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July 21 Joliet Slammers Game Notes

July 21, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
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JOLIET SLAMMERS (24-32) vs. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS (33-22)

Saturday, July 21 - 6:05 p.m. CT

Silver Cross Field - Joliet, IL

Game #57 - Home Game #33 (24-32), (12-20)

RHP #39 Tommy Mendoza (3-3, 4.53 ERA) vs. RHP #27 Blayne Weller (3-0, 3.13 ERA)

Last time out.

The Slammers won 4-2 last night. After two scoreless innings, the Bolts got a run across in the third off an RBI single by Chris Wade, and another in the fourth when Bob Glover singled to bring home Brandon Decker, making it 2-0. In a two-out rally in the fifth, Patrick Norris and Hector Pellot singled, and both came across on an Abel Nieves two-run double. Erik Lis immediately followed that up with an RBI single, taking the 3-2 lead. David Fox singled home a run in the eighth, giving the game its final 4-2 score. With two outs in the ninth, runners were on the corners for Windy City, but Fox made a full-extension diving catch in deep left-centerfield, securing the 4-2 victory. Jacob Sanchez earned the win in seven innings, while Mike Barsotti was the bridge in the eighth, and Amalio Diaz notched the save. With the win the Slammers snapped the ThunderBolts' six-game winning streak.

For Starters.

Tommy Mendoza is looking for his first win since June 14 and his first win at home of the 2012 season. His last time out Mendoza went six and two thirds innings against the Gateway Grizzlies on July 16 and got a no-decision as he gave up two runs on nine hits. The Slammers won the game 4-2. The right-hander is making his second start against Windy City this season as he took the loss on June 24 in Crestwood as he gave up five runs on eight hits in six innings. Mendoza made his first start for the Slammers on June 27, 2011 and went on to post a 6-2 record during the regular season. He won both his starts in the playoffs while posting a 1.50 ERA. Mendoza was a 5th round draft pick of the Angels in 2005. He has a career ERA of 3.97 over six seasons in affiliated baseball. The right-handed pitcher rose to the Triple-A level at the age of 21 in 2009. He was 7-7 with a 3.36 ERA for Double-A Arkansas and was named a Texas League All Star before earning the promotion to Salt Lake. With the Bees he went 2-1 with a 2.91 ERA. Mendoza suffered from multiple injuries in 2010 which only allowed him to pitch in 10 games.

Going for the series win in the rubber match.

Joliet is looking to win their third series out of their past four. They are 4-5 in rubber matches.

Team Triple Crown.

All-Star starter Abel Nieves leads the slammers in batting average (.354), HR (6) and RBI (31).

Falling behind early.

The opponent has scored first against the Slammers 38 times this season. Joliet is 12-26 when that happens. The Slammers are 12-6 when they score first.

Windy City Woes.

The Slammers went 4-8 last season against the Windy City ThunderBolts and they are 3-5 so far in 2012 against their rivals from Crestwood.

Netzel doing work.

Shortstop Brad Netzel has started to really pick up the pace at the plate this season. He has four multi-hit games over the past six contests with six RBI during that time frame.

Some relief.

After a rough June (5.74 ERA), the Joliet bullpen has bounced back in July as they currently sport an ERA of 3.59 this month. Overall on the season the Slammers' bullpen has an ERA of 4.30.

Error indicator.

The Slammers are 7-26 in games when they make an error. They are 17-6 in games when they do not.

Out-hit.

When the Slammers out-hit an opponent they are 17-7, but when the opponent out-hits the Slammers Joliet has a record of 4-23.

Transaction Wire.

The Slammers placed RHP Brian Smith on the 7-Day DL retroactive to July 18.

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