Sports stats



FL Lake Erie Crushers

Crushers Swept In Doubleheader By Beach Bums

August 30, 2009 - Frontier League (FL)
Lake Erie Crushers News Release


Traverse City, MI - The Lake Erie Crushers entered Sunday with a golden opportunity to make a charge in the race for the postseason, but instead were handed a painful doubleheader sweep by the Traverse City Beach Bums. Traverse City took game on in eight innings, 2-1, and then came back to beat the Crushers in the nightcap by a score of 4-1.

The Crushers drew first blood in game two, scoring a run in the fourth inning with two outs on a throwing error by Bums pitcher David Dinelli that enabled Arden McWilliams to score from third. But the lead didn't last for long as Brent Lysander surrendered a solo homer to Michael Campbell in the bottom of the fourth to tie the game. Traverse City got to Lysander for three runs in the fifth on RBI singles by Brandon McArthur and Brad Miller to seize command of the game with a 4-1 lead. The Crushers were 0-for-six with runners in scoring position.

The Crushers looked to take game one of the doubleheader behind the superb pitching of Cardoza Tucker. The right-hander allowed just three hits through six scoreless innings, all while working on three days rest. Meanwhile, the Crushers offense could manage only one run against Traverse City's David Nathanson. Wayne Bond's infield single in the second brought home Eddie Tisdale to give the Crushers a 1-0 lead.

Lake Erie carried that lead into the bottom of the seventh as Tucker was trying to complete a shutout. With one out, Mike Epping lined a home run over the right field wall to tie the game at one. The game went into extra innings and the Beach Bums would get a walk-off win in the eighth as Brian Lapin's RBI single off of J. J. Pacella scored Andrew Franco.

The losses drop the Crushers record to 52-37 heading into the final week of the season. The Crushers will take Monday off and then open up a three game series with the Florence Freedom at Champion Window Field on Tuesday evening at 7:05 P.M.

The Lake Erie Crushers are the newest expansion team in the Frontier League, an independent professional league with 12 teams throughout the Midwest. The team plays its home games at All Pro Freight Stadium, the new 5,000 capacity ballpark located at the intersection of I-90 and Route 611 in Avon. Season tickets and Mini-plans are on sale now! For more information on tickets, promotions and team news, visit the team website at www.LakeErieCrushers.com or call 440-934-3636.

Check out the Lake Erie Crushers Statistics

• Discuss this story on the Frontier League message board...

Frontier League Stories from August 30, 2009


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central