ThunderBolts Fall to Joliet 6-2
Published on June 23, 2016 under Frontier League (FL)
Windy City ThunderBolts News Release
CRESTWOOD, IL - The Joliet Slammers scored three runs in the sixth inning to break a tie game on their way to defeating the Windy City ThunderBolts 6-2 at Standard Bank Stadium Thursday night.
Joliet (21-15) jumped out to a quick lead in the first inning. Boo Vazquez reached on a two-out infield single and Carter Bell knocked him in with a double.
The ThunderBolts (21-14) answered in the third. John Williams doubled and Tim Zier singled him home to make it 1-1.
After allowing the first inning run, Jake Fisher retired 13 straight batters until Phil Bates led off the sixth with an infield hit. He moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on a single from Alfredo Rodriguez. Boo Vazquez followed with a base hit to put two men on. Fisher came up with a big strikeout of Bell for the second out of the inning, but back-to-back singles from Marc Flores and Jake Gronsky scored two more runs and chased Fisher from the game.
Coco Johnson's solo homer in the eighth brought the Bolts to 4-2 but that was as close as they would get as Joliet added two more runs in the ninth on a two-run Joe Staley double.
Liam O'Sullivan (4-0) was excellent, pitching eight innings for the win. He allowed seven hits and no walks with five strikeouts. Fisher (4-1) struck out seven with no walks, but took his first loss of the year.
After splitting their two-game series with Joliet, the ThunderBolts begin a four-gamer with the Traverse City Beach Bums on Friday. Chicago Dueling Pianos will be out to perform a postgame concert as part of JULIE Inc.'s Late Night Fridays. It is also Budweiser Fill 'R Up Friday with drink deals all night. Ryan Strombom (2-3, 5.52) will start for Windy City against Traverse City's Jacob Lanning (2-4, 4.89). First pitch from Standard Bank Stadium is scheduled for 7:05 and the broadcast can be heard on WXAV 88.3 FM and wxav.com.
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