Beach Bums Rally Past Kings
August 26, 2009 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
KALAMAZOO, Mich. - The Traverse City Beach Bums came from behind to better the Kalamazoo Kings 4-2 on the road Wednesday night.
Kalamazoo plated an unearned run in the bottom of the third to open a 1-0 lead. Jett Ruiz reached to start the inning when a popup fell on to the infield. He scored from first when Brandon Anderson doubled to right center. The Kings made it a 2-0 lead in the fourth. Destan Makonnen was hit by a pitch from Beach Bums starter Kevin Reese and scored from second on a single by Matt Maloney.
The Beach Bums took the lead in the sixth, taking advantage of several defensive miscues to open a 4-2 edge. Brad Miller reached on an error to start the frame and Michael Campbell followed with a double to chase Kalamazoo starter Tommy Mejia. John Alonso lifted a flyball to right that was mishandled enabling the first run to score. Andrew Franco followed by singling on the first pitch to score a pair of runs and put the Beach Bums in front. The scoring was finished when Brandon McArthur was credited with a fielder's choice as a pop up fell.
Kevin Reese motored through the late part of the game, retiring 10 straight to finish his outing. Reese threw seven innings to tally his team leading eighth victory. He allowed just one earned run while walking two and striking out five. B.J. Hagen retired the final four batters of the game to pick up his third save.
Traverse City finished with 10 hits in the game. Andrew Franco matched a team record by finishing 4-for-4 with four single and two RBIs. Robby Alcombrack finished with three hits.
The Beach Bums will conclude the series and the roadtrip tomorrow night with a 7:05pm contest. RHP Brett Bostelman (7-6, 3.79) takes to the mound for the Beach Bums while RHP Bernard Robert (5-5, 4.25) starts for Kalamazoo in the rubber game. The contest can be heard live on The Fox FM.
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The start of the contest was delayed for an hour due to rain which fell through the area earlier in the day
Traverse City has posted double-digit hit performances in seven of the eight games on the road trip to total 103 hits
B.J. Hagen has two saves on the roadtrip and the Beach Bums are 4-4 in the first eight games of the longest roadtrip this season
The four-hit game for Franco was the seventh this season by the Beach Bums and the second for him; Five of the four-hit games have been on this roadtrip
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