MWL1 Burlington Bees

Thompson Walk-Off Gives Burlington Its Fourth Straight Win

Published on June 17, 2011 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Burlington Bees News Release


BURLINGTON, IA (June 17) - 3B Tony Thompson (2-5) scored the tying run on a passed ball and hit a walk-off home run to left field to lead the Burlington Bees (45-23) over the Beloit Snappers (36-32) by a score of 5-4 in 11 innings at Community Field Friday night.

Beloit started the scoring in the top of the second inning after 3B Jairo Perez (2-4) hit a lead-off single, stole second base and scored on a RBI double from C Kyle Knudson (2-4). An RBI single from CF Wang-Wei Lin (2-5) brought Knudson home and the Snappers held a 2-0 lead.

Burlington 1B A.J. Kirby-Jones (2-4) hit a solo home run in the bottom of the second inning to make the score 2-1.

Perez led off the top of the fourth inning with a single to center field and later stole second base. RF Lance Ray (1-4) hit a broken bat single to move Perez over to third base. An RBI single from Knudson knocked in Perez and Ray advanced to second base. A bunt single from 2B Adam Bryant (1-4) moved Ray to third base and Knudson to second. Ray scored on a ground out from Lin to give the Snappers a 4-1 lead.

After a single by Burlington LF Douglas Landaeta (1-4) to lead off the bottom of the fifth inning, CF Jose Crisotomo (1-3) hit a single to center field to move Landaeta to third base. An RBI single from RF Royce Consigli (1-5) brought Landaeta in from third to make the score 4-2.

Bees SS Yordy Cabrera (1-4) hit a triple to lead off the bottom of the seventh inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Crisotomo to get Burlington within one run at 4-3.

In the bottom of the eighth inning, Thompson hit a two-out single to left field. A double by DH Josh Whitaker (1-4) moved Thompson to third base. With Kirby-Jones at the plate, Thompson scored on a passed ball by Knudson, and the game was tied at 4-4.

Bees RHP Josh Bowman pitched seven innings, allowed four runs on eight hits and struck out three. RHP Jonathan Joseph pitched four innings, allowed two hits, struck out four and earned the win.

The Bees and Beloit Snappers continue their series on Saturday at 2 p.m. It's "Friends and Family Day" at Community Field. Bring your family and friends, and get exciting baseball plus everyone gets to run the bases after the game sponsored by KCPS AM 1150. RHP A.J. Achter (1-1, 3.12) gets the start for the Snappers against RHP Sean Murphy (0-0, 0.00) for the Bees. Pre-game coverage begins at 1:40 p.m. on Newsradio 1490 KBUR and online at www.gobees.com.

2011 Bees tickets are on sale now! To purchase season tickets, bonus books or single game tickets, please give the Bees a call at (319) 754-5705, go online to www.gobees.com, or stop by the box office at Community Field during normal business hours.

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