CornBelters Battle Back in 9th for Comeback Win over ThunderBolts
June 25, 2015 - Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
NORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, captured a wild comeback while down to their final out with a 4-3 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts on Thursday night at Standard Bank Stadium.
The ThunderBolts scored first with the game's first base runner when Austin Gallagher one-hopped the right center field wall for a double, went to third on a fielder's choice and scored on a sacrifice fly to deep right field by Max White.
Windy City repeated the feat in the fifth inning with a lead-off double by White, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by Ryan Deitrich for a 2-0 lead.
The Belters rallied in the seventh inning with two walks to lead off the frame that ended the night for starter Zac Wasserman. A sacrifice bunt sent Sam Judah and Aaron Dudley to second and third followed by consecutive RBI singles from Santiago Chirino and Ozney Guillen to tie the game at 2-2.
The Bolts took the lead with an unearned run in the eighth inning. With runners at first and second, a sacrifice attempt by Tyler Clark resulted in a throwing error that scored one of the runners for a 3-2 lead.
The Belters used a pair of errors with two outs in the ninth for the comeback. Santiago Chirino reached on a fielder's choice, then scored when Guillen's double to left center was misplayed. Guillen came home with the go-ahead run when a ground ball to shortstop by Jim Vahalik was also muffed.
Horatio Acosta (2-0) earned the win in relief while Bolts closer James Jones (0-2) suffered the loss. Race Parmenter pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning for his sixth save.
The Belters swept the season series over the ThunderBolts, taking all six contests.The CornBelters continue the road trip with a weekend series in Joliet beginning on Friday at 7:05 p.m. Right-hander Mike Schweiss (2-4, 3.35 ERA) takes the ball for the Belters. Broadcast time on WEZC-FM 95.9, WJBC.com and www.normalbaseball.com is 6:50.
THE NIBLET: CornBelters full season tickets for the 2015 season are currently on sale! To purchase full season tickets tickets, or for more information, please contact the CornBelters today at (309) 454-2255 (BALL) or stop by The Mid-Illini Credit Union Box Office at The Corn Crib during normal business hours.
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