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Your Hero? Yersich in the 10th

July 30, 2008 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release


BELOIT, WI - Beloit catcher Greg Yersich drove in the game-tying and game-winning runs two innings apart Wednesday night, leading the Snappers to a 4-3 victory over the Great Lakes Loons. The extra-inning affair was played in front of 941 fans at Pohlman Field.

The Loons (44-64 overall, 14-25 second half) squandered a two-run lead to fall to 20 games under .500, their worst mark in relation to .500 on the season. It was the Loons' 29th loss of the season when leading. The Loons are now 2-9 in extra innings games.

Beloit took a 1-0 lead in the second against starter Bryan Morris with a double by Juan Richardson. But in the third, the Loons took the lead with three runs against starter Henry Reyes. Following a leadoff single by Preston Mattingly, a walk to Parker Dalton and a wild pitch, Erik Kanaby singled up the middle to plate Mattingly and Dalton. Later in the inning, Yersich threw wildly to first on an attempted pickoff of Eduardo Perez allowing Andrew Lambo to score from second to make the score 3-1 Loons.

The Snappers cut the Loons' lead in half in the fifth, capitalizing on an error by Dalton at second base.

Then in the eighth with one out, Yersich hit his seventh home run of the season to tie the game at 3-3. The blast came against Bobby Blevins and was his first homer surrendered, snapping a 38-inning homerless streak.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the 10th inning. Rene Leveret led off the inning with a double to center, his fourth hit of the ballgame. Mark Dolenc struck out trying to bunt pinch runner Allan de San Miguel to third. Richardson lined to right for the second out of the inning. But Yersich followed with a sinking liner to center. Kanaby dove but came up empty and de San Miguel scored the winning run.

Bryan Morris started for the Loons and left after 4 2/3 innings with the lead, surrendering two runs (one earned). Bob Zimmerman entered in the fifth and hurled 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits. Blevins (2-5), pitching for the second time since coming off the disabled list, allowed the tying and winning runs for the loss.

The Loons continue their six-game roadtrip with their third game against the Beloit Snappers Thursday night at Pohlman Field. Game time is 8:00pm ET. The game will be carried on the radio flagship home of Great Lakes Loons baseball, ESPN 100.9-FM.

The Great Lakes Loons are the second-year Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers and members of the Midwest League. For more information about the Loons, visit Loons.com or call 989-837-BALL.

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