
Slammers Continue Winning Streak vs ThunderBolts
June 20, 2018 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release
Joliet, IL - The Joliet Slammers presented by ATI Physical Therapy beat the Windy City ThunderBolts 6-5 Wednesday morning.
Windy City got the scoring started in the top of the 4th inning headlined by a Riley Krane RBI triple that made it 2-0 after four innings.
The Slammers responded in the bottom of the 6th inning with Ridge Hoopii-Haslam hitting an RBI triple that scored Dom Iero. Danny Zardon then singled in Hoopii-Haslam to even the score at 2.
Joliet posted four runs in the top of the 7th with Hoopii-Haslam hitting an RBI single and Justin Garcia hitting an RBI double. Zardon also hit a sacrifice fly that scored a run pushing the lead to 6-2.
Windy City scored three runs in the top of the 8th but would still fall 6-5.
Today's Merchants and Manufacturers Bank Player of the Game is Ridge Hoopii-Haslam who went 2-3 for two RBIs and two runs scored.
The Slammers are back home tomorrow at 5:05 to play a doubleheader vs. the ThunderBolts. The second game will begin 30 minutes after the conclusion of the first game.
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