Whitecaps Down Beloit, 5-3
July 15, 2007 - Midwest League (MWL1)
West Michigan Whitecaps News Release
COMSTOCK PARK - The Whitecaps did not need extra innings Sunday afternoon as they broke a 2-2 tie with three runs in the eighth inning to defeat Beloit 5-3 for their second straight win.
After going to extra innings the first three games of this series, the game looked headed that way until James Skelton and Brennan Boesch led off the eighth inning with back-to-back singles.
Whitecaps 1B Ryan Strieby hit an RBI-sacrifice fly to right field to score Skelton to make it 3-2 Whitecaps. Michael Bertram singled in the next at-bat and Jeramy Laster walked to load the bases. Center field Gorkys Hernandez hit a sacrifice fly to right field that scored Boesch. Audy Ciriaco then hit an infield single to shortstop and Bertram scored on a throwing error by Beloit shortstop Yancarlos Ortiz to make it 5-2 West Michigan.
Whitecaps reliever Ed Clelland relieved Kelvin Cedano after he put two runners on in the ninth. Clelland was able to preserve the lead for his sixth save of the season. Cedano (1-0) picked up the win in relief after coming in for starter Matt O'Brien, who went 6.0 innings with two runs allowed and five strikeouts.
Beloit starter Alex Burnett went 7.0 strong innings with just two runs allowed (one earned) but was taken out for Danny Vais (5-2), who took the loss by allowing three runs in 0.2 innings of work.
With the victory, the Whitecaps take three of four games from Beloit and are now 16-7 in the second half and 54-39 overall on the season.
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