The Phillies were able to take game one of the best of seven with the Dodgers last night in a pitching duel/offensive outburst. In a game that was pegged as a great pitching matchup between Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers and Cole Hamels of the Phillies, it lived up to its billing until the fifth [...]

NEWARK, NJ— Armando Benitez blew a comfortable lead during a showcase game.
Sound familiar? Benitez wasn’t even wearing a Mets uniform this time. Instead, the Newark Bears closer failed to hold a two-run ninth inning lead in the Atlantic League’s All-Star game Tuesday night, giving up four runs on five hits as the Liberty Division stormed [...]

BRIDGEPORT, CT- The Ducks responded well after first-place Southern Maryland posted a three-game sweep at home to hurl the club 5 ½ games behind in the division and below the .500 mark last week.
Instead of falling out of the Liberty Division hunt, manager Gary Carter saw his team take care of business against the Atlantic [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY- It’s not in the Atlantic League charter that the Ducks must claim the most former major leaguers. It just seems that the club has stockpiled the most accomplished players since winning the 2004 championship.
Newark is now challenging the Ducks for the biggest names in the independent minor league, carrying 15 ex-big leaguers [...]

CENTRAL ISLIP, NY – Not a single day has passed with the first-place Ducks claiming a losing record.  For manager Gary Carter, only slow starts for Lew Ford and Randy Leek had tempered the early-season enthusiasm.
Leek lost his first two starts, allowing nine earned runs in 11 innings while Ford entered Thursday’s contest against Lancaster [...]