FL River City Rascals

Rascals Dominate Normal

Published on July 1, 2012 under Frontier League (FL)
River City Rascals News Release


O'Fallon, Mo. - River City put together their most complete game of the season en-route to a 14-2 thumping of the Normal CornBelters as the Rascals look to put the month of June behind them.

Nick Kennedy (3-1) posted a dominate start, going seven innings while allowing one run on six hits with six strikeouts, as the defense played flawlessly behind him while the offense put up runs early and often.

A seemingly more focused and confident team following a pregame players-only meeting, the Rascals went out and took an early 1-0 lead in the first and stretched it to 2-0 in the second. River City got their first two batters on base to start both innings, including loading the bases with no outs in the second that led to just one run scored. A double play in the second and third innings ended a potential big inning, but the Rascals remained focused.

After the CornBelters (15-24) closed the margin to 2-1 in the fourth, River City (23-18) responded with three runs in their half of the fourth with Josh Workman providing the big hit, a two-run double that scored Jeremy Synan and Jason Patton before Ben Hewett drove in Workman on a groundout to make the score 5-1.

River City added two more runs in the sixth with Patton, Workman, and Matt Serna singles to start the inning before the offense exploded in the seventh.

10 different hitters either scored a run or drove in a run (or both) in the seventh on eight hits as the Rascals sent 12 to the plate while stringing together five-straight two-out singles to take a 14-1 lead. Kennedy retired the final seven he faced before giving way to rookies Cory Caruso and Jason Sullivan to finish the game.

River City and Normal square off in the rubber game tomorrow night with first pitch set for 7:05.

NOTES:

-River City improves to 18-0 when leading after five innings

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