SAL1 Greenville Drive

Kannapolis "Cooks" Bombers, 4-1

Published on May 22, 2005 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Greenville Drive News Release


GREENVILLE, SC - First baseman David Cook went 4-for-4 with two home runs and a double to lead Kannapolis past the Greenville Bombers, 4-1, Sunday afternoon at Municipal Stadium. Cook, who now has seven homers this season, hit solo blasts in the second and fourth innings to help the Intimidators bounce back from a 16-4 series opening defeat on Saturday night.

Ray Liotta (3-0) earned the win, snapping a string of five consecutive no decisions. The lefthander allowed just one run over seven innings while striking out six batters. Greenville starter Adam Blackley (1-5) suffered a fifth consecutive defeat, yielding four runs, three earned, in six frames of work.

Cook's home run in the second inning, a towering drive to left field, put the Intimidators up, 1-0. The Bombers rallied to tie the game with a run in the third as Chuck Jeroloman scored on a ground out by Andrew Pinckney. Cook again homered to left field in the fouth to put Kannapolis up, 2-1.

The Intimidators closed out the scoring with two runs in the fifth inning, aided in part by a Bombers error. Third baseman Jose DeLosSantos highlighted the rally with an RBI single.

Greenville outhit Kannapolis, 8-6, including a 3-for-4 performance by catcher John Otness. Otness, who now has a 15-game hit streak, raised his South Atlantic League batting average to .395.

The clubs meet in game three of the four-game series on Monday at 7:05pm. Righthanders Matt Goodson (2-3) for Greenville and Adam Russell (2-3) for Kannapolis will pitch.

NOTES: Bombers 2b TONY GRANADILLO went 2-for-4, extending his hit streak to 9 games......Greenville Rhp RYAN SCHROYER fired three shutout innings in relief of Blackley......the Bombers have lost 2 of their last 3 games following winning 3 in a row......Monday is MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT at the ballpark. All active, reserve and retired military personnel will be honored during the game. General admission tickets for military personnel and their families will be provided at half-price courtesy of the Bombers.

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