MWL1 Burlington Bees

Bees Win in Thrilling Fashion in the 9th

Published on July 6, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release


BURLINGTON, IA (July 6)- The Burlington Bees (6-7) got a grand slam home run from DH Josh Whitaker to erase a 3-0 deficit and walk off with a 4-3 win over the Quad Cities River Bandits (5-8) before 677 fans at Community Field on Wednesday night in the opening game of a three-game series.

The River Bandits scored one run in the second inning on a solo home run by 1B Jonathan Rodriguez (1-3) for a 1-0 lead.

Quad Cities LHP Ryan Copeland allowed one hit, an A.J. Kirby-Jones (1-4) single with two outs in the fourth inning. He walked CF Jose Crisotomo (0-2) to lead off the inning and recorded 10 straight outs until the Kirby-Jones single in the fourth inning. He finished with one hit and one walk, striking out six over seven innings.

RHP Josh Bowman was equally outstanding for the Bees. He allowed one earned run on two hits, walking just one and striking out five.

LF Colin Walsh (1-3) hit a two-run double in the ninth inning to make it 3-0 River Bandits.

In the bottom of ninth inning, Crisotomo walked and went to second base on a single by PH Tony Thompson (1-1), who was batting for 2B Ryan Pineda (1-3). Kirby-Jones reached base on an error before Whitaker smacked a pitch over the center field wall off of RHP Aidan Lucas (1-2) for the 4-3 win.

RHP Drew Tyson (4-2) pitched two innings to get the win for Burlington.

The Bees continue their three-game series with the Quad Cities River Bandits on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. It's "Thirsty Thursday" with 2 for 3.00 Pepsi specials and 2 for $4.50 deals on select beers. RHP Seth Blair (4-3, 4.34) gets the start for Quad Cities against RHP Blake Hassebrock (4-4, 1.89) for Burlington. Pre-game coverage begins tomorrow at 6:10 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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