NEWBURGH, N.Y. – The Bangor Blue Ox came from behind and edged the Newburgh Night Hawks 3-2 Tuesday night, beating left hander Gean Caruso for the first time this season.

The Blue Ox have won two straight over Newburgh to improve to 25-10, 45-28 overall, and to lead Northeast League. Newburgh is now 24-11 and 50-24 overall.

The Ox scored both the tying run and the game winner in the seventh with two outs.

With Corey Parker at third, Carlos Mota’s double down the left field line scored Parker to tie the game at 2-2. Then Garrett Quaintance’s base hit up the middle scored Mota from first on a close play at the plate to put the Ox up for good.

The Night Hawks scored in the first and third, both times when Joey Madden tripled and Mike Pagana drove him home on a base hit.

Andy High earned the win, pitching a complete game to improve to 7-3. Caruso is now 8-8.

Brewer native Chad White singled and doubled for the Blue Ox, as did Mota. Lonnie Goldberg stole two bases and Jello Cox one to push their identical season totals to 45 thefts.

Blue Ox 3, Night Hawks 2

Bangor (25-10) Newburgh (24-11)

Name ab r h bi Name ab r h bi

Cox, lf-cf 3 0 0 0 Madden, cf 4 2 3 0

Goldberg, 2b 3 0 0 0 Pagana, dh 4 0 1 2

White, cf-lf 3 1 2 0 Duross, 1b 4 0 0 0

Morrow, rf 3 0 0 0 Miller, 3b 3 0 1 0

Shook, dh 4 0 0 0 Lemons, lf 4 0 0 0

Parker, 1b 2 1 1 1 Woods, rf 3 0 0 0

Evans, ss 4 0 0 0 Cardona, 2b 3 0 0 0

Mota, c 4 1 2 1 Tegeler, c 3 0 0 0

Quaint’nce, 3b 4 0 0 0 Reyes, ss 3 0 0 0

Totals 30 3 5 2 Totals 31 2 5 2

Bangor 000 100 200 – 3

Newburgh 101 000 000 – 2

E – Reyes 2B – White, Parker, Mota 3B – Madden LOB – Bangor 6, Newburgh 3 SB – Cox, Goldberg, White

PITCHER IP H R ER BB SO

Bangor

High (W, 7-3) 9 5 2 2 1 2

Newburgh

Caruso (L, 8-8) 7 3 3 2 5 9

Johnson 1/3 1 0 0 0 1

Dixon 1 2/3 1 0 0 0 3

HBP – Morrow by Johnson WP – Caruso BK – Caruso TIME – 2:30 ATTENDANCE – 971