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Bandits Reach Best Overall Mark Since 2010

July 29, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Quad Cities River Bandits News Release


BELOIT, Wis. (July 28, 2015) - Quad Cities River Bandits center fielder Bobby Boyd hit his first professional home run, All-Star third baseman Nick Tanielu tied a career high with four RBIs, and right fielder Ramon Laureano added a three-run double to help the club reach its best overall record since the end of the 2010 season in an 11-4 win over the Beloit Snappers at Pohlman Field Tuesday night.

Playing their first game in Beloit since April 17 and their fifth game in 12 days with a chance to move a season-best 28 games above .500, the River Bandits (19-13 second half, 64-36 overall) held the lead after breaking a 2-2 tie with a five-run fifth inning. Quad Cities is 28 games above .500 overall for the first time since finishing the 2010 season 83-55.

Beloit (14-17, 40-61) opened the scoring in the bottom of the first inning against River Bandits right-hander Christian Powell (3-1). Snappers third baseman Jose Brizuela hit a two-out double to right-center field, and All-Star first baseman Sandber Pimentel hit an RBI single through the shifted infield to right-center field for a 1-0 Snappers lead. Powell then retired the next eight Beloit batters.

The River Bandits rallied for the lead against Snappers right-hander Junior Mendez (3-8) in the third inning. Catcher Garrett Stubbs reached on an infield single to shortstop Mikey White, and when White's throw skipped past first base, Stubbs went to second. Shortstop Kristian Trompiz hit an 0-2 pitch for a game-tying double down the right-field line and went to third base on Boyd's sacrifice, before left fielder Jason Martin lined an RBI single through the middle of the diamond for a 2-1 Quad Cities lead. The Snappers gained a tie with an unearned run in the fourth inning. Powell walked Pimentel with one out, and designated hitter Max Kuhn hit a sharp ground ball for an infield single to Tanielu, who overthrew first base, sending Pimentel to third base. Catcher Iolana Akau then hit a game-tying sacrifice fly.

With a 2-2 tie beginning the fifth inning, Stubbs drew a leadoff walk from Mendez and went to second base on Boyd's one-out single to right field. Mendez skipped a wild pitch past Akau to move both runners into scoring position, before Martin walked to load the bases. Tanielu then flied to left field, scoring Stubbs for the go-ahead run. Designated hitter Drew Ferguson singled into center field - extending his career-best nine-game hitting streak - to bring in Boyd for a 4-2 lead. Mendez departed for right-hander Kevin Johnson, who began by walking second baseman Jose Fernandez, before Laureano grounded a bases-clearing, three-run double down the left field to match his career high of three RBIs in one swing for a 7-2 River Bandits lead. Mendez was charged with six earned runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout in 4 2/3 innings.

Boyd made the lead 8-2 with two outs in the sixth inning by driving a 2-0 offering from Johnson over the fence down the right-field line for a solo home run - his first in 146 professional games and 546 professional at-bats. The Snappers answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, as center fielder James Harris hit a leadoff double to right-center field, Pimentel drew a one-out walk and Kuhn lined an RBI double to left-center field for an 8-3 score. With runners at second and third bases, Powell struck out Akau and got right fielder Justin Higley for an inning-ending groundout. Powell went six innings, allowing three runs - two earned - on five hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

River Bandits left-hander Michael Freeman kept the lead by scattering four hits and one walk with one strikeout in two scoreless relief innings. The visitors reached their largest lead in the eighth inning, after right-hander Lee Sosa walked first baseman Ryan Bottger, Trompiz singled and Boyd walked to load the bases. With two outs, left-hander Mike Fagan allowed Tanielu's three-run double to right-center field for an 11-3 margin. Quad Cities right-hander Jorge Perez allowed a run on three walks and Kuhn's third hit in the ninth inning.

The River Bandits seek their first three-game winning streak since July 4 when they continue their series in Beloit at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

UP NEXT: Sunday is the Faith and Fellowship Night presented by Chick-fil-A and Moody Radio Quad Cities. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. for a special program on the suite level at 3:30 p.m., including music, speaker testimony and Baseball Chapel with the River Bandits. It is a Family Sunday, with the River Bandits signing autographs on the field at 4:30 p.m. before the 5:15 p.m. game. Kids Run the Bases postgame. Individual tickets are on sale at the River Bandits box office and online at riverbandits.com. Ticket plans of 12 to 70 games - which include free parking, reserved seats, merchandise discounts, and guaranteed giveaways - are available by calling 563-324-3000.

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