MWL1 Clinton LumberKings

Lansing Sends Kings to Fourth-Straight Loss

Published on July 17, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Clinton LumberKings News Release


Clinton, IA - An RBI double by Garis Pena and a two-run homer by Jake Marisnick helped Lansing open a 4-0 lead, and a second RBI single by Pena and solo home run by Michael Crouse put the game out of reach as the Lugnuts defeated the Clinton LumberKings 7-2 on a sweltering Sunday afternoon at Alliant Energy Field.

Pena doubled off the wall in left-center to score Bryson Namba, then scored on a busted double-play attempt as shortstop Anthony Phillips' throw to first on Carlos Perez sailed wide of Tim Morris. That play kept the inning going, and the very next batter Marisnick belted a two-run homer to the picnic tables in left to increase the lead to 4-0.

Left-hander Anthony Fernandez pitched a scoreless fourth and fifth inning afterwards and the Kings' offense cut the deficit to 4-2 in the bottom of the fifth. Jetsy Extrano singled to left, moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt by Phillips and scored on a line drive to right-center by Robbie Anston. Three batters later, Stefen Romero bounced a chopper past third-baseman Oliver Dominguez to score Anston.

That would be the end of the offense, however, as Lugnuts' right-hander Casey Lawrence ended the inning by getting Morris to ground out to first. Lawrence (W, 7-8) allowed two runs - one earned - on six hits over 5.0 innings. Right-handers Dustin Antolin (H, 4) and Brandon Berl then combined on 4.0 scoreless innings of relief.

Fernandez (L, 3-3) exited with runners at the corners in the sixth and right-hander Jessie Nava yielded a single to Pena scoring Dominguez for a 5-2 Lansing lead. Nava allowed a run of his own in the eighth on a walk and RBI fielder's choice by Bryson Namba, and right-hander Tyler Blandford gave up the solo home run to Crouse in the ninth.

Anston went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI for the LumberKings, while Romero went 1-for-4 with his team-lead-tying 37th RBI. Still, those efforts could not prevent Clinton's fourth-straight loss.

Pena went 3-for-4 with a double, run scored and two RBI while Marisnick went 1-for-5 with the home run and two RBI to lead Lansing to the victory.

The LumberKings (12-11) close out the three-game series with Lansing (15-8) and the homestand on "Pack the Park With Kids Day", a special 10:00 AM start tomorrow at Alliant Energy Field. Right-hander Taijuan Walker (4-4, 2.66) starts for Clinton against Lugnuts' right-hander Marcus Walden (4-2, 3.12). Listen to the game on AM 1390 KCLN in Clinton or live on the web at 1390kcln.com.

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