MWL1 Burlington Bees

Bees Drop 12 Inning Marathon Game

Published on July 18, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release


BURLINGTON, IA (July 18) - The Burlington Bees (9-15) found themselves down 9-0 after three innings of action and fought their way back to tie the game at 9-9 after eight innings, but lost to the Lake County Captains (9-15) by a score of 10-9 in 12 innings at Community Field Monday night.

Lake County started the scoring in the top of the first inning after CF Carlos Moncrief (2-7) hit a lead-off single to left field. A single to center field from LF Brian Heere (5-7) moved Moncrief to third base. Captains 3B Giovanny Urshela (0-2) was hit by a pitch from Burlington RHP Jose Macias. Moncrief scored on an RBI single to left field from 1B Jesus Aguilar (1-4), which moved Heere to third base and Urshela to second base. SS Ronny Rodriguez (3-5) knocked in Heere with a RBI single to left field. DH Aaron Fields (2-6) reached first base on a fielders choice, plating Urshela. Aguilar and Fields scored on two-run double to left field by 2B Kevin Fontanez (1-6). Fields scored on a RBI ground out from RF Nick Bartolone (1-6), and the Captains held a 5-0 lead.

In the top of the second inning, Rodriguez hit a two-run triple off the right field wall. A RBI single to left field by Fields gave Lake County an 8-0 advantage.

In the top of the third inning, a RBI single to center field from Heere scored Bartolone and the Captains held a 9-0 lead.

Burlington DH Josh Whitaker (2-6) smacked a two-run home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the fourth inning, plating 3B Tony Thompson (1-3) to make the score 9-2.

In the bottom of the fifth inning, Lake County RHP Mike Goodnight issued back-to-back one-out walks, putting C Beau Taylor (0-2) and LF Royce Consigli (2-5) on base. A RBI double to left field from IF Ryan Pineda (3-6) plated Taylor and Consigli advanced to third base. He scored on a ground out from Thompson. A RBI single off the glove of Urshela from Whitaker plated Pineda to get Burlington within four runs at 9-5.

Consigli led off the bottom of the seventh inning with a single to center field. Pineda hit a triple to right field, scoring Consigli. A RBI single from Thompson knocked in Pineda to make the score 9-7. Pineda finished a home run short of the cycle.

After Bees SS Wade Kirkland (0-5) drew a one-out walk in the bottom of the eighth inning, CF Jose Crisotomo (1-5) hit a ground-rule double to right field. With pinch-hitter John Nester (0-1) at the plate, Lake County LHP Kyle Petter balked. Kirkland scored and Crisotomo advanced to third base on the balk. With Nester at the dish, Crisotomo scored on a wild pitch from Petter to tie the game at 9-9.

In the top of the 12th inning, Moncrief hit a two-out double and then scored on a single to right field by Heere to put the Captains up 10-9.

The Bees have Tuesday off while they travel to Bowling Green, Kentucky for their three game series with the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m. RHP Blake Hassebrock (5-5, 2.03) gets the start for the Bees against Bowling Green RHP George Jensen (8-4, 5.64) for the Hot Rods. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:45 p.m. on Newsradio 1490 KBUR and online at www.gobees.com.

2011 Bees tickets are on sale now! To purchase season tickets, bonus books or single game tickets, please give the Bees a call at (319) 754-5705, go online to www.gobees.com, or stop by the box office at Community Field during normal business hours.

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