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Slammers Lose on the Road to Florence 6-2

August 16, 2014 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


The Joliet Slammers-Presented by ATI Physical Therapy-lost game two of the series to Florence 6-2 on Saturday.

John Maloney became the Slammers 19th starting pitcher for 2014. He gave up two runs in the 1st inning thanks to a Rob Kelly 2-run single. Maloney settled in and retired the next five batters is a row. In the 3rd though, the first two men reached base and with two outs, Chance Ross and Adam Taylor came through with back-to-back RBI singles. In the meantime, Joliet scored in the top of the 3rd inning on a Grant DeBruin RBI grounder. They scored again in the 4th on a JD Dorgan RBI groundout to make the score 4-2. Maloney was taken out in the 4th inning with five strikeouts and two walks. Kody McFarland came on in relief for the Slammers. He gave up a solo homer to Rolando Gomez in the 4th and sacrifice fly to Gomez in the 6th to make it 6-2. Florence starter Peter Gehle gave up several line drives but the defense was up to the challenge. At one point he retired seven in a row and went the first 7 1/3 innings before Ed Kohout came on to finish out the ballgame. McFarland pitched the final five innings for Joliet and struck out two while walking one. DeBruin finished with two hits and an RBI. Chris Epps had reached base in ten straight games coming in, but finished 0-4 on the day.

The Slammers finish the series against the Florence Freedom in suburban Cincinnati on Sunday at 4:05pm central. Joliet returns home to play Rockford in a three-game set that begins with a 2-dollar Tuesday on August 19th at 7:05pm. 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.

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