CornBelters Bounce Back with Win over Beach Bums
Published on August 22, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
NORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, broke a tie in the fifth inning and held off a late surge to beat the Traverse City Beach Bums 4-3 on Friday night at the Corn Crib.
The CornBelters opened the night's scoring in the second inning when Aaron Dudley and Richard Lucas started the frame with singles and moved to second and third on an error on Lucas's hit. Ozney Guillen drove in Dudley with a base hit up the middle, and Lucas came home on a fielder's choice ground out by Dylan Kelly for an early 2-0 advantage.
The Beach Bums leveled the score at 2-2 in the fifth inning by loading the bases on three hits and scoring a pair on a two-out single to right by Jose Vargas.
The Belters broke the tie with a two-out seeing-eye single through the left side by Sam Judah to score Pat McKenna from second base, followed by an RBI double to the right field corner by Lucas for a 4-2 lead.
The Bums used the heart of their order to cut the deficit to 4-3 in the eighth inning with a lead-off double by Vargas and an RBI double from Jovan Rosa.
Matt Packer (4-2) worked seven innings for the win, giving up eight hits and two runs while walking two and striking out six. Eric Anderson pitched the final two innings for his fourth save. Beach Bums starter Casey Delgado (6-6) went six innings and gave up all four Normal runs for the loss.
The Belters continue the series on State Farm Saturday with a 7 p.m. first pitch as right-hander Mike Devine (1-1, 5.40 ERA) takes the ball for Normal while the Beach Bums send lefty Rusty Shellhorn (4-4, 5.29) to the hill. Details can be found at the team web site, www.normalbaseball.com . The games can be heard live at www.normalbaseball.com beginning 10 minutes before the scheduled first pitch.
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