CornBelters Complete Sweep of Boomers
Published on May 28, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
NORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, tallied all of their runs in the second inning and completed a series sweep of the Schaumburg Boomers with a 4-1 win on Thursday night at Boomers Stadium.
The Belters exploded for four runs in the second inning, with RBIs provided by a Santiago Chirino single and a bases-loaded-and-clearing triple by Mark Micowski.
The Boomers finally dented the scoreboard in the seventh inning, loading the bases but scoring just once on a sacrifice fly to deep center by Alexi Colon.
Mike Schweiss (2-1) earned the win with 6.1 innings of work, giving up one run on eight hits with two walks and nine strikeouts. Edwin Carl (0-1) took the loss.
The CornBelters continue the road trip as they travel to suburban Cincinnati for a weekend series with the Florence Freedom. Lefty Kevin Brahney (2-0, 0.64 ERA) starts for the Belters while the Freedom counter with right-hander Coleman Stephens (2-1, 3.43). First pitch at UC Health Stadium is scheduled for 6:05 p.m. Central with pre-game on WEZC-FM 95.9 and WJBC.com with a listen-live link also at www.normalbaseball.com is at 5:50.
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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