MWL Quad Cities River Bandits

Tresh's Two Homers Lift Quad Cities to Win over Wisconsin

Published on August 4, 2022 under Midwest League (MWL)
Quad Cities River Bandits News Release


Davenport, Iowa - The Quad Cities River Bandits snapped a three-game losing streak on Thursday night, riding a pair of home runs by Luca Tresh to an 9-6 win against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Modern Woodmen Park.

As they did on Wednesday, Quad Cities fell behind 2-0 in the first inning, with Joe Gray Jr. taking Adrian Alcantara deep on the first pitch of the game before giving up a second solo shot to Zavier Warren three batters later. However, the Bandits' offense responded in their half of the frame, tying it up with a run on an error and an RBI single for River Town, his first at the High-A level.

Justin Jarvis left the game after just 0.2 innings in his start for Wisconsin, having given up two unearned runs before handing the ball to Joey Matulovich. The right-hander would also struggle though, giving up a rally-capping three-run blast to Tresh in the second that gave the Bandits their first lead of the series.

In the third, a second three-run bomb made it a 8-1 Q.C. lead, as Tyler Tolbert left the yard with an opposite-field smash for his fourth of the season.

After keeping the Timber Rattlers off the board for three-straight frames, Alcantara gave up an RBI double to Warren and a two-run single to Alex Hall to trim the Bandits' lead to one in the fifth, but the right-hander finished off a 5.0-inning start to stay in line for the win.

In the bottom of the fifth, Tresh helped get a run back for Quad Cities with a solo shot against Wisconsin's Brady Schanuel, the only run the reliever would allow in 3.1 innings.

After Caden Monke tossed a scoreless sixth for the Bandits, Delvin Capellon surrendered a Rattlers' run on Antonio Pinero's RBI single, but the right-hander completed a 2.0-inning relief effort with a one-two-three eighth.

In the final frame, Brooks Conrad turned to Kasey Kalich, who stranded a leadoff walk and struck out a pair for his eighth save of the season.

Despite allowing five runs, all earned, Alcantara (5-5) got the win for Quad Cities, and mixed in six strikeouts, while Matulovich (4-1) took his first loss of the year, giving up six runs over 2.0 innings.

The River Bandits will look to tie the six-game set at two wins apiece on Friday night at Modern Woodmen Park, as they'll start William Fleming (0-2, 6.38) against Wisconsin's Carlos F. Rodriguez (0-0, 0.00), who makes his Midwest League debut.

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