CornBelters Sweep 6-Game Road Trip with Victory at Florence
Published on May 31, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
Normal CornBelters News Release
Normal CornBelters Pitcher Chris Carmain
(Normal CornBelters, Credit: Ricky Rick Photography)
NORMAL, Ill. - The Normal CornBelters, presented by Illinois Corn Farmers, completed a sweep of their six-game road trip with a 4-1 victory over the Florence Freedom on Sunday evening at UC Health Stadium behind a complete-game seven-hitter from Chris Carmain.
The CornBelters again struck first in the opening inning when Cameron Monger led off the game with an infield single, stole second and third and scored on an infield single up the middle by Sam Judah. Pat McKenna homered to right to lead off the fourth inning to give the Belters a 2-0 lead.
Normal put up an unearned run in the sixth inning when McKenna scored on a single to right by Aaron Dudley for a 3-0 advantage.
The Belters earned insurance in the ninth when Santiago Chirino doubled home Ozney Guillen. The Freedom averted the shutout by putting their first two men aboard in their final frame and scoring on a Rob Kelly fielder's choice, but Carmain retired the next two hitters to preserve the Belters' first complete game of the season.
Carmain (3-0) allowed seven hits and one walk while striking out five in his complete game victory. Casey Henn (1-3) lost his third straight decision with seven innings of work but gave up six hits and three runs (two earned) with one walk and seven strikeouts.
The CornBelters return to the Corn Crib for games Tuesday through Sunday beginning with a three-game series with the Windy City ThunderBolts. First pitch on Tuesday is 6:35 p.m. with the Belters sending right-hander Kevin Johnson (0-1, 4.91 ERA) to the mound against Bolts righty Travis Tingle (0-3, 2.10). The broadcast can be heard on WEZC-FM 95.9 and WJBC.com at 6:20 with a listen-live link also found at www.normalbaseball.com.
THE NIBLET: CornBelters individual tickets for the 2015 season are currently on sale! To purchase for tickets for Duck Dynasty night with Sadie and John Luke Robertson on June 20th or Pete Rose night on July 9th, 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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