Nowicki, Bourquin go deep for first time this season
July 3, 2010 - Northern League (NL)
Schaumburg Flyers News Release
Schaumburg, IL - The Railcats (23-19) defeated the Flyers (14-28) 15-7 at Alexian Field Saturday night. The game saw plenty of offense as there was a combined four homeruns that left the park for the two teams, and over 20 runs scored.
The offense started early for the RailCats as they put up four runs in the top of the first inning, all driven in on back to back long balls by Mike Massaro and Mike Reese. The Flyers answered back with a one run in bottom of the first and third.
The Railcats would not be denied as they put up four more runs in the the third, one in the fourth, and then one in the fifth.
The Flyers were able to tack on another run couple runs in the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings. One of these came off of newly acquired Ron Bourquin's first homerun with the team. Another was picked up off a Joe Nowicki shot to right, his first of the season as well.
Gary was able to put up four more runs off of Schaumburg pitcher Matt Elliot in the top of the ninth that solidified the win for the Railcats.
Brett Harker (1-6) took the loss for the Flyers. He pitched four innings allowed ten runs on ten hits, eight of which were earned and struck out four. Nolan Nicholson (1-1) tossed a solid five innings for Gary to earn the win.
The Flyers and RailCats will the final game of a two game set at Alexian Field tomorrow. The game will be followed by fireworks to celebrate the 4th of July.
First pitch is scheduled for 6:00 PM. Join Alex Perlman on 1410 WRMN and flyersbaseball.com for all the action as the Flyers take on the Railcats. The Schaumburg Flyers Pregame Show gets rolling at 5:50 PM with the game to follow.
Northern League Stories from July 3, 2010
- T-Bones Win Sixth Straight, 7-6 - Kansas City Monarchs
- Nowicki, Bourquin go deep for first time this season - Schaumburg Flyers
- Railcats beat Flyers in 15-7 slugfest - Schaumburg Flyers
- Four Run Second Pushes Goldeyes Past JackHammers 5-2 - Joliet JackHammers
- Hard-Hitting RailCats Win Third Straight, Blast Flyers 15-7 - Gary SouthShore Railcats
- Fielders' four homers beat RiverHawks, 7-3 - Rockford RiverHawks
- Game Tonight at 7:10 PM - Joliet JackHammers
- RiverHawks Add Two - Rockford RiverHawks
- Flyers fall in Rockford - Schaumburg Flyers
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