MWL Quad Cities River Bandits

River Bandits Extend Win Streak to Seven Games

Published on June 19, 2021 under Midwest League (MWL)
Quad Cities River Bandits News Release


Davenport, Iowa - Fresh off the heels of a combined no-hitter and a series-clinching victory, the Quad Cities River Bandits added to their season-best win streak with a fifth consecutive win over the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in a 6-2 triumph on Saturday night.

Zach Mort got the start for Wisconsin and fell behind early as, with one out in the bottom of the first, Michael Massey ricocheted a ball off of the right-center wall and beat the relay home for Quad Cities' first inside-the-park home run of the season and a 1-0 lead.

After being held without a run in 12-straight innings, the Timber Rattlers finally broke through in the top of the game's second inning and responded to tie the game against Anthony Veneziano with an RBI double from Kekai Rios.

However, in the bottom half, the Bandits would regain the lead with a more conventional four-bagger, as Jimmy Givern's two-run shot, his second home run of the year, plated Jake Means to put his club up 3-1.

The early offense kept plaguing Wisconsin in the third when Mort allowed a leadoff double to Jeison Guzman and then walks to Michael Massey and Tyler Gentry to load the bases for Eric Cole, who lined a ball to right field that scored a pair before Means grounded into a double play to end the inning at 5-1 Bandits.

Despite allowing four walks and three hits in his first three innings, Veneziano settled down in the fourth and retired the T-Rats in order and notched a pair of strikeouts. However, the lefty allowed his second run of the game when Thomas Dillard poked a ball up the middle for an RBI single to cut the Q.C. lead to 5-2.

As the first two men out of the bullpen, Will Klein and Taylor Floyd both worked scoreless sixths, but it was Quad Cities who added to its tally in the seventh on Cole's third RBI of the day--a single that plated Massey and pushed his team's lead back to four at 6-2.

With Klein completing his clean two-inning, six-strikeout performance, Yohanse Morel was responsible for bringing the River Bandits down the home stretch and faced the minimum in the eighth before stranding a man on in a scoreless ninth to secure Quad Cities' High-A Central best 27th win of the season.

Veneziano (2-2) improved his record to .500 on the season with five innings of two-run ball including a career-high eight strikeouts, while Mort (1-3) took the loss on five runs in 4.1 innings.

The River Bandits will have a chance at their first series sweep of the season on Sunday when A.J. Block (0-1, 6.75) faces off against Wisconsin's Victor Castaneda (1-1, 4.78) for a 1:00 p.m. matinee at Modern Woodmen Park.

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