FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers Lose Game Two of the Series to Windy City 4-1

Published on July 19, 2014 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-lost to Windy City 4-1 on Saturday night at Silver Cross Field.

Windy City scored in the 1st inning against Joliet starter Kody McFarland. Michael Torres double and scored on a Ryan Soares single to make it 1-0. McFarland settled in after that and allowed only one hit in the next three innings. Meanwhile the Slammers struggled against ThunderBolts starter Jake Fisher. Joliet managed just one single from Grant DeBruin through the 1st four innings. Fisher continued to cruise through the Joliet lineup. He allowed just one base runner on a walk over the next four innings and he struck out the side in the 6th as the score remained 1-0. The Slammers finally picked up their 2nd hit in the 7th on a infield single from Russell Moldenhauer but he was picked off by Fisher. McFarland entered the 8th inning with the game still 1-0 and allowed a leadoff double to Mike McGuckin. After a sacrifice bunt and then a RBI single from Torres, McFarland was lifted with the score 2-0. He went 7 1/3 quality innings allowing 7 hits with three strikeouts and one walk. Kevin McNorton gave up a sacrifice fly to Soares. Sam Moore came on and allowed an RBI double from Ryan McIntyre to make it 4-0 in the 8th. The Slammers finally scored in the bottom of the 8th on a RBI double off the wall in center from Jake Gronsky to make the score 4-1. In the bottom of the 9th, Joliet tried to make it another late rally. Max Casper led off with an infield single. Chris Epps walked. After two pop outs, Adam Giacalone walked to load the bases with two outs for Jose Garcia. He represented the winning run at the plate but popped out to the first baseman Davidson Peguero to end the game. Peguero made a spectacular catch leaning over and then tumbling over the fence by the 1st base camera well just past the Slammers dugout. That brought the ThunderBolts onto the field to celebrate the victory. Fisher allowed just the one run on four hits over 8 1/3 innings for the win. He struck out five and walked three.

Joliet concludes their series against Windy City with Sunday's 1:05pm start. It will be a Family Day and Cancer Survivors Day at Silver Cross Field. As always on a Sunday, kids 12 and under eat free and can run the bases after the game and get autographs from the players. The six-game home stand then continues on Monday night at 7:05pm as Traverse City comes to town. It will be a Military Monday honoring past and present Military members and the team will wear special uniforms. Tuesday's 7:05pm game will be a 2-dollar Tuesday where all reserved seats are just 2-bucks! Slammers action this summer is broadcast live on 1340 WJOL and wjol.com. The audio/video feed of home games this season can be seen for free 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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