Loons Prevail in Road Trip Finale
May 25, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Great Lakes Loons News Release
CLINTON, IA - The Great Lakes Loons snapped a three-game losing streak with an 8-5 Memorial Day win over the Clinton LumberKings at Alliant Energy Field. The game featured seven total errors, four by the L-Kings, and a total of nine unearned runs.
With the game tied 4-4 in the fifth inning, Austin Gallagher hit a two-run home run to give the Loons the lead. The inning had been extended by an error on shortstop Terry Serrano. The Loons later tallied two more runs in the fifth on a dropped fly ball by right fielder Denny Almonte.
The Loons scored the game's first two runs in the second on an RBI single by Parker Dalton and a ground out by Dee Gordon.
But the LumberKings responded with a four-run third. Dalton was charged with two bad-hop errors and all runs were unearned.
Great Lakes tied the game in the fourth on a two-run single by Anthony Hatch.
Justin Miller (3-2) did not allow an earned run in five innings to record the win. Robert Boothe followed with three shutout innings, striking out six.
Then in the ninth, Blake Brannon walked the first three batters of the innings. But Javy Guerra entered and notched his 11th save of the year.
Hatch and Dalton recorded two hits apiece for the Loons.
The Loons (23-21) begin a six-game homestand with the first of a three-game series against the Kane County Cougars Tuesday night at Dow Diamond. Right-hander Nathan Eovaldi (1-4, 7.36 ERA) will start for the Loons against right-hander Shawn Haviland (3-1, 2.49). Game time is 7:05pm.
Tuesday night is Dollar Family Feast Night, presented by Chemical Bank, with $1 prices on hot dogs, ice cream sandwiches and 16 oz. sodas. Tickets are available by calling 989-837-BALL or by visiting Loons.com.
The Great Lakes Loons are the third-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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