CornBelters Rebound for Victory at Joliet
May 24, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
Normal, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, gave the Joliet Slammers their first loss at home in five games with a 5-0 victory on Saturday night at Silver Cross Field.
The CornBelters used a two-out rally in the third inning to open the scoring capped by a three-run homer by Mike Schwartz well over the right field wall.
Normal added a pair of runs in the sixth when Aaron Dudley led off with a double to right, went to third on a base hit up the middle by Sam Judah and scored on a fielder's choice ground ball by Richard Lucas, followed by a Brian Bistagne single up the middle to score Judah for a 5-0 lead.
Corey MacDonald (1-0) picked up the win with six innings of work, giving up four hits and three walks while striking out seven. Joliet starter Matt Dillon (0-1) took the loss with six innings as well, surrendering five runs on six hits with five walks and no strikeouts.
The series concludes with a 1:05 p.m. first pitch in downtown Joliet as Belters right-hander Drew Provence (1-1, 3.60 ERA) starts on the mound against Slammers lefty Jake Hermsen (0-0, 1.92 ERA). Pre-game begins at 12:50 on computers and smartphones through the Listen Live link at www.normalbaseball.com . The Belters take Monday off before hosting Evansville in a three-game series on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 7:00 each evening.
THE NIBLET : Mini-Plan Packages for the 2014 season are currently on sale! To purchase Mini-Plan Package 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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