FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers Knock off the Otters 5-4 on Saturday

Published on July 5, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-defeated the Evansville Otters 5-4 on Saturday night at Silver Cross Field.

Joliet struck for a run in the bottom of the 1st inning. Max Casper led off with a walk. Chris Epps followed with a single off new Otters pitcher Zach Fowler, who signed just before the ballgame. With two outs, Adam Giacalone singled in Casper to make it 1-0 Slammers. Kody McFarland started for Joliet and had allowed just one hit into the 4th inning. After walk to Jeremy Nowak in the 4th for Evansville, Chris Elder launched a two-run homer to give the Otters a 2-1 lead. The Slammers regained the lead in the bottom of the 4th. Jose Garcia singled and scored on a RBI double from Tyler Roberts to make it a 2-2 game. Casper walked again and they both scored on a two-out 2-run single from Russell Moldenhauer to give Joliet a 4-2 lead. John Schultz hit a solo home run for Evansville in the top of the 5th to trim the lead to 4-3.

Joliet made it a 2-run lead again in the 6th as Danny Hernandez led off with a double. He moved to 3rd base on a bunt from Seth Granger and scored on a fielder's choice off the bat of Tyler Roberts. The Slammers bullpen did a nice job in relief of McFarland, who went the first 5 innings to earn the win. He allowed three runs on four hits with three strikeouts. Sam Moore went two shutout innings followed by Harry Marino's one shutout frame. Jordan Wellander came on to pitch the 9th and allowed a solo homer to Kolin Connor to make the score 5-4 but escaped without any further damage to earn his 5th save on the year.

The Slammers conclude their 4th of July Weekend festivities on Sunday at 1:05pm with a Bark in the Park day, so bring your puppy to the ballpark. The Bark in Park Day is brought to you by Lagunitas Brewery and Blackbirds Bowl Natural Pet Foods. Sunday is also a Kids Eat Free Day and youngsters can run the bases after the game and get autographs from the players. Slammers action this summer will be broadcast live on 1340 WJOL and wjol.com and the audio/video feed of home games this season can be seen at independentprofessionalbaseball.com.

The Joliet Slammers presented by ATI Physical Therapy play at Silver Cross Field in downtown Joliet, Illinois, and are members of the professional, independent Frontier League. The Frontier League is a 14-team league entering its 22nd season of play in 2014. Full, partial, and group tickets are available by calling the Slammers office at (815) 722-BATS or by visiting www.jolietslammers.com.




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