FL Joliet Slammers

June 11 Joliet Slammers Game Notes

Published on June 11, 2013 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


JOLIET SLAMMERS (9-12) vs. RIVER CITY RASCALS (8-12)

Tuesday, June 11 - 7:05 p.m. CT

Silver Cross Field - Joliet, IL

Game #22 - Home Game #13 (9-12), (5-7)

RHP #14 Brett Zawacki (1-2, 3.91 ERA) vs. RHP #18 Justin Sarratt (1-2, 5.32 ERA)

Last time out...

The Slammers scored a season-high 13 runs in their 13-5 victory over the Schaumburg Boomers on

Sunday at Boomers Stadium. Schaumburg actually grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first inning thanks to a

Frank Pfister sacrifice fly. But the Slammers tied the game at one in the third on a David Christensen

RBI single. A Ben Hewett two-RBI single in the fourth inning put Joliet up 3-1 and they would not look

back. In the fifth, Joliet broke the game wide open with five runs. Seth Schwindenhammer, Javan

Williams, Marquis Riley and Christensen all had RBI singles in the inning. Schaumburg got two in the

sixth to cut the Joliet lead to 8-3 but the Slammers scored one run in the seventh and four more in the

eighth to put the game completely out of reach. Evan Anundsen picked up the victory for Joliet, going

six innings to earn his third win of the year. Riley had a huge game, going 3-4, with 3 R, 2 RBI & 2 BB.

Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers...

DATE OPP TIME

OPPONENT STARTERS JOLIET STARTERS

6/12 RC 7:05 p.m. RHP #23 Tommy Mendoza (2-2, 5.90 ERA) RHP #25 Shawn Kale (0-0, 2.57 ERA)

6/13 RC 10:05 a.m. RHP #19 Casey Barnes (2-1, 3.64 ERA) LHP #27 Chuck Lofgren (2-2, 5.17 ERA)

News and Notes...

For Starters...

Brett Zawacki is coming off his best start of the season on June 6 against the Windy City ThunderBolts

as he went six and two thirds innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on only two hits. He struck out

eight while walking three in the 7-2 victory. The Illinois native brings a history of success in affiliated

baseball to the Slammers. The right-hander advanced as high as Double-A in the Cardinals

organization. St. Louis made Zawacki their 12th round selection out of LaSalle-Peru Township High

School in 2007. Last season was Zawacki's first year in the Frontier League.

Five is the magic number...

The Slammers are 7-1 when they score five or more runs. They are only 2-11 when scoring fewer than

five runs.

Get more hits!

Joliet has posted an 8-2 record when they out hit the opponent. But the Slammers are 1-10 when the

opponent has more hits.

Comeback kids, sort of...

Six of the Slammers' nine wins have been comeback victories. But all six of those comebacks have

been when the Slammers fall behind by only one run.

Mashing Maunus...

Kyle Maunus is coming off a big series against Schaumburg where he went 6-13 with four runs scored,

two doubles, a home run, four RBI and a stolen base.

Rascally Rascals...

The Slammers went 2-3 against the River City Rascals in 2012, including an 0-2 mark at Silver Cross

Field.

Movin' on up!

The Slammers sold the contract of RHP Jacob Sanchez to the Chicago White Sox on Saturday. Sanchez

had a 2.36 ERA and 29 strike outs with Joliet in 2013.

Gunned down...

Ben Hewett has thrown out 50 percent of the baserunners who have tried to steal this season.

Extra bases...

Michael Wing leads the Slammers with six extra base hits. He's smacked five doubles and one home run

on the season.

They gone!!

Slammers' pitching has struck out 176 batters so far this season; second most in the Frontier League.

Only Windy City (209) has struck out more batters.

Transaction Wire...

The Slammers sold the contract of RHP Jacob Sanchez to the White Sox on Saturday. They signed RHP

Brian Valente.

Slammers on the Air

Saves: Justin Erasmus (5, 2nd )

Walks: Nate Wilder (13, T-7)

HR: David Christensen (2, T-4)

HBP: Grant DeBruin (4, T-4)

Check out the Joliet Slammers Statistics

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