Loons Win 4-3 in Ninth Inning Thriller
June 2, 2011 - Midwest League (MWL) Burlington Bees
MIDLAND, MI (June 2, 2011)-The Great Lakes Loons (29-25) scored two runs in the ninth inning on a triple by DH Bobby Coyle (1-4) for a 4-3 win over the Burlington Bees (37-18) before 3,456 fans at Dow Diamond on Thursday night.The Bees jumped on top in the third inning with an unearned run. SS Wade Kirkland (2-4) singled and went to second base on a throwing error. CF Tyreace House (1-3) hit a sacrifice bunt to move Kirkland to third base. He scored on a groundout by C John Nester (1-4) for a 1-0 lead.
The Loons scored an unearned run in the third inning against Burlington RHP Tyler Vail. 3B Christian Lara (1-3) singled and went to second base on an error. A wild pitch by Vail moved Lara to third base and a sacrifice fly by 2B Bryant Hernandez (0-1) scored Lara to tie the score at 1-1.
Burlington pushed across two runs in the fourth inning to take a 3-1 lead. 2B Nino Leyja (1-4) doubled and moved to third base on a single by 3B Tony Thompson (1-3). A wild pitch by Great Lakes starter Bret Montgomery scored Leyja. Thompson scored on an RBI single by Kirkland.
Vail pitched five and two-thirds innings and allowed one unearned run on one hit. He walked just one and struck out six.
The Bees head to Lansing to take on the Lansing Lugnuts, the Midwest League affiliate of the Blue Jays on Friday night at 6:05 p.m. RHP Jose Macias (1-0, 0.62) gets the start for the Burlington Bees against the LHP Sean Nolin (1-1, 2.61) for the Lugnuts. Pre-game coverage begins at 5:45 p.m. on Newsradio 1490 and online on gobees.com.
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