FL Joliet Slammers

August 1 Joliet Slammers Game Notes

August 1, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


JOLIET SLAMMERS (27-40) @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS (30-37)

Wednesday, August 1- - 6:35 p.m. CT

Bosse Field - Evansville, IN

Game #68 - Road Game #32 (27-40), (14-17)

RHP #27 Matt Sommo (0-3, 4.08 ERA) vs. LHP #22 Matt Zielinski (5-5, 4.32 ERA)

Last time out...

The Slammers lost 7-3 last night. Joliet's Tommy Mendoza and Evansville's Wynn Pelzer kept the ballgame scoreless through four and a half innings, but the Otters broke through in the fifth. Greg Fontenot lifted a sacrifice fly to bring home the game's first run. They tacked on another in the sixth when Steven Marino also brought around a run on a sac fly. David Christensen led off the seventh with a triple for Joliet, and Kyle Maunus knocked him in to cut the lead in half. Joliet tied it at two when Abel Nieves tagged a sac fly, and a fielding error by Evansville gave the Slammers a 3-2 lead. But Evansville powered back. DeAngelo Mack doubled to tie it up, Brett Chamberlain followed it up with an RBI single, and Runey Davis put the nail in the coffin on a three-run home run to make it 7-3 Otters. Daniel Carela suffered the loss for Joliet out of the bullpen.

For Starters...

Matt Sommo's first start with the Slammers was a rough one on July 27 against Schaumburg. He gave up five runs on six hits in five innings of work in a 7-1 loss for Joliet. Sommo began the 2012 season with the Sioux Falls Pheasants of the American Association. He most recently pitched for the defunct London Rippers. He played his college ball at Division II University of New Haven. He led all team starters in 2011 with a 4-1 record and a miniscule 1.29 ERA. Sommo struck out 38 batters in 49 innings while walking just 12. Over his collegiate career he carried a strikeout-to-walk ratio of nearly 3-to-1.

40 losses...

The Slammers finished the 2011 regular season at 56-40. They are currently 27-40 to begin the month of August in 2012.

June and July...

The Slammers finished with a 10-17 record in both the months of June and July.

Hitters who thrived last month...

Abel Nieves (.374), Erik Lis (.347) and Brad Netzel (.317) all had outstanding Julys.

Hitters who struggled last month...

Josh Lyon (.098), David Fox (.197) and Patrick Norris (.207) all had rough Julys.

Against lefties...

Abel Nieves is hitting .423 in 52 AB's against left-handed pitching this season. On the other end of the spectrum Erik Lis is hitting .190 in 58 AB's against lefties this year.

We're going streaking!

Brad Netzel is currently working on a 12-game hitting streak.

Road woes...

The Slammers have lost four in a row away from Silver Cross Field, their longest road losing streak of the season.

Leading after six...

Despite their struggles in 2012, Joliet is still 17-3 when leading after six innings.

Abel is able...

Abel Nieves leads the Slammers in all three Triple Crown categories with a.363 batting average, six home runs and 37 RBI. David Christensen has nine home runs on the season but all nine came with the now defunct London Rippers.

Save me...

Last season Joliet native Ryan Quigley set the Frontier League's single-season record with 28 saves. Quigley is now in the Padres organization but former Angels farmhand Amalio Diaz has picked up right where Quigley left off. Diaz is second in the league with 16 saves in 17 attempts.

Error indicator...

The Slammers are 9-28 in games when they make an error. They are 18-12 in games when they do not.

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