RailCats 4, Schaumburg 3

May 23, 2007

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Gary, Ind.—Jose Yepez's infield single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning brought in David Detienne from third base with the winning run as the Gary SouthShore RailCats overcame a sloppy defensive performance to defeat the Schaumburg Flyers before a crowd of 5,214 on Wednesday afternoon at U. S. Steel Yard.

The RailCats took two of three in the series and completed their first homestand of the season with a 5-2 record. Schaumburg fell to 2-5.

Gary trailed 3-2 entering the bottom of the ninth, having committed five errors, matching their single-game high during the tenure of manager Greg Tagert from 2005-'07. Steve Haake began the ninth with a hard grounder off the glove of first baseman Keith Maxwell that was ruled an error. David Detienne's sacrifice bunt was fielded by third baseman Dario Delgado, but Delgado's poor throw to first allowed Detienne to reach safely. Tanner Townsend dropped a bunt down the third base line the pitcher Jim Morrison fielded, but Morrison's throw to third was late and the bases were loaded with no one out. Mike Reese grounded into a double play as a run scored to tie the game.

Yepez went up as a pinch hitter and hit a slow ground ball to the left side that just escaped the reach of Delgado at third. Shortstop Sandy Almonte fielded the ball deep in the hole at short, but his off-balance throw to first pulled Maxwell off the bag as Detienne scored to end the game.

Tony Cogan (1-0) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth for Gary to earn the win. Morrison (0-1) took the loss.

Eric McNamee led Gary with three hits and a walk and extended his hitting streak to seven straight games.

Four RailCats pitchers combined to allow only five hits and battled to keep the RailCats in the game despite the team's defensive lapses.

Gary's Jay Pecci hit a two-run home run in the first inning to give the RailCats a 2-0 lead. Schaumburg tied the game in the third, taking advantage of a RailCats error for one run and then getting a two-out RBI single from Maxwell for the second.

The Flyers broke the 2-2 tie with an earned run in the second, scoring the tie-breaking run on a throwing error by RailCats catcher Brett Wallace.

The RailCats will embark on a seven game Canadian road trip beginning Friday night at Edmonton. Jason Shelley (0-0, 3.00) will pitch for Gary against Edmonton's Reggie Rivard (0-1, 7.50).

