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Ingram's Double Leads Bandits To Split

August 30, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
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D'Marcus Ingram's tie-breaking double in the top of the seventh inning led the Quad Cities River Bandits to a 2-1 win in game two of Sunday's doubleheader at Alliant Energy Field, salvaging a split with the Clinton LumberKings following a 5-0 loss in game one.

Both games featured strong starting pitching and were tied in the late-going. Ingram's double and a strong outing from Kevin Thomas highlighted the win by Quad Cities (26-36, 56-76) in the second game, while a five-run bottom of the sixth inning propelled Clinton (27-33, 67-63) to the victory in the opener.

Game two was scoreless until the top of the fourth when the River Bandits rallied for three consecutive one-out singles. Xavier Scruggs started it with a liner to left and moved to second on Frederick's Parejo's bloop hit to right. On the very next pitch, Jason Stidham smoked a liner back up the middle that plated Scruggs for Quad Cities' first run of the afternoon and a 1-0 lead.

But in the bottom of the fourth, the LumberKings got the run right back. Nate Tenbrink led off the frame with a double down the right field line, eventually coming around on Jake Shaffer's two-out single for a 1-1 score.

The tie remained until the top of the seventh, when Clinton's all-star reliever Cheyne Hann entered play with a 35-inning scoreless streak on the line. But Ryde Rodriguez reached base on a one-out broken-bat single and Guillermo Toribio kept the inning alive with a two-out liner to left. Ingram followed by clubbing a 2-2 pitch the other way that one-hopped the wall in right for an RBI double. The first run allowed by Hann (2-1) since June 3 catapulted the River Bandits to the 2-1 win and saddled the reliever with his first loss of the year.

Kevin Thomas (6-7) earned the victory with a strong outing, tossing six innings of one-run ball while allowing five hits. He collected one strikeout and one walk and induced a pair of double play balls. Ramon Delgado (3) pitched the bottom of the seventh for the save, fanning a pair and retiring the side in order.

Game one also began as a pitchers' duel and was scoreless heading into the bottom of the sixth before things unraveled for the River Bandits.

Quad Cities starter Scott Schneider allowed just three hits and induced three double plays through five shutout innings, but base hits by Kyle Seager and Nate Tenbrink in the sixth put runners on first and second with nobody out for Clinton. After a groundout moved the runners to second and third, Ian Bladergroen worked the count full before slapping a liner into left for an RBI-single. The game quickly spiraled out of control from there, as two singles, a hit batsman and a wild pitch followed and the LumberKings emerged with a 5-0 lead.

While Schneider (0-3) suffered the loss, Clinton lefty Anthony Vasquez (2-3) earned the win thanks to six shutout innings. An 18th-round pick this summer out of North Carolina, Vasquez struck out five while allowing four hits and issuing just one walk.

UP NEXT: The River Bandits conclude an eight-game road stretch with the finale of a four-game series in Clinton at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, and will be back at Modern Woodmen Park for the final three regular season home games of the year starting Wednesday. The action resumes with a Modern Woodmen Half-Price night, as the first 1,000 fans will get a special River Bandits hat and the famous Klement's racing sausages will be in attendance. The last Thirst-day Thursday of the year will also be Tattoo Night, and fans that get a free River Bandits tattoo will be able to show it at the box office for a free berm ticket to any game in 2010. Thursday's game is also scheduled to feature the professional debut of 18-year-old Shelby Miller, the Cardinals' first-round pick in the 2009 draft. Lastly, the 2009 regular season will conclude with Fan Appreciation Night on Friday, featuring the first-ever Bandit Wedding and one last pyrotechnic extravaganza on a Fireworks Friday!

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