Thunder Score 3 In 9th To Beat Ravens

New Haven 4 7 1
Trenton 5 8 2
WP- Jesus Pena (1-3)
LP- Mike Crudale (4-8)
Time- 2:47
Att- 6,273

(Trenton)- Angel Santos RBI double with two outs in the bottom of the 9th Inning as the Thunder beat New Haven, 5-4, on Saturday. Trenton has now won three of their last four games.

The Thunder (61-64) trailed 4-2 headed into the inning, but got a leadoff single by Virgil Chevalier off Ravens closer Mike Crudale (4-8). One out later, Luis Garcia double him home to make it a 4-3 game. A single by Mark Fischer moved Garcia to 3rd base. He scored as Ravens SS Jason Bowers booted a ground ball by Aaron Capista to tie the game at 4-4. Santos followed with his double on a 3-2 pitch for the game-winner.

Jesus Pena (1-3) got the victory after four shutout innings of relief. He allowed one hit and struck out four. Crudale allowed three runs (two earned) in 2/3 of an inning.

Garcia led the Thunder attack. He hit a pair of solo homers to keep Trenton in the game. On the night, he was 3 x 3 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBI.

New Haven (44-81) scored twice in the 1st Inning on a hit by Andy Bevins and added two more in the 5th Inning off Thunder reliever Jorge DeLaRosa.

The series wraps up on Sunday at 1:05 PM. Greg Montalbano (1-2) starts for the Thunder against New Haven`s Nick Stocks (2-8).

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Author: Trenton Thunder