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July 2 Joliet Slammers Game Notes

July 2, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


JOLIET SLAMMERS (18-23) @ ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS (15-25)

Monday, July 2 - 7:05 p.m. CT

RiverHawks Stadium - Loves Park, IL

Game #42 - Road Game #21 (18-23), (10-10)

RHP #4 Steven Maxwell (4-3, 3.76 ERA) vs. RHP #2 Drew Rucinski (3-1, 3.06 ERA)

Last time out...

Kyle Maunus hit a two-run home run to give the Slammers a 2-1 lead in the second inning and they never looked back in a 4-1 win over the Rockford RiverHawks Sunday night. Jim Schult was excellent again for Joliet on the mound as he went six and two thirds innings of one-run ball. Schult scattered five hits and struck out five batters while only walking one to pick up the victory. Chase Doremus provided the bridge to Amalio Diaz who picked up his ninth save of the season. Joliet also pushed across runs in the fourth and fifth innings thanks to a RBI double from David Fox and a sacrifice fly off the bat of Abel Nieves. With the win, the Slammers snapped their four-game losing streak and evened their series with Rockford at one game apiece. Joliet stayed eight games back of the Schaumburg Boomers for first place in the West Division.

For Starters...

Steven Maxwell is coming off a rough outing on June 27 against the Southern Illinois Miners as he only lasted four innings and gave up seven runs on nine hits in an 11-8 loss. Overall though Maxwell has been Joliet's most consistent pitcher as he's gone at least seven innings in five of his eight starts. Maxwell put up outstanding numbers at Division One powerhouse Texas Christian University and got drafted twice, once by the Minnesota Twins, and once by the Chicago Cubs. Maxwell's junior season at TCU saw him tally an 11-2 record with a 2.70 ERA. Maxwell tossed 103.1 innings that season and struck out 93 batters while only walking 34 in 18 starts. He was a 2010 2nd-team Louisville Slugger all-American, the 2010 Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year, a 2010 1st-team All-Mountain West Conference selection, a 2010 ABCA 2nd-team All-Midwest Region selection and he made the 2010 NCAA Fort Worth Regional All-Tournament Team. His pitching helped lead TCU to the College World Series. Maxwell was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 12th round of the 2010 draft but elected to return to TCU for his senior season. Injuries shortened Maxwell's senior campaign but the right-hander still went 5-1 with a 3.13 ERA in 11 starts. He was named to the All-Mountain West 2nd Team at the end of the season. Maxwell finished his collegiate career with a 21-5 record and a 3.43 ERA. He was chosen by the Chicago Cubs in the 37th round of the 2011 draft.

Maunus mash...

Kyle Maunus smacked his first home run since May and third overall of the season yesterday. In Joliet's last 10 games, Maunus is 7-20 for a .350 average, the highest on the team over the past 10 contests.

A new RBI leader...

David Fox's RBI double yesterday was his 24 th RBI of the season, breaking his tie with Zach Mandelblatt for the most on the team this year.

Abel is able...

Abel Nieves currently leads the Slammers in batting average (.348), Hits (48), Total Bases (66), OBP (.436), SLG (.478) and OPS (.915).

Walks and K's...

Slammers second baseman Hector Pellot leads the club in walks (26) and strike outs (29).

Playing from behind...

The opponent has scored first in 25 games against Joliet. The Slammers are 8-17 in those games.

Error indicator...

The Slammers are 4-17 in games when they make an error. They are 14-6 in games when they do not.

Out-hit...

When the Slammers out-hit an opponent they are 15-5, but when the opponent out-hits the Slammers Joliet has a record of 2-18.

Transaction Wire...

The Slammers traded Trey Manz today to the Normal CornBelters in exchange for Matt Mirabal.

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