MWL1 Lake County Captains

Captains Flatten Hot Rods 9-4

Published on July 27, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Lake County Captains News Release


(Eastlake, OH)- Lake County used a total team effort on Wednesday night defeating Bowling Green 9-4 for their third straight win. Kirk Wetmore (2-0) tossed six scoreless, hitless innings for his second win of the season striking out three. Everyone in the lineup also reached base for the Captains.

Brian Heere roped a double down the right field line to lead off the third. Aaron Fields walked and Nick Bartolone reached on an infield single to load the bases. Carlos Moncrief singled in a run. Jordan Casas hit into a double play that scored Fields. Alex Monsalve singled to center scoring Bartolone. Jesus Aguilar drove in his 69th RBI of the season with a double off the centerfield wall giving Lake County a 4-0 lead.

In the fifth inning, Moncrief tripled scoring Bartolone. Monsalve collected his second RBI singled to right field scoring Carlos and the Captains went up 6-0.

Ronny Rodriguez led off the sixth inning, with a solo homerun to leftfield, his eighth of the season to make it 7-0. Jordan Casas drove in a pair of runs increasing the lead to 9-0 with a two-out single to centerfield.

Phil Wunderlich led off the Hot Rods seventh inning with a single off Joey Mahalic for their first hit of the night. Robby Price followed with a hit to right. Nick Schwaner walked to load the bases. Luke Bailey ripped a double down the leftfield line driving in a pair of runs. Hot Rods Kevin Kiermaier added an RBI with a ground out to first making it 9-3.

Jason McEachern (0-1) took the loss allowing six runs on ten hits, walking two and striking out two for the Hot Rods.

Lake County and Bowling Green continue their three game series on Thursday night at Classic Park at 7:00PM. The Captains will start LHP Mike Rayl (5-5) against RHP Eliazer Suero (6-4) for the Hot Rods. Catch all the action on AM1330 WELW or online at captainsbaseball.com.

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