MWL1 Beloit Sky Carp

Snappers Even Series

Published on September 7, 2003 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Beloit Sky Carp News Release


With their backs against the ropes, the Beloit Snappers bounced back and fought their way back into the best of three divisional series with the Clinton LumberKings. The LumberKings came out and got on the board quickly in the first, taking a 1-0 lead on Calvin Carpenter and the Snappers. But the Snappers came right back in the first as Kennard Bibbs walked to lead-off the inning and then stole second base. Callix Crabbe then walked and he and Bibbs pulled a double steal to put runners on second and third with no one out. Tony Gwynn, Jr. hit a sacrifice fly to left to tie the game, 1-1. After Prince Fielder flew out, Rickie Weeks knocked an RBI single to make it 2-1 Snappers.

The score remained 2-1 until the sixth. In the top of the sixth, Craig Ringe got a one-out single to ignite the LumberKings offense and Jose Gonzalez followed with a single and advanced to second as the Snappers attempted to get Ringe at third. With runners on second and third, Forrest Martin entered the game for Eric Henderson and promptly struck out Cameron Coughlan. Chris O'Riordan, Friday night's hero against Kane County, stepped to the plate against Martin. Martin unleashed a wild pitch scoring Ringe to tie the game, 2-2. O'Riordan then singled, knocking in Gonzalez to give the LumberKings a 3-2 lead.

Again facing adversity, the Snappers answered. Crabbe walked again, chasing starter Sixto Urena from the game in favor of Brandon Luna. Luna was greeted with a Gwynn single and a Prince Fielder bloop single which tied the game, 3-3. After Weeks struck out swinging, Travis Hinton walked to load the bases for Jeff Eure. Eure did his job and lifted a fly ball to deep right to score Gwynn with the go-ahead run, 4-3.

Martin would settle down nicely and silence the LumberKings in the seventh and eighth innings before giving way to Bo Hall in the ninth. Hall pitched a perfect ninth with two strikeouts to nail down the save. The Snappers evened the best of three series at a game apiece. Game three will be played on Monday, September 8 at Pohlman Field in Beloit at 7:00 p.m. Nick Masset will take the hill for Clinton against Beloit's Dennis Sarfate. The winner will move on to face the Lansing Lugnuts in the Midwest League Championship Series.

Winning Pitcher: Martin, 1-0

Losing Pitcher: Luna, 1-1

Save: Hall, 1

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