Beach Bums Take Game Two
August 24, 2011 - Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI-The Traverse City Beach Bums won a back-and-forth game as they beat the Rockford RiverHawks in front of 3,404 fans at Wuerfel Park Wednesday night by a score of 8-6.
The Beach Bums had to make not one, but two comebacks in this contest. First, the Beach Bums had to come back from being down 2-0 after the RiverHawks scored a pair of first inning runs. Thanks to solo home runs from center fielder Greg Burns and third baseman Stephen Shults, Traverse City came back to tie the game at two after two innings. The home run by the recently-acquired Shults was his second in as many games, and the fifth he has hit against the RiverHawks this season.
The Beach Bums would add on three runs in the fourth inning highlighted by a pair of bases-loaded walks to right fielder Matt Brown and second baseman Tom Zebroski to give the team a 5-2 lead. The RiverHawks came back with a run in the fifth inning, and three more in the sixth as they took the lead for the second time in the contest by a score of 6-5.
In the bottom of the sixth, the Beach Bums would take the lead for good when Zebroski lined a two-out, RBI-double to right-center field, and first baseman Jeff Flagg launched a towering home run to left field, his twelfth of the season, to give the Beach Bums an 8-6 lead.
Beach Bums relief pitcher Matt Miller (1-0) earned his first professional win after pitching 0.2 scoreless innings on the mound. Rockford reliever Kevin Patterson (0-3) is tagged with his third loss in 2011 after allowing two runs in two innings on the hill. Beach Bums closer Scott Mueller came in and pitched a perfect ninth inning to record his eighteenth save of the season. Traverse City reliever Jeff Cinadr pitched a pair of perfect innings on the mound as well.
With the win, the Beach Bums record improves to 44-42, while Rockford falls to 34-52 on the season. Burch and Vargas led the Beach Bums with two hits in the contest.
The Beach Bums-RiverHawks series concludes on "Thirty Thursday" brought to you by the Traverse City Record Eagle at 7:05pm. First fans through the gate will receive a baseball shaped maraca courtesy of the Record Eagle. Also keep an eye out for the Record Eagle mascot as there will be sightings around the park all night long. Stop by Wuerfel Park every Thursday night for great drink specials to help you quench your thirst for a drink and your thirst for baseball! Fans will receive $1.00 off on fountain drinks and beer all night long. Left hander Bryan Banes gets the start for the Beach Bums against Rockford right hander Matt Gibbs.
If you can't make it to Wuerfel Park to join the fun in person -- or if you are in attendance bring your radio and catch the Budweiser Pregame Show starting at 6:45 p.m. on Sunny Country 101.9 FM and streaming online through tcbeachbums.com.
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