave the Bangor Blue Ox a 10-7 victory over Adirondack Wednesday night.

Boyd allowed four earned runs and seven hits in five innings to up his record to 5-0. He struck out one and walked none. Steve Maddock pitched 1 1/3 innings of relief for his second save of the season.

Bangor moves to 2-1 in the second half of the Northeast League season. Adirondack drops to 1-2.

Angelo “Jello” Cox was the offensive star for Bangor, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs, three steals, and two runs.

Cox led off the seven-run fourth with a single. One out and a Cox steal later, Corey Parker smashed his league-leading 11th home run of the season.

Tim Morrow’s single, Robert “Popeye” Cole’s walk and Chad White’s bloop single loaded the bases before Garret Quaintance (3-for-4) hit a two two-run single.

Carlos Mota’s RBI double sent Dave Masi (2-1) to the showers. With two out, Cox hit a two-run single to cap the scoring. Cox’s 25 steals lead the league

Maddock struck out the leadoff man in the ninth, but ran into trouble with a walk and a Darren Doucette single before striking out the last two batters to end the game.

Blue Ox 10, Lumberjacks 7

Bangor (2-1) Adirondack (1-2)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Cox, lf 5 3 4 2 Cook, cf 5 1 1 1

Goldbrg,2b-ss 5 1 1 0 Darnell, rf 5 1 2 1

Parker, 1b 3 1 1 3 Mueller, dh 3 0 0 1

Delnoce, 2b 1 0 0 0 Doucette, 1b 5 0 3 1

Morrow, dh 4 1 2 2 Fogg, 2b 5 0 1 0

a-Puleo 0 0 0 0 MacDonald, 3b 5 1 1 0

Cole, rf 3 1 1 0 Coates, lf 5 0 0 0

White, cf 4 1 1 0 Balcazar, c 4 1 2 1

Quntance, 3b 4 1 3 2 Balint, ss 4 3 4 0

Mota, c 4 1 1 1

Totals 37 10 14 10 Totals 41 7 14 5

a-ran for Parker in ninth

Bangor 000 700 201 – 10

Adirondack 101 020 210 – 7

E – Hummell 2B – Cox, Goldberg, Mota; Darnell, MacDonald, Balint HR – Parker (11) LOB – Bangor 4; Adirondack 9 DP – Darnell to Doucette SB – Cox 3; Cook SF – Parker, Morrow; Mueller

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Bangor

Boyd (W,5-0) 5 7 4 4 0 1

Audette 2 2/3 5 3 1 0 2

Maddock (S,2) 1 1/3 2 0 0 1 4

Adirondack

Masi (L, 2-1) 3 1/3 7 7 7 2 2

Hayes 4 2/3 5 2 2 0 5

Brietenstein 1 2 1 1 0 2

WP – Hayes TIME – 3:13 ATTENDANCE – 1,763