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JackHammers snap RailCats winning streak

June 7, 2006 - Northern League (NL)
Gary SouthShore Railcats News Release


Gary, Ind.: John Lackaff had four hits and drove in four runs as the Joliet JackHammers snapped an eight game losing streak in defeating the Gary SouthShore RailCats 13-5 on Wednesday at U. S. Steel Yard. The loss snapped the RailCats three game winning streak and left them with a record of 7-13. They are in third place, six and one-half games out of first. Joliet improved to 5-13.

The JackHammers took an early 3-0 lead in the second inning against RailCats starter Jeff Mault (0-2). Kyle Nichols delivered an RBI single and Lackaff added a two-out, two-run single in the inning. Dennis Blackman delivered a run-scoring single with two outs in the third to make it 4-0.

Gary's Chris Curry belted a home run to lead off the RailCats fifth inning. Curry, who had three hits to take over the league lead in batting average, pulled the RailCats to within three at 4-1.

Joliet answered with a single run in the sixth before Gary scored once in the bottom of the inning on a sacrifice fly by Tanner Townsend to bring in Steve Haake and make it a 5-2 game.

But Joliet rallied for six runs in the seventh off RailCats reliever Jeremy Schmidt. Lackaff had a two-run single in the inning and Blake Gill and Chad Ehrnsberger also had RBI hits as Joliet opened an 11-2 lead.

The RailCats scored three times in the seventh, keyed by three consecutive singles by Curry, Alex Taylor, and Eric McNamee, but they could get no closer as Joliet added single runs in the eighth and ninth innings.

Joliet starting pitcher Kevin Cheppenko (1-0) went the first six innings before leaving the game in the seventh after being struck by a line drive by Curry. He allowed seven hits and three runs with one walk and no strikeouts for the win.

Mault worked the first four innings, allowing seven hits and four runs with three walks and no strikeouts to suffer the loss and fall to 0-2.

The RailCats are off Thursday before starting a three game series at Kansas City at 7:05 p.m. on Friday (WEFM 95.9, railcatsbaseball.com). Willie Glen (3-2, 3.94) will start for Gary.

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