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River Bandits' Offense Held in Check by Beloit

May 31, 2012 - Midwest League (MWL) Quad Cities River Bandits

A night after scoring 20 runs, the River Bandits' offense mustered only one run on five hits against Beloit left-hander Steven Gruver, who threw a season-high 8 1/3 innings, allowing a lone run, while striking out seven and not walking a single batter, in an 8-1 River Bandits' loss in front of 1,684 fans at Modern Woodmen Park Thursday night.

Gruver (4-4) allowed a leadoff first inning home run to Virgil Hill, and then set down the next 14 Quad Cities' batters in order before a single by Roberto De La Cruz with two outs in the fifth ended the streak. In all, the left-hander allowed just five hits, three of which came with two outs in an inning.

Beloit (32-22) scored one run in the top of the first when third baseman Miguel Sano doubled to center field, scoring right fielder J.D. Williams, who drew a walk to lead off the game, and later advanced on a passed ball by Juan Castillo.

With the game tied 1-1 in the third, the Snappers scored two more times on a two-run home run by second baseman Eddie Rosario off Quad Cities' left-hander Dail Villanueva (3-3). Villanueva pitched five innings and allowed two earned runs on four hits, striking out six and walking a career-high five.

River Bandits' reliever Robert Stock came on in relief in the sixth and allowed a two-run home run to Beloit catcher Matthew Koch. All of Koch's three home runs this season have come off Quad Cities' pitching.

The Snappers scored one more run in the seventh inning off Stock and two in the ninth off left-hander Danny Miranda. Two of those three runs came on RBI singles by Beloit first baseman Adam Bryant, who went 2-for-5 with two runs batted in.

Quad Cities (27-27) remain seven games behind first-place Wisconsin in the Western Division. Colin Walsh went 0-for-4, snapping a 22-game on-base streak - the longest by a River Bandits' player this season.

Beloit and Quad Cities conclude the series Friday night at 7:00 p.m. Left-hander Hector Hernandez (4-3) will start for Quad Cities and left-hander Jason Wheeler (6-1) will start for Beloit.

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