Snappers Go 1-2 Over the Weekend
Published on July 16, 2007 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Beloit Sky Carp News Release
July 13, 2007
Ortiz Turns Clutch in Extras
Final Score: Beloit 5, West Michigan 3
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
BEL 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 13 1
WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 13 0
Winning Pitcher: A. Craig (2-1)
Losing Pitcher: P. Napolitan (0-2)
Save: None
Home Runs for Beloit: None
Home Runs for West Michigan: None
Triples for Beloit: None
Triples for West Michigan: Hernandez (2), Sizemore (4)
Doubles for Beloit: Benson (12)
Doubles for West Michigan: De Leon (14)
Notes: Yancarlos Ortiz delivered a two-run single in the top of the 12th inning to help defeat the West Michigan Whitecaps, 5-3 on Friday. Ortiz singled home Garrett Olson and Steve Singleton to take game two of the four game series.
Beloit got things going in the top of the first inning with an RBI single off the bat of Chris Parmelee. Parmelee singled home Joe Benson who led the game off with a double to center. Chris' RBI gave the Snappers an early, 1-0 lead.
Eli Tintor added a two-run single in the top of the sixth inning to extend the Snappers' lead to 3-0. Tintor's single scored Wilson Ramos and Chris Parmelee.
The Whitecaps tied the game up at three in the bottom of the ninth inning. Gorkys Hernandez started the inning off with a triple and was driven home off the bat of Michael Bertram on an RBI groundout. Jeramy Laster followed with a single and Deik Scram, serving as the tying run, followed with a walk. Both Laster and Scram were then driven home off the bat of Scott Sizemore who tripled to right-center. Sizemore's two-run triple tied the game and sent the two teams into extra innings.
Garrett Olson and Steve Singleton started the top of the 12th inning off with singles and were driven home off the bat of surging, Yancarlos Ortiz. Ortiz's RBI's gave the Snappers the win and gave him 17 RBI on year.
Reliever, Aaron Craig, pitched two innings of three hit, scoreless relief to claim his second win of the season.
July 14, 2007
Snappers Fall in Eleven
Final Score: West Michigan 2, Beloit 1
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
BEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3
WM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 8 0
Winning Pitcher: C. Fien (4-0)
Losing Pitcher: J. Carnevales (3-3)
Save: None
Home Runs for Beloit: None
Home Runs for West Michigan: None
Triples for Beloit: None
Triples for West Michigan: None
Doubles for Beloit: Ortiz (7)
Doubles for West Michigan: None
Notes: The Snappers and Whitecaps played their third straight extra inning game on Saturday ending in a loss for Beloit. The Snappers were only able to compile one run off four hits in the 2-1 loss to West Michigan.
The game remained scoreless until Danny Santiesteban's sacrifice fly to center in the top of the fifth inning. Danny scored Steve Singleton, who earlier singled, from third and gave Beloit a 1-0 lead. Singleton singled to left with one out and advanced to third after stealing two bases. Steve's two stolen bases gave him five on the year.
The game remained 1-0 until the bottom of the ninth inning when the Whitecaps would make things interesting. West Michigan's James Skelton singled home Scott Sizemore off of Beloit reliever, Jesus Carnevales, and tied the game up at 1-1. Sizemore led the inning off with a single to second. Skelton's RBI single sent the two teams into their third consecutive extra inning affair.
West Michigan scored the winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning on a rundown error from Beloit reliever, Jose Lugo. Lugo pitched out and caught Whitecaps' DH, Scott Sizemore, in a rundown between third and home. While trying to get Sizemore, Lugo dropped the ball and allowed Sizemore to plate the winning run.
Snappers' starter, Tyler Robertson, went 7.2 innings allowing no runs and only three hits. Robertson also added five strikeouts in the no-decision.
July 15, 2007
Beloit Drops Series Finale
Final Score: West Michigan 5, Beloit 3
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
BEL 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 6 2
WM 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 X 5 10 1
Winning Pitcher: K. Cedano (1-0)
Losing Pitcher: D. Vais (5-2)
Save: E. Clelland (6)
Home Runs for Beloit: None
Home Runs for West Michigan: None
Triples for Beloit: None
Triples for West Michigan: None
Doubles for Beloit: Berg (10)
Doubles for West Michigan: Sizemore 2 (23)
Notes: West Michigan broke a 2-2 tied in the bottom of the eighth inning with three runs to give them the series finale victory. Beloit's Danny Vais picked up the loss going two thirds of an inning and allowing three runs (two earned).
West Michigan struck first in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI double to center off the bat of Scott Sizemore. Sizemore drove home Deik Scam, who earlier singled, from first. Scott's RBI gave the Whitecaps the early 1-0 lead.
The recently surging, Yancarlos Ortiz, hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Joe Benson from third in the top of the third inning. Benson led the inning off with a single to left-center. Ortiz's RBI tied the game at 1-1.
Deik Scram added an RBI sacrifice fly of his own in the bottom of the fifth inning. Scram drove Jeramy Laster home from third and gave the Whitecaps a 2-1 lead.
Beloit's Joe Benson drew a bases loaded walk in the top of the sixth inning to tie the game up at 2-2. Benson's RBI was his 23rd of the season.
The game would remain tied until the bottom of the eighth inning when the Whitecaps took control. West Michigan scored three runs off four hits to take the 5-2 lead heading into the ninth.
The Snappers added one more in the top of the ninth on a Yancarlos Ortiz RBI single. That would be all they could muster as the Snappers fell to the Whitecaps in the series finale, 5-3.
Upcoming Schedule: The Snappers start a twelve game homestand on Tuesday at 7:00 pm. Beloit will be taking on the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, Great Lakes Loons, and South Bend Silver Hawks during the homestand. Matthew Fox will be going for Beloit and the Timber Rattlers' starter is still TBD on Tuesday. Beloit's second half record is now 11-11.
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