RiverHawks Take Third in a Row from River City
August 2, 2009 - Frontier League (FL)
Rockford RiverHawks News Release
LOVES PARK, Ill. - On Sunday, the Rockford RiverHawks put themselves back in the thick of the Frontier League West Division race with their third straight victory over the first-place River City Rascals.
The RiverHawks won, 8-2, behind a third straight game of solid starting pitching and climbed to three games behind the Rascals. Rockford starter Jay Monti (6-6) earned the victory. in 7 2/3 innings pitched. He allowed two runs, one earned, on seven hits over 7 2/3 innings and struck out a career-high eight batters without a walk.
The RiverHawks took the lead for good on an RBI groundout from Robert Sabates in the bottom of the first inning. Sabates finished 1-for-4 with two RBI.
Ben Blumenthal provided the crushing blow with a three-run home run in the sixth inning off River City starter Pablo Lopez. Blumenthal has feasted on River City pitching this season. He is batting .455 (10-for-22) with four home runs and 10 RBI in seven games against the Rascals.
Lopez (1-2) took the loss. He gave up six runs, four earned, on seven hits in six innings. He walked none and struck out eight.
The series concludes tomorrow night at 7:05 p.m. at Road Ranger Stadium. The Power Connection is sponsoring a corporate buyout. They have already bought every available seat in the stadium for the game and are offering the entire Stateline community a night of professional baseball on its tab.
Fans can visit the team website to print a voucher for tickets to the game. They can visit the box office to redeem their voucher.
Frontier League Stories from August 2, 2009
- Otters Sweep Doubleheader for Fourth Straight Win - Evansville Otters
- Beach Bums Rally Past Freedom - Traverse City Beach Bums
- Bolts Drop a Pair - Windy City ThunderBolts
- Miners Walk Off with Win - Gateway Grizzlies
- RiverHawks Take Third in a Row from River City - Rockford RiverHawks
- Sloppy Sunday Ends in Freedom Loss - Florence Y'alls
- Lake Erie Downs Kings - Lake Erie Crushers
- Sliders Survive 'Slugfest' - Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti
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.
