Quebec pitchers shut down ‘Jacks

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ORONO – Jordy Alexander and Dan Marchetti combined to pitch a six-hitter as the Quebec Capitales held off the Bangor Lumberjacks 5-3 in Northeast League baseball play at Mahaney Diamond on Monday night.

The win lifts North Division-leading Quebec to 20-12 in the second half of the season. Bangor, fourth in the North, dips to 16-18, five games behind the Capitales.

Alexander allowed five hits and one earned run over seven innings to improve his record to 4-6. The lefthander struck out nine and walked just one. Marchetti pitched the final two innings to earn his fifth save.

Brandon Bowe (2-5) took the loss. He allowed six hits and five earned runs over seven innings.

Quebec scored twice in the second inning on an Asdrubal Oropeza sacrifice fly and an RBI triple by Rafael Pujols, and extended the lead to 3-0 in the third on Carlos Rodriguez’s 19th home run of the season.

Bangor scored an unearned run in the bottom of the third. Schuyler Doakes hit a two-out single and scored when Barry Paulk’s single was misplayed.

Ntema Ndungidi’s two-run home run, his first of the season, in the top of the fifth gave Quebec a 5-1 lead.

Lorenzo de la Cruz doubled and scored on Todd Brock’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh to pull Bangor within 5-2.

Mark Burke’s third home run of the season in the bottom of the ninth accounted for Bangor’s final run.

Pujols tripled and singled to lead Quebec’s eight-hit attack. John Ballon doubled and singled for the Capitales, while Galindo Gomez singled twice.

Doakes singled twice for Bangor.

CAPITALES 5, LUMBERJACKS 3

(Monday Night)

Quebec (20-12) Bangor (16-18)

Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI

Emond, rf 4 0 0 0 Doakes, 2b 4 1 0

Garcia, 2b 4 0 0 0 Paulk, cf 4 0 0

Rodriguez, cf 4 1 1 1 LeBron, lf 4 0

Lantigua, 3b 4 0 0 0 Ross, dh 4 0 0

Ballon, lf 4 1 2 0 de la Cruz, rf 4 1 0

Pujols, c 4 2 2 1 Burke, 1b 3 1 1

Ndungidi, dh 2 1 1 2 Brock, 3b 3 0 1

Gomez, 1b 4 0 2 0 Martinez, ss 3 0 0

Oropeza, ss 3 0 0 1 Hargreaves, c 3 0 0

Totals 33 5 8 5 Totals 32 3 6 2

Quebec 021 002 000 ? 5

Bangor 001 000 101 ? 3

E? Rodriguez; LOB? Capitales 5, Lumberjacks 4; 2B? Ballon, de la Cruz; 3B? Pujols; HR? Rodriguez, Ndungidi; Burke; SF? Oropeza, Brock

Quebec IP H R ER BB SO

Alexander (W, 4-6) 7 5 2 1 1 9

Marchetti (S, 5) 2 1 1 1 0 2

Bangor IP H R ER BB SO

Bowe (L, 2-5) 7 6 5 5 2 7

Kalinowski 1 1 0 0 0 0

Henry 1 1 0 0 0 1

HBP? Ndungidi by Bowe; WP?Henry; T? 2:25; ATT? 796