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Rascals Lose Regular Season Finale 11-6 To Miners

September 6, 2009 - Frontier League (FL)
River City Rascals News Release


MARION, IL - The Rascals ended the 2009 regular season with an 11-6 loss Sunday night to the Miners in front of 4,998 at Rent One Park. River City finished the season at 56-38 and will open up round one of the playoffs Tuesday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark against the Windy City ThunderBolts.

River City (56-38) never led in the game and trailed 11-3 at one point. The Rascals threatened with three runs in the seventh. Chad Maddox doubled and Brett Scarpetta (7-4) issued back-to-back walks to Ernie Banks and Jorge Gutierrez to load the bases. Chris Colton singled home one run and Josh Banda knocked in two more for the 11-6 final. Kevin Dooley came on and retired the next three hitters to end the frame.

Quinn Monsma (1-2) was tagged with his second loss, allowing 11 runs (eight earned) on eight hits in 3.2 innings. Monsma walked five and struck out one Miner hitter in his shortest outing of the season.

Southern Illinois (56-40), eliminated from the playoffs courtesy of a 10-4 Windy City win in Rockford, scored four times in the third and added five more in the fourth. Joey Metropoulos launched his 31st home run and Jereme Milons knocked in two more in the third for a 6-2 lead.

Milons was at it again in the fourth with an RBI double, his fourth hit in the game. Stephen Holdren added a run scoring single and Landon Camp drove in two with his second triple of the season to push the lead up to 11-3 at the end of four.

Banda finished 3-5 with his second home run and three runs batted in while Colton knocked in one on two hits. Michael Alcorn tossed 2.1 scoreless innings out of the pen, allowing three hits with one strikeout.

The Rascals will try for their first ever playoff win Tuesday night when Windy City heads to O'Fallon. Josh Lowey (9-2) will be the game one starter for River City, who went 5-7 in the regular season against the ThunderBolts. First pitch is set for an hour earlier at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are available by calling the Rascals' box office at (636) 240-2287 or by going online to www.rivercityrascals.com. All the first round games can be heard online at www.kfns.com.

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