FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers Lose on the Road to Traverse City 6-2

Published on August 14, 2015 under Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


Traverse City, MI - The Joliet Slammers (31-45) fell behind early to Traverse City (44-29) and lost to the Beach Bums 6-2 on Friday night.

An RBI single from Jose Vargas and a Brandon Jacobs run-scoring double in the bottom of the 1st off of Joliet starter Andrew Strenge put the Beach Bums out in front 2-0. Joliet answered back with a run in the 3rd as Carlos Lopez scored on a Phil Bates groundout. Bates finished 0-4 and saw his hitting streak end at 11-straight. The Bums scored twice more in the 5th inning to make it 4-1. Jeff DeBlieux came through with an RBI double and another run scored on an sacrifice fly from Alex Tomasovich. A 2-run homer from Jacobs in the 6th finished the scoring for Traverse City, as Strenge (6-6) gave up all 6 runs on 9 hits over six innings to suffer the loss. Joliet's final run came in the 9th on a Jack Cleary RBI ground out. Alfredo Rodriguez was on base three times for Joliet with 2 hits and a walk. Ian MacDougall (9-4) went the first 8 innings for the victory and lowered his ERA to 2.20. He allowed one run on 5 hits while striking out five and walking no one. The game lasted just hours and 19 minutes in front of almost 4100 fans on a very warm night (87 degrees) in northern Michigan. Game two of the series is Saturday night at 6:05pm ct. and be heard online at v6.player.abacast.net/2501

Joliet returns home for a 2-Dollar Tuesday on August 18th at 7:05pm, to open a three-game series against the Florence Freedom. Wednesday the 19th features an appearance by the all-time hit king Pete Rose. He will put on a Slammers uniform to coach the bases for two innings and also sign autographs. Thirsty Thursday closes out the series and short home stand. Slammers home action can be seen and heard at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/slammervision

The Joliet Slammers 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 in its 23rd season of play in 2015. Individual and group tickets are available by calling the Slammers office at (815) 722-BATS or by visiting www.jolietslammers.com.

Alfredo Rodriguez is the latest M & M Bank player of the game.

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