Rascals Edge Beach Bums 3-2
Published on July 2, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Traverse City Beach Bums News Release
TRAVERSE CITY, MI - A night after Traverse City and River City combined for 23 runs and 29 hits, the pitchers took control as the Rascals eked out a 3-2 victory over the Beach Bums on Wednesday night at Wuerfel Park.
Both starters were tremendous in the second game of the series, posting zeros through the first five innings. River City finally broke through against Alex Phillips in the top of the sixth inning, plating a run on Zach Kometani sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead.
The Rascals put runners at second and third in the seventh inning against Phillips, who gave way to reliever Will Rankin. Bryan Aanderud skied a ball out to left-center that dropped between the outfielders, allowing both runs to score, making it 3-0 River City.
Traverse City finally got to rookie Ben Bracewell in the last of the seventh inning, knocking him out of the game after a Sean Gusrang double scored Josh Miller. After a strikeout, pinch-hitter Kevin Taylor lined an RBI single to right off of Chandler Jagodzinki to draw the Beach Bums to within 3-2.
Rankin and D.J. Johnson retired the eight Rascals to open the door for a potential Beach Bums comeback in the last of the ninth. Yazy Arbelo led off the inning with a walk and was sacrificed to second before being lifted for pinch-runner Drew Rossi, who moved to third on a deep fly out. River City closer Gabriel Shaw then buckled down to strike out Rob Benedict to end the game. It was Shaw's 11th save of the year and second in as many nights.
Phillips (0-4) deserved a better fate for Traverse City, allowing just three runs on six hits in 6.1 innings. Bracewell (1-0) picked up his first professional win while giving up two runs on five hits with six strikeouts in 6.1 frames.
The Beach Bums will look to salvage the final meeting between the two teams in 2014 on Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. Tanner Tripp (1-3, 4.83) will make the start for Traverse City with Ethan Carter (2-2, 5.59) going for River City. It's Thirsty Thursday and Ladies night at Wuerfel Park with drink specials all night long. Fans unable to make the game can listen to the broadcast starting at 6:45 p.m. on Classic Rock the Bear 98.1/107.1 and classicrockthebear.com.
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