JackHammers End RailCats Four-Game Win Streak
Published on June 7, 2009 under Northern League (NL)
Gary SouthShore Railcats News Release
GARY, Ind. - Brad Mumma allowed only one run over 7.2 effective innings to lead the Joliet JackHammers to a 7-1 win over the Gary SouthShore RailCats Sunday afternoon at U. S. Steel Yard, ending the RailCats four-game winning streak.
Mumma (3-1) started the first and last games of the now completed six-game series between the two clubs, and those two games were the only two Joliet victories in the set. Mumma did not allow a run until the eighth Sunday and held the RailCats to nine hits - eight of which were singles - and walked only one. Mumma gave up the RailCats only run in the eighth when Mike Rohde ripped a two-out double off the wall, scoring Rob Marconi and extending Rohde's hitting streak to 12 games.
Joliet got the only runs they needed in the third on a two-run Joey Gomes home run - his second off the year - against RailCats starter Chris Jones (1-1). Jones went on to allow single runs in the fourth and fifth before being relieved, allowing four earned runs on seven hits, the most he's allowed this year. The JackHammers added three more runs in the eighth inning, ending the âCats bullpen's scoreless inning streak at 15.2 IP.
The RailCats out-hit the JackHammers 10-9 but stranded 10 men on base, including at least one in seven of nine innings. Brett Wallace led the RailCats with his first three-hit day of the season, going 3-for-4, and Eric McNamee had two base hits. Wallace is now 7-for-11 in his last three starts, raising his batting average to .283. Thon and Phil Avlas each homered for Joliet, which also go three RBI from Adam Klein.
The RailCats (10-12) move on to Winnipeg Monday night to start a four-game series against the league-leading Goldeyes (14-5) at 7 p.m. at Canwest Park. Lefty Tom Thornton (2-2, 6.85 ERA) will start for the RailCats against Winnipeg's Ace Walker (2-0, 2.45). That game will be broadcast live on 89.1 FM and online at www.railcatsbaseball.com.
Notes: The RailCats four-game winning streak was their longest this season ... when Thon homered in the third inning it marked the first time the JackHammers scored first in the six-game series ... the RailCats won four of six games in the home-home-and-home set that began Tuesday at U. S. Steel Yard ... Jones' four runs allowed were the most by a RailCats starter since Tuesday, also the last RailCats loss.
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