Blue Pirates Throttled by Athletics, 6-1
The <New Jersey Athletics:team#80> racked up a win at Johnson & Johnson Field, bumping off the <Ontario Blue Pirates:team#77>, 6-1. <Toshikasu Takata:player#10733>, who started for New Jersey, pitched effectively for his team. Takata picked up the win for New Jersey, going 7.2 innings. He gave up 1 run on 2 hits. He now sports a record of 1-1. The win has New Jersey at 5-4.

<Shawn Graham:player#5514> dealt the Blue Pirates a blow in the bottom of the fifth. Batting with runners on 1st and 2nd and New Jersey leading 1-0, Graham  hit a 1-2 fastball for a run-scoring  single.

Graham told a New Jersey Chronicle reporter that he was "more than satisfied" with the win. 



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