A LITTLE NUTMEG IN THE TROPICS
FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Rock Cats bussed across town to vie with the Double-A Red Sox Thursday but they must have left their best bats at home.
New Britain lost to the Portland Sea Dogs, 4-2, managing just four singles and a double. Felix Molina was the lone Rock Cat to get two safeties. Manager Riccardo Ingram, watching his big boppers swing over sliders, hopes he and hitting coach Floyd Rayford will be able to get them to shorten up their swings.
Jeff Corsaletti played a major role in Portland’s victory. His father, a former football coach at Pulaski High, came south with his former Newington grid coach Larry Marsh and still helps out on Friday nights. Corsaletti played his college ball at the University of Florida.
The Sea Dogs had some more Nutmeg flavor in their lineup. Infielder Jeff Natale is a Hamden native who played his college ball at Trinity.
Veteran Rock Cats righthander Jesse Floyd, projected as New Britain’s number three starter, was in command until he took a wicked line drive off his upper thigh in the fourth inning. He stayed in the game but promptly yielded back-to-back doubles. Ingram said the vicious shot scared him more than hurt him.
The Rock Cats’ best hit was a grounds-rule double off the bat of Brian Buscher that drove in a ninth-inning run.
The Rock Cats will play manager Stan Cliburn’s Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in a camp game Friday.
Two former Rock Cats were the talk of the town Thursday afternoon.
Flamboyant righthander J.D. Durbin’s days with the Twins came to an end when he was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Righthander Levale Speigner, who led the Rock Cats in saves with 13 last year and was plucked by the Nationals in the Rule V draft, reportedly has earned a spot in their starting rotation. According to Rule V, Speigner would have to be offered back to the Twins if the Nationals find there is no room for him on their 25-man big-league roster.
New Britain lost to the Portland Sea Dogs, 4-2, managing just four singles and a double. Felix Molina was the lone Rock Cat to get two safeties. Manager Riccardo Ingram, watching his big boppers swing over sliders, hopes he and hitting coach Floyd Rayford will be able to get them to shorten up their swings.
Jeff Corsaletti played a major role in Portland’s victory. His father, a former football coach at Pulaski High, came south with his former Newington grid coach Larry Marsh and still helps out on Friday nights. Corsaletti played his college ball at the University of Florida.
The Sea Dogs had some more Nutmeg flavor in their lineup. Infielder Jeff Natale is a Hamden native who played his college ball at Trinity.
Veteran Rock Cats righthander Jesse Floyd, projected as New Britain’s number three starter, was in command until he took a wicked line drive off his upper thigh in the fourth inning. He stayed in the game but promptly yielded back-to-back doubles. Ingram said the vicious shot scared him more than hurt him.
The Rock Cats’ best hit was a grounds-rule double off the bat of Brian Buscher that drove in a ninth-inning run.
The Rock Cats will play manager Stan Cliburn’s Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in a camp game Friday.
Two former Rock Cats were the talk of the town Thursday afternoon.
Flamboyant righthander J.D. Durbin’s days with the Twins came to an end when he was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Righthander Levale Speigner, who led the Rock Cats in saves with 13 last year and was plucked by the Nationals in the Rule V draft, reportedly has earned a spot in their starting rotation. According to Rule V, Speigner would have to be offered back to the Twins if the Nationals find there is no room for him on their 25-man big-league roster.
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