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Slammers Victorious on Opening Night in Front of More Than 3,400

May 18, 2013 - Frontier League (FL)
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(Joliet, IL) - Joliet Slammers' starter Evan Anundsen received a good birthday present at Silver Cross Field, a 5-2 opening night victory over the Traverse City Beach Bums.

The twenty-five year-old, right-handed pitcher was a big reason the Slammers (1-0) came away with the win against the Beach Bums (0-1) as Anundsen received the victory, recording nine strikeouts in six innings of work.

The Beach Bums however drew first blood in the fourth inning, after three scoreless innings by both Anundsen and Beach Bums' starter Jacob Clem.

Scott Woodward led off the fourth with a single. One out later he stole second base and went to third on a wild pitch. He would get caught in a pickle on a Chase Burch grounder though and was retired 5-2-5-1-6-1. Burch went to second on the play and came around to score off an RBI single from Zach Kometani.

The Slammers would respond in a big way in the home half of the fourth. With one away, Nate Wilder singled and was moved over to third by a Michael Wing double. Jerod Yakubik tied up the game, driving Wilder home on a RBI single.

Seth Schwindenhammer hit a sacrifice fly to make it a 2-1 ballgame and Goose Kallunki drove in the third run of the inning on a RBI single.

The Beach Bums would get one run back in the top of the fifth, but the Slammers would add two big insurance runs off the bat of Kallunki in the bottom of the sixth to make it a 5-2 ballgame.

The five runs would prove to be more than enough as the Slammers bullpen closed things down in the seventh, eighth and ninth. Shawn Kale picked up three punch-outs in the eighth and Jacob Sanchez recorded his first professional save in the ninth.

The Slammers take on the Beach Bums tomorrow in the second game of this three game weekend series with Chuck Lofgren on the bump for Joliet and Johnny Omahen starting for Traverse City. Game time is at 6:05 p.m. It's 80's Prom Night at the yard and the first 1,000 fans receive a magnet schedule courtesy of Elegant Limo .

Single game tickets, season tickets, loaded ticket packages and group outings for the 2013 season are available by calling 815-722-2287 or stopping by the box office. Stay up to date on the latest news with the Slammers on Facebook and on Twitter.

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