RiverHawks Rally, Win 4-3 On Fjelland\'s Single In Ninth
Published on July 31, 2004 under Frontier League (FL)
Rockford RiverHawks News Release
ROCKFORD, Ill. â Justin Olson slammed the door shut early and Ben Fjelland won it late.
Olson pitched near-perfect long relief from the fourth inning on and Fjelland's infield hit in the ninth gave the Rockford RiverHawks a 4-3 win over the River City ThunderBolts.
The win in front of 2,774 at Marinelli Field guaranteed Rockford sole possession of first place in the Frontier League West.
Windy City jumped out to a 3-0 lead on Peanut Williams' two-run homer in the third inning and Dan Street's RBI single in the third. The latter knocked out Rockford starter Dan Miller.
It also turned out to be Windy City's last hit of the night.
Olson entered and started his outing with a strikeout to get out of the fourth. Olson (4-0) retired 16 of the 17 he faced. The only man to reach base did so on an error. Olson retired the last 14 âBolts in order.
Rockford came back with single runs in the bottom of the fourth, seventh, eighth and ninth innings. In the ninth, Rico Santana and Rich Austin hit back-to-back, one-out singles off closer B.J. Litchfield and advanced on a groundout.
Ben Fjelland hit a grounder to Street and beat the Windy City shortstop's high throw to drive in Santana with the winning run. Litchfield (2-3) blew a one-run lead after entering in the eighth inning.
Game two of the three-game series is at 6:05 p.m. Sunday. WTVO-17 and Blackhawk State Bank sponsor Koozie Night.All games are broadcasted live on WRHL-FM, 102.3 â the Hub and at the team website. The RiverHawks are members of the Frontier League, a 12-team independent professional baseball league in its 12th season.
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