September 5, 2005 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats vs. Norwich Navigators

NEW HAMPSHIRE FISHER CATS vs. NORWICH NAVIGATORS

Final ever game of the Norwich Navigators (name change for 2006)

Norwich, CT - A.J. LaBarbera homered and knocked in four runs and Brian Mazone combined with two relievers on a three-hit shutout, as the Norwich Navigators blanked the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, 2-0, in the season finale at Dodd Stadium this afternoon.

LaBarbera's two-run homer in the 1st off spot-starter Bubbie Buzachero (4-5) was all the Navigators would need as Brian Mazone (11-8) turned in his fifth straight terrific outing to close out the season. Mazone tossed six shutout innings before turning the ball over to Billy Sadler for two and Oscar Montero for the 9th to finish off the team's fourth shuout in six games. Mazone picked up his team-high 11th win and Buzachero took the loss.

The Navigators won seven of their final eight games of the season to finish at .500 (71-71) for the year. Norwich concludes the 2005 campaign at .500 for the first time since the season's Opening Day, when the Navigators were 0-0. And with New Britain's 5-0 loss to Binghamton, the Navigators finish the year all alone in third place in the Eastern League's Northern Division.

Game & team information
Date: September 5, 2005	Division: Class AA Baseball / Eastern League
Location: Yantic, CT	Field: Dodd Stadium
Attendance: 3,165	Starting time: 2:05 PM

New Hampshire Fisher Cats are the Class AA affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays
Norwich Navigators are the Class AA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants

Score
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Fisher Cats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Navigators	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	-	5	10	0

Box scores / batting
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
Miguel Negron (CF)	4	0	0	0	.258
Curtis Thigpen (DH)	3	0	2	0	.284
Ron Davenport (LF)	4	0	0	0	.270
Rob Cosby (3B)	3	0	0	0	.308
Anthony Sanders (RF)	3	0	0	0	.244
Chip Cannon (1B)	4	0	0	0	.247
Erik Kratz (C)	3	0	0	0	.205
Brad Hassey (2B)	3	0	1	0	.220
Raul Tablado (SS)	3	0	0	0	.201
New Hampshire Fisher Cats Totals:	30	0	3	0

Norwich Navigators	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
Fred Lewis (LF)	4	2	2	0	.273
Anthony Labarbera (2B)	4	1	3	4	.265
Carlos Valderrama (CF)	4	0	0	0	.294
Tyler Von Schell (1B)	4	0	1	0	.240
Brad Vericker (DH)	3	0	1	0	.270
Chris Curry (C)	4	0	1	0	.219
Randy Walter (RF)	3	1	0	0	.281
Tim Hutting (SS)	3	1	2	1	.259
Julio Cordido (3B)	3	0	0	0	.210
Norwich Navigators Totals:	32	5	10	5

Box scores / pitching
New Hampshire Fisher Cats	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Edward Buzachero	4	4	2	2	1	6	1	3.97
Jordan De Jong	3	5	3	2	1	4	0	5.88
Jesse Carlson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.83

Norwich Navigators	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Brian Mazone	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	3.10
William Sadler	2	0	0	0	1	3	0	.331
Oscar Montero	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3.88