Rascals Lose 1-0
July 7, 2012 - Frontier League (FL)
River City Rascals News Release
Crestwood, Ill. - It was a pitchers dual to say the least. Windy City all-star Mike Recchia (6-2) tossed a shutout while holding the Rascals to two hits while River City starter Preston Vancil (2-5) went inning for inning in a complete game loss.
Curran Redal singled to start the game and moved to second on a walk to Doug Sanders, Recchia would not allow another hit until the eighth inning, pitching around three walks on the night en-route to his third shutout this season, stranding all four Rascals base runners in scoring position.
Vancil was nearly as good, striking out four in eight innings; his only blemish a leadoff walk in the fourth that scored following two singles and a sacrifice. Vancil faced three over the minimum the rest of the way, but Recchia struck out 10 to increase his league-lead to 80.
Chris Andreas had the other Rascals hit, a single to start the eighth, but he was stranded at second.
River City and Windy City square off in the rubber game of the series tomorrow with first pitch set for 5:05CT.
• Discuss this story on the Frontier League message board...
Frontier League Stories from July 7, 2012
- CornBelters Tie Series, Top Slammers 6-4 - Joliet Slammers
- Boomers' Comeback Effort Comes up Short in 7-5 Defeat - Schaumburg Boomers
- CornBelters Hold off Joliet - Normal CornBelters
- Miners Get Complete Effort in Win - Southern Illinois Miners
- Seven game win streak halted in 2-1 loss - Lake Erie Crushers
- ThunderBolts Win Pitchers Duel - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Grizzlies Rally for 5-2 Victory over RiverHawks - Rockford RiverHawks
- Wild Things Take One over Schaumburg - Washington Wild Things
- Rascals Lose 1-0 - River City Rascals
- Tim Brown Pitches Gateway to Win at Rockford - Gateway Grizzlies
- Rippers Ride Richmond to Victory - London Rippers
- Rippers Edge Traverse City - Traverse City Beach Bums
- Evansville Edges Freedom Saturday Night - Florence Y'alls
- Evansville Otters Hold on for 7-6 Win at Florence - Evansville Otters
- July 7 Joliet Slammers Game Notes - Joliet Slammers
- Boomers Mahley, Mozingo and Coaching Staff Tabbed All-Stars - Schaumburg Boomers
- Boomers Let Lead Slide, Win Wild Game against Wild Things - Schaumburg Boomers
- ThunderBolts lose to River City Rascals - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Slammers Win First Home Game in Two Weeks - Joliet Slammers
- Grizzlies Fall in Series Opener at Rockford - Gateway Grizzlies
The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.
Other Recent River City Rascals Stories
- Rascals Go out on Top
- Rascals Fall in Game 4
- Anderson Walks-Off Freedom in Game 3
- Rascals' Rally Falls Short in Game 2
- Rascals Take FLCS Opener
