Beatty Leads Offense in Game One Triumph

July 22, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Washington Wild Things News Release

Normal, IL-Outfield CJ Beatty led the offensive charge as the Washington Wild Things, presented by Washington Financial, recorded 14 hits and scored 10 runs to defeat the Normal Cornbelters 10-5 and win game one of a doubleheader Tuesday at the Corn Crib.

Beatty, who last Tuesday accompanied six of his teammates at the 2014 Frontier League All-Star Game at GCS Ballpark, slugged two home runs in the victory. Coincidentally, the last time Beatty collected two home runs in the same game was in the Things June 21st game at CONSOL Energy Park against Normal.

As for the opening act, shortstop Ryan Kresky started the slugfest as he answered a 4-1 deficit with a three-run bomb to tie the game at four. In the fifth, CJ Beatty belted his first homer of the night, a solo blast, to give Washington their first lead of the night, 5-4. Catcher Jim Vahalik followed suit with a two-run jack to extend the Wild Things lead 7-4. The following inning, Beatty mimicked Vahalik with a two-run shot, his second dinger of the night, resulting in a 9-4 Washington lead. The Wild Things added another insurance run in the top of the seventh to cap off the 10-5 rout.

For the official box score of game one visit: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid177147

The Wild Things and Cornbelters second game of the twinbill is in progress at the Corn Crib. To listen to the rest of game two, listen to Randy Gore, the official broadcaster of the Wild Things, give the call on WJPA 95.3 FM. The two teams meet for the final game of the series tomorrow at 8:05 p.m. EST. For live-in game updates, follow the team on Twitter @washwildthings.

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