MWL1 Burlington Bees

River Bandits Ride Third Inning to Victory

Published on August 10, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release


DAVENPORT, IA (August 10) - The Quad Cities River Bandits (28-17) sent 13 batters to the plate in the third inning and scored seven runs on five hits to earn a 12-7 win over the Burlington Bees (15-30) before 3,334 fans at Modern Woodman Park in the opening game of a three-game series on Wednesday.

The Bees scored four runs on three hits in the second inning. 3B Tony Thompson (1-5) singled and went to second base when SS Yordy Cabrera (2-4) was hit by a pitch. 2B Ryan Pineda (1-2) hit a double to right field to score Thompson. C John Nester (1-3) walked to load the bases.

CF Tyreace House (1-3) singled to score Cabrera and make it 2-0. RF Jose Crisotomo (3-4) followed with a two-run single to plate Pineda and Nester and move the score to 4-0.

The River Bandits scored two runs in the second inning against Burlington RHP Blake Hassebrock (6-7). 1B Geoff Klein (2-5) hit a two-run home run over the right field wall to cut the lead down to 4-2.

Quad Cities scored a run in the fifth inning against LHP Max Peterson and Burlington got back on the scoreboard in the seventh inning. Crisotomo pulled a fastball over the right field wall for his second home run of the season and a 10-5 score.

Burlington got within three runs at 10-7 with two runs scoring in the eighth inning. Cabrera and Pineda doubled to produce one run. Crisotomo later added an RBI single to make it 10-7. He finished with four RBIs on Wednesday.

Quad Cities scored two runs in the eighth inning to make it 12-7.

The Bees and River Bandits continue their series on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. RHP Jonathan Joseph (3-4, 6.42) gets the start for the Bees against RHP Zach Russell (6-8, 3.34) for the River Bandits. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:40 p.m. on Newsradio 1490 KBUR and online at gobees.com.

2011 Bees tickets are on sale now! To purchase season tickets, bonus books or single game tickets, please give the Bees a call at (319) 754-5705, go online to www.gobees.com, or stop by the box office at Community Field during normal business hours.

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