
Flagg Waves High as Rippers Fall
June 23, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
London Rippers News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN - Reid Kelly (4-1) tossed a complete game shutout and Jeff Flagg hit his 10th and 11th homers of the year as Traverse City (22-12) blanked London (14-20), 9-0.
Flagg put the first hit and run on the board for Traverse City with one swing of the bat, crushing his league-leading 10th home run of the year in the bottom of the fourth.
A 5-run fifth inning was capped off by Flagg's three-run shot - his second blast of the night and 11th of the season - on the first pitch he saw from London reliever, Chris Kaminski.
Traverse City scored 6 runs on only 4 hits through six innings - walking five times and taking advantage of two London errors.
Sean Gusrang put the Beach Bums up 7-0 with his 5th homer of the season, a solo shot, off Justin Mazur to lead off the 8th inning.
Sheng-An Kuo (0-4) completed 4.2 innings, allowing five runs (one earned) on two hits with five walks and three strikeouts.
The Rippers got their first hit on a single by Stephen Cardullo with 2 outs in the 7th .
Justino Cuevas was the only other London batter to record a hit.
With the loss, the Rippers have dropped 5 of their last 6 games.
London will look for revenge tomorrow night against the Beach Bums, in Game Two of their three-game series. Game time is 5:05pm. Yohan Gonzalez (3-1 2.43) gets the ball for the Rippers.
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