CornBelters drop wild one
August 16, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
AVON, Ohio - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, dropped a wild affair by an 11-9 score to the Lake Erie Crushers on Thursday night at All Pro Freight Stadium.
The CornBelters scored on the second pitch of the game as Tyler Wiesemeyer clubbed his third home run over the right field wall. The Belters loaded the bases in the frame but could not score any further.
The Crushers delivered a big fly of their own as Daniel Bowman lifted a home run to straightaway center field in the bottom of the first, also scoring J.C. Figueroa, who had reached with a leadoff walk.
Lake Erie added two unearned runs in the second inning as a pair of leadoff walks came around to score to increase the host's lead to 4-1.
The Belters battled back in the third with four runs, of which three were unearned. A two-out error kept the inning alive after Pat McKenna had led off with a single and scored on a Randy Wells base hit, and Sam Judah, Wells and Andrew Cohn came home as Trey Manz collected a two-RBI single to give the Belters a 5-4 lead.
The long ball paid off again for Normal in the fourth, as Ernie Banks Jr. blasted a two-run homer to right center to extend the Belters lead to 7-4.
Normal placed two more runs on the board in the fifth as Andrew Cohn and Trey Manz led off with singles, and scored on a ground out by Ty Wiesemeyer and a double from Pat McKenna to give the Belters a 9-4 lead.
The Crushers scored four times in the fifth inning, with RBI singles from Andrew Davis and Russell Moldenhauer plus a two-run double from Robbie Kuzdale to cut the Normal lead to 9-8.
Lake Erie grabbed an 11-9 lead with two runs in the seventh inning on just one hit, as a hit batsman and two walks loaded the bases to allow J.C. Figueroa to drive home both tallies.
Trevor Longfellow (8-2) earned the win in relief, and Jonathan Kountis pitched the final two innings for his 15th save. Tyler Stovall (1-9) took the loss in relief.
The CornBelters begin a six-game homestand on Friday as they open a weekend series against the Rockford RiverHawks. Right-hander Drew Provence (4-2, 3.93 ERA) takes the ball for the Belters against Rockford righty Drew Rucinski (6-2, 2.62 ERA). Pre-game begins at 6:20 on WJBC.com with first pitch at the Corn Crib scheduled for 6:30.
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