Snappers' Late Surge Burns the LumberKings in Clinton
Published on August 3, 2019 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Beloit Sky Carp News Release
CLINTON, IA - A late push by the Snappers' offense would prove enough as they Snappers overcame the Clinton LumberKings 7 to 6 Saturday night. While the LumberKings tried to retaliate, the Snappers' bullpen held strong enough to shut down the LumberKings offense.
A wild game where Clinton would lead by 2 runs at one point swayed late in the Snappers favor as the offensive production of multiple team members sealed the victory. 8/9 batters combined for 14 hits over the 3:20 contest. Beloit wound up with 4 batters with multiple hits: Devin Foyle, Skyler Weber, Santis Sanchez, and Lester Madden.
The Snappers would come out of the gates hot by scoring a run off of a Nick Osborne double in the first inning, which would be followed up by a sac fly for Osborne as well in the 3rd to put Beloit up 2-0. The lead wouldn't last, though, as 2 2-run home runs in the bottom of the 4th would put the Snappers down by 2. Lester Madden would tack on in the 6th though, with one of his 3 RBI's on the night with a single to put the Snappers within 1.
Starting Reid Birlingmair looked to resume his recent dominance on the mound, but was held up short with a rough 4 run 4th inning. While he would ultimately get of the inning himself, he was unable to continue his streak of quality starts to 3 games. Relief Pitcher Jaimito Lebron would get the next 3 innings on the bump for the Snappers and did not allow a single run on only 3 hits to the LumberKings' bats. Lebron would ultimately receive the win after the Snappers bats supported his performance.
The Snappers' bats wouldn't stop there, though, as they would rack up 3 in the 8th inning to give them their first lead since the 4th inning. New Snappers Michael Woodworth would begin the scoring with a 2-RBI single in the 8th, which is his first RBIs of full-season ball. Lester Madden would stay hot at the plate by scoring runs on 2 singles, one in the 8th and one in the 9th to give the Snappers what would seem to be a comfortable 3 run lead.
The bottom of the 9th would get stay tricky for the Snappers, as they had just had issues with a blown save in last night's contest at home. After 2 runs would score on 3 hits, Calvin Coker would shut the door and finish the LumberKings to earn his 2nd save of the 2019 season.
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The Snappers face the LumberKings in their second game of this 4 game set tomorrow in Clinton, IA. Chase Cohen, who has looked good in his last few appearances from the bullpen will be making the start for Beloit when they take on Clinton again at 2PM at NelsonCorp Field
The Beloit Snappers are a member of the Midwest League and have been the Single-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. For more ticket information, contact the Snappers office at (608) 362-2272 or visit our website, www.snappersbaseball.com.
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