Aviators Stumble on Shrimp
July 3, 2019 - Prospect League (Prospect)
Lafayette Aviators News Release
DuPage, IL - The Lafayette Aviators (17-13) fell to the DuPage Pistol Shrimp (16-13) on Wednesday in Illinois. The Aviators took an early lead in the top of the third inning. Miles Simington (Purdue) grounded a ball to the right side of the infield to score Zach Schwartzenberger (Toledo) who had reached base on a walk. The play marked Simington's first RBI with Lafayette this season.
DuPage got two runs back in the bottom of the third with the bases loaded and two outs to take a 2-1 lead. In the fourth, The Pistol Shrimp grabbed two more two-out runs to make it a 4-1 game.
Lafayette caught a grove in the fifth inning and opened the frame with a Zach Heeke (Central Michigan) walk and a Zach Schwartzenberger single. With one out and two men on, Miles Simington drew a walk and then Blake Schmitt (Purdue) was plunked by a pitch to force in Heeke from third. The Aviators top RBI man Chris "Diesel" Monroe walked up with the bases loaded and delivered once again. The junior ripped a single that scored two runs and tied the game at 4-4. After the Monroe single, Matt Mackey (Eastern Illinois) roped a double that brought in Schmitt to give Lafayette a 5-4 lead. With two outs and runners on second and third, Alex Dorethy (Western Illinois) grounded a ball through the DuPage infield to plate Monroe and Mackey to push the Aviator lead to 7-4.
After getting two runs back in the fifth inning, DuPage retook the lead in the eighth inning with two singles, a double, a wild pitch, and an Aviators error. After the eighth, the Pistol Shrimp held a 11-7 lead.
The Aviators take on the Pistol Shrimp again on Thursday to finish out the two-game series under some 4th of July fireworks.
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