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'Birds and Weather both Hot on Staten Island

Kevin Magee earns 5-1 win over the Yankees
(dow}, June 15, 2019 - The Aberdeen Ironbirds play ball at Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen MD. (J. Kelley Dentry)
July 21, 2019

Staten Island, N.Y. - Sunday afternoon was a scorcher on Staten Island, but the IronBirds stayed hotter then the sun with a 5-1 win over the Yankees. GAME ONEW: Kevin MageeL: Austin GardenerBIG MOMENTS  2nd inning: Already down a run, Aberdeen tied it with three doubles in a row. Andrew Fregia

Staten Island, N.Y. - Sunday afternoon was a scorcher on Staten Island, but the IronBirds stayed hotter then the sun with a 5-1 win over the Yankees. 
GAME ONE
W: Kevin Magee
L: Austin Gardener

BIG MOMENTS 

  • 2nd inning: Already down a run, Aberdeen tied it with three doubles in a row. Andrew Fregia grabbed the one that came with an RBI and made it 1-1.

  • 3rd inning: Aberdeen got the runs that counted. Johnny Rizer, Toby Welk and Andrew Daschbach had three hits in a row. Joey Ortiz sprinkled in an RBI double and made it a four hit, three run inning to make it 4-1.

KEY IRONBIRDS CONTRIBUTORS 
  • Kevin Magee: Win, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 7 K, 1 BB
  • Toby Welk: 3-for-5, R
  • Andrew Daschbach: 2-for-3, 2B, 2 RBI, BB

NEWS & NOTES
  • Welk had his fourth three hit game of the season
  • Daschbach put up his third game with multiple RBIs
  • Kevin Magee earned his first win of the year
  • Aberdeen holds the best winning percentage they have all year, with a 21-15 record through 36 games.

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IronBirds at Yankees - 11:00 A.M.
Richmond County Bank Ballpark - Staten Island, N.Y.