MWL1 Burlington Bees

Bees Win in Second Try at Home

Published on April 10, 2012 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release


BURLINGTON, Iowa (April 10, 2012) - The Burlington Bees earn the first win of the home schedule with a 5-1 victory over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. After a 6-2 loss in the home opener Monday night, the Bees pitchers did a great job of striking out several Timber Rattlers and holding Wisconsin to one run.

Right-hander Sean Murphy didn't look sharp initially, but after walking two of the first three batters he faced, Murphy struck out the next two Wisconsin hitters to end the inning. Murphy didn't seem to struggle much in a five inning effort, and tallied seven strike outs, while giving up one hit and four walks. Despite putting runners on, Murphy kept Wisconsin driving in a run.

Bees manager, Aaron Nieckula then turned to left-hander Brent Powers to lead the Bees through the second half of the game. Powers earned a win in game two of the season after a strong effort against the Clinton LumberKings. The lefty distributed five walks in 2 2/3 innings pitched, but also struck out five batters. Powers allowed one run to score, but the run was unearned. Jeff Urlaub earned a hold after pitching one out in the top of the eighth. Ryan Doolittle pitched the ninth inning and struck out the last batter to finish the game. Overall, the Bees struck out 13 batters.

The first five innings saw the Bees putting runners on and leaving them stranded. In total the Bees left 11 run- ners on base Tuesday night, and have failed to score 24 base runners in the last three games. Still, the Bees man- aged to put together two good innings in the bottom of the sixth and seventh. With Sean Jamieson on third base, Dusty Robinson drove a two-strike pitch to the left-center field wall for an RBI triple. Bobby Crocker walked and Royce Consigli hit a ball to second base that wen right through Carlos George's legs and allowed Robsin- son to score. Chad Lewis' base hit gave the Bees a 3-0 lead before the inning ended.

The Bees ended up scoring two more times in the bottom of the 7th to grab a 5-1 lead.

Wednesday night is Kids Eat Free Night at Community Field. The Bees send right-hander, Drew Granier to the mound in an attempt to win the series before hosting the Kane County Cougars. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. For tickets, go online to www.gobees.com or call the Bees office during normal business hours at (319) 754-5705.

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