BC Yankees Edge Lugnuts, 5-4

Published on April 29, 2003 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Southwest Michigan Devil Rays News Release


BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — The Battle Creek Yankees scored with two outs in the eighth inning to defeat the Lansing Lugnuts 5-4 Tuesday night in a Midwest League baseball double-header at C.O. Brown Stadium. The teams end their five-game series with a double-header Wednesday night. The first of two scheduled seven-inning games is set for 5 p.m.

Hot-hitting Jayson Drobiak had a single, a double and a triple for Battle Creek. The first baseman walked in his other at-bat. Alexander Santa also had three hits — a double and two singles — and drove in the winning run.

With the score tied 4-4 in the seventh, Drobiak tripled and was thrown out at the plate trying to tag on a foul pop fly to right field.

In the eighth, Juan Camacho singled — and pinch-runner Rudy Guillen moved around as Eric Verbryke was hit by a pitch and Joaquin Arias laid down a sacrifice bunt. Guillen was nailed at the plate trying to score on a grounder to third base by Tommy Rojas. Santa then ripped a single to scored Verbryke with the go-ahead run. Gabe Lopez was hit by a pitch to load the bases, but a strikeout ended the inning.

In the ninth, Lansing got a bunt single and a single off reliever Matt Brumit for two on with no outs, but Brumit — who joined the team just hours earlier from the Tampa Yankees — got the next three in order.

Brumit — 0-2 at Tampa — got the save. Charlie Isaacson (1-0) got the win in relief of starter Brandon Harmsen, who pitched 6.1 strong innings.

The Yankees got single runs in the first four innings, and led 4-1 after four. In the first, Willie Vasquez tripled and scored on a single by Drobiak. In the second, a walk, a single by Arias and a fielder's choice made it 2-0. In the third, back-to-back doubles by Drobiak and Omir Santos — celebrating his 22nd birthday — made it 3-1. In the fourth, an error and back-to-back singles by Santa and Lopez made it 4-1.

The Lugnuts tied the game with two runs in the sixth and one in the seventh. Lansing got three straight one-out singles in the seventh, but a inning-ending double play left the game tied at 4-4.

BATTLE CREEK vs. LANSING Wed G1 — RHP Jeremy King (1-2, 4.68) vs. LHP Carlos Vasquez (1-1, 2.37) Wed G2 — RHP Anderson Garcia (0-0, 3.09) vs. RHP Dan Foli (0-0, 0.00)

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