FL Joliet Slammers

More missed opportunities haunt team

Published on June 18, 2011 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


(Traverse City, MI) - The Joliet Slammers (13-13) got the lead-off man on seven times but could not take advantage of enough of their chances as they lost 4-3 to the Traverse City Beach Bums (13-14) Saturday night.

Slammers' starter Billy Petrick (1-5) shut down the Beach Bums for the first two innings and the Slammers grabbed the lead in the third.

John Wagle drew a walk to start the inning. Two outs later Brad Netzel continued his hot hitting with his first home run of the season and the Slammers were up 2-0.

But Petrick could not hold onto the lead. The Beach Bums struck back to tie it in the bottom half of the third. With one away Zack Pace singled and Matt Brown doubled him home. James Guerrero smacked a double of his own to score Brown and even the score at two.

The Slammers put runners on 1st and 2nd in the fourth only to have a double play end the inning. Traverse City got to Petrick again in the fifth. Pace drew a lead-off base-on-balls. Brown singled and both runners moved up 90 feet on a sacrifice bunt. JT Hall hit a RBI grounder and it was 3-2 Beach Bums. Chase Burch followed with a drive to left that fell in to drive in another run, but he was thrown out trying to turn the single into a double. Despite the inning ending, the damage was done and Traverse City had a 4-2 edge.

Joliet got a lead-off walk in the sixth, a lead-off double in the seventh, and a lead-off single in the eighth but did not score.

They made one last stand in the ninth inning. Kyle Maunus got things going with a double. Sean Estand doubled him in and the Slammers were within one. Pinch hitter Kris Kasarjian got hit by a pitch and John Wagle bunted the runners over. But pinch hitter Yasel Gutierrez struck-out and Leeper grounded out to end the game.

With the loss the Slammers fall to 2.5 games back of the Windy City ThunderBolts in the East Division. They open a six-game home stand with a game against the Rockford RiverHawks Sunday night. Jake Renshaw (3-1, 3.58 ERA) is on the mound. First pitch is at 6:05 p.m. and it's Father's Day so dads and their children can play catch on the field before the game! Also David "No Way" Burlet will be performing! For tickets call (815) 722-2287 or visit www.jolietslammers.com.

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