Sports stats



FL Joliet Slammers

Slammers vs. Beach Bums - Game Notes - June 14, 2013

June 14, 2013 - Frontier League (FL)
Joliet Slammers News Release


Last time out...

The Slammers split a double header with the River City Rascals on Thursday at Silver Cross Field. In game one, Shawn Kale went the distance as the Slammers used a four-run second inning to prevail by a score of 4-0. David Christensen had a sacrifice fly, Nick Akins smacked a RBI double, Ben Hewett contributed a RBI single and Marquis Riley also had a sacrifice fly to give Joliet the 4-0 edge. Kale struck out eight batters along the way and scattered five hits while not walking anyone. But in game two the Joliet offense could never get going as they wasted a great performance by Chuck Lofgren. Lofgren went seven innings of shutout ball, scattering four hits and striking out three. River City pushed across four runs in the top of the eighth against Chase Doremus and beat the Slammers by the same score: 4-0. All of the runs came with two outs for the Rascals as the teams split the twin bill.

For Starters...

Corey Kimes is coming off a rough start against Schaumburg on June 8, where he went four innings, giving up four runs on six hits, walking two and striking out two. The 23-year old Kimes, a former star for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini, brings an undefeated record in affiliated ball to Joliet. The Ottawa, IL native went 5-0 in 2012 between the Elizabethton Twins of the Appalachian League and the Beloit Snappers of the Midwest League. In two seasons of affiliated baseball, Kimes has posted an impressive 3.25 ERA in 22 appearances including six starts. He was an 18th round selection of the Minnesota Twins in the 2011 MLB draft.

2013 against the Beach...

The Slammers are 2-1 so far this season against the Traverse City Beach Bums, as they took two of three opening weekend (May 17-19) at Silver Cross Field. Grant DeBruin (4-8, 2-R, 3-RBI) and Seth Schwindenhammer (4-10, 3-R, 2B, RBI) both had big series against the Beach Bums last time around. However they were beaten by tonight's starting pitcher Scott Dunn, who went seven innings of shutout ball to defeat Joliet.

Getting series-ous...

The Slammers have won three of their past four series. However, they have yet to sweep a series in 2013.

Power outage...

The Slammers have only hit seven home runs so far in 2013, the second fewest in the Frontier League.

Hitting the road...

With a win tonight, the Slammers can reach the .500 mark on the road this season. They are currently one game under .500 at home and on the road.

Save me...

Justin Erasmus is tied for third in the Frontier League with five saves and the Slammers as a whole have six saves in six attempts so far in 2013.

Almost even...

The Slammers have been out-scored 95-94 this season.

Five is the magic number...

The Slammers are 8-1 when scoring 5 or more runs. They are only 3-12 when scoring fewer than 5 runs.

Get more hits!

Joliet has posted a 9-2 record when they out-hit the opponent. But they're 1-11 when out-hit.

They gone!!

Slammers' pitching has struck out 195 batters so far this season; second most in the Frontier League..

Transaction Wire...

The Slammers released RHP Jairo Acevedo, Catcher Kieran Bradford and OF Erick Gaylord following Thursday's double header. They signed Catcher Kolin Conner and RHP Chris DeBoo.

Check out the Joliet Slammers Statistics



Frontier League Stories from June 14, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central