FL Joliet Slammers

June 5 Joliet Slammers Game Notes

Published on June 5, 2013 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


JOLIET SLAMMERS (7-9) vs. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS (4-13)

Wednesday, June 5 - 7:05 p.m. CT

Silver Cross Field - Joliet, IL

Game #17 - Home Game #11 (7-9), (4-6)

LHP #27 Chuck Lofgren (2-1, 4.41 ERA) vs. RHP #27 Daniel Cropper (0-1, 10.50 ERA)

Last time out

The Slammers scored three runs in the first inning for the second straight game and they never looked back in an 8-1 victory over the Windy City ThunderBolts (4-13) Tuesday. The Slammers grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first, highlighted by a Grant DeBruin two-RBI triple. The offense continued to roll in the second as Erick Gaylord doubled in his first pro at bat and Marquis Riley tripled him home. Nate Wilder extended the Slammers' lead with a RBI double and Michael Wing finished off the scoring in the second with a two-RBI double of his own to make it 7-0. Joliet starter Evan Anundsen (2-2) went six innings to pick up the victory, scattering five hits

and giving up one run. The ThunderBolts scored their lone run in the third when a Mike Torres single brought Adam Davis home to make it 7-1 Slammers. Riley doubled Goose Kallunki home to extend Joliet's lead to 8-1 in the home half of the third.

Upcoming Schedule and Probable Pitchers...

DATE OPP TIME

OPPONENT STARTERS JOLIET STARTERS

6/6 WC 7:05 p.m. RHP #33 Travis Strong (0-2, 5.17 ERA) RHP #14 Brett Zawacki (0-2, 5.14 ERA)

News and Notes...

For Starters...

Chuck Lofgren makes his fourth start of the year for Joliet and is looking to bounce back from a rough one on May 30 against the Washington Wild Things as he went four innings, giving up five runs on six hits while also walking six batters. His first two starts were both outstanding. Lofgren, 27, was a fourth round selection of the Cleveland Indians in the 2004 MLB draft out of Serra High School in San Mateo, California. Lofgren's decorated professional career includes being named the starting pitcher for the 2006 Carolina League All-Star Game. Lofgren followed that up by being named to the United States team for the 2007 All-Star Futures Game. The United States roster that year also included the likes of Clayton Kershaw, Matt Garza and Justin Upton. He pitched for the Cleveland organization from 2004- 2009, the Milwaukee organization from 2009-2010 and the San Francisco organization from 2010-2011.

Last season, Lofgren pitched for the Amarillo Sox of the American Association. Most recently, he was with the Brisbane Bandits of the Australian Baseball League. Lofgren has appeared in a total of 47 games at the Triple-A level during his professional career.

We're going streaking!

This marks the Slammers' first three-game winning streak of 2013. Familiar Faces...

Windy City manager Ron Biga was the Slammers' VP of Baseball Operations the past two seasons.

Windy City pitching coach Brian Smith was on the Slammers as a relief pitcher the past two seasons and Windy City outfielder Andrew Brauer finished up 2012 with Joliet. Windy City worries...

The Slammers went 4-8 against Windy City in 2011 and went 4-8 again against the ThunderBolts in 2012. They are 4-9 all-time against Windy City at Silver Cross Field. Extra bases...

Michael Wing leads the Slammers with four extra base hits.

Walk this way...

INF Nate Wilder is the only Slammer with more walks (13) than strike outs (6) so far in 2013.

Offensive Offense...

The Slammers are currently hitting .232 as a team, fifth lowest in the Frontier League. They have scored 50 runs, fourth fewest in the league and along with Windy City have the fewest extra base hits (23) in the league.

They gone!!

Slammers' pitching has struck out 136 batters so far this season; second most in the Frontier League.

Only Windy City (171) has struck out more batters.

Transaction Wire...

The Slammers released catcher Tyler Goodro and signed catcher Kieran Bradford after Tuesday's game.

Check out the Joliet Slammers Statistics

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