May 23, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard) Schaumburg 3 (2-5) Gary 4 (5-2) AB R H RBI AB R H RBI Heath dh 4 2 0 0 McNamee 2b 3 1 3 0 House cf 4 0 1 0 Pecci ss 2 1 1 2 Noviskey c 4 0 1 1 Allensworth dh 4 0 1 0 Maxwell 1b 4 0 1 1 Haake rf 4 1 1 0 Delgado 3b 4 0 0 0 Detienne 1b 3 1 0 0 Snavely lf 2 0 1 0 Townsend 3b 3 0 1 0 Malone rf 4 0 0 0 Reese lf 4 0 0 0 Hoffman 2b 3 0 0 0 Wallace c 3 0 0 0 Almonte ss 3 1 1 0 Yepez ph 1 0 1 1 Keppinger p 0 0 0 0 Mueller cf 3 0 0 0 Martin p 0 0 0 0 Paduch p 0 0 0 0 Morrison p 0 0 0 0 Edsall p 0 0 0 0 Obenchain p 0 0 0 0 Cogan p 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 32 3 5 2 Totals...... 30 4 8 3 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Schaumburg 002 000 100 - 3 5 3 Gary 200 000 002 - 4 8 5 ---------------------------------------------- Note: 2 outs, 1 runner(s) LOB when the game ended. E - Maxwell(3); Delgado(2); Almonte(1); Townsend 2(2); Wallace 2(2); Paduch(1). DP - Flyers 2; RailCats 1. LOB - Flyers 8; RailCats 5. 2B - McNamee(2). HR - Pecci(1). SH - Almonte; Pecci; Detienne; Townsend. SB - Heath(5); Almonte(2); McNamee(2). CS - Haake(1). IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd NP Keppinger 7.0 7 2 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 24 25 8 6 97 Martin 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 24 Morrison L 0-1 1.0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 1 12 Paduch 5.0 4 2 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 19 21 3 7 86 Edsall 1.1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 8 2 2 36 Obenchain 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 4 10 Cogan W 1-0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 9 WP - Edsall(1). Strikeouts - House; Noviskey; Delgado; Snavely; Allensworth; Detienne; Reese 2. Walks - Heath; House; Snavely 2; Hoffman; McNamee; Pecci. Umpires - Home:Bill Lopina 1st:Mike Trotter 3rd:Erik Stahlbusch Start: 10:34 am Time: 2:44 Attendance: 5214 The Automated ScoreBook Schaumburg at Gary May 23, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard) Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Schaumburg 002 000 100 - 3 5 3 Gary 200 000 002 - 4 8 5 ---------------------------------------------- Schaumburg inning 1 Heath grounded out to 2b (0-1). House grounded out to 2b (2-1). Noviskey singled to shortstop (3-1). Maxwell reached on a fielding error by 3b (2-2); Noviskey advanced to second. Delgado lined out to 1b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB. Gary inning 1 McNamee singled to left field (0-1). Pecci homered down the lf line, 2 RBI (1-1); McNamee scored. Allensworth struck out swinging (1-2). Haake grounded out to 2b (1-2). Detienne flied out to rf (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Schaumburg inning 2 Snavely walked (3-2). Malone popped up to 1b (0-0). Hoffman grounded into double play p to ss to 1b (2-2); Snavely out on the play. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 2 Townsend grounded out to ss (0-2). Reese struck out swinging (3-2). Wallace lined out to 3b (3-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Schaumburg inning 3 Almonte singled to center field (1-1). Almonte stole second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c. Heath walked (3-1). Heath stole second. House struck out swinging (1-2). Noviskey grounded out to ss, RBI (2-1); Heath advanced to third; Almonte scored. Maxwell singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); Heath scored, unearned. Delgado struck out looking (2-2). 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Gary inning 3 Mueller flied out to cf (1-2). McNamee doubled down the rf line (2-1). Pecci popped up to 3b (1-1). Allensworth singled to left field (1-2); McNamee advanced to third, out at home lf to c. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Schaumburg inning 4 Snavely struck out swinging (2-2). Malone flied out to cf (1-0). Hoffman grounded out to 3b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 4 Haake singled to first base (0-0). Haake out at second p to 1b to ss, caught stealing. Detienne struck out swinging (1-2). Townsend flied out to rf (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Schaumburg inning 5 Almonte grounded out to 2b (2-2). Heath grounded out to ss (3-2). House singled through the left side (1-2). House advanced to second on a throwing error by p, failed pickoff attempt. Noviskey struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Gary inning 5 Reese struck out swinging (2-2). Wallace popped up to ss down the lf line (1-1). Mueller popped up to 1b (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Schaumburg inning 6 Edsall to p for Paduch. Maxwell flied out to cf (1-0). Delgado flied out to cf (3-2). Snavely walked (3-2). Snavely advanced to second on a wild pitch. Malone grounded out to p (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Gary inning 6 McNamee singled up the middle (1-2). Pecci out at first p to 2b, SAC, bunt (2-1); McNamee advanced to second. Allensworth lined into double play ss unassisted (1-2); McNamee out on the play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Schaumburg inning 7 Hoffman walked (3-1). Almonte grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (0-0); Hoffman advanced to second. Heath reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second (2-2); Hoffman advanced to third on an error by 3b, assist by p ss. House walked (3-2). Obenchain to p for Edsall. Noviskey reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); House advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by c; Heath scored, unearned; Hoffman out at home 1b to c. Maxwell reached on a fielder's choice (1-1); Noviskey out at second 3b to 2b. 1 run, 0 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB. Gary inning 7 Haake grounded out to 1b unassisted (1-0). Detienne grounded out to ss (2-2). Townsend singled to shortstop, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (0-0). Reese grounded out to 3b (1-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Schaumburg inning 8 Delgado grounded out to 3b (0-0). Snavely singled to center field (0-1). Malone reached on a fielder's choice (1-0); Snavely out at second ss to 2b. Hoffman flied out to rf (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Gary inning 8 Martin to p for Keppinger. Wallace flied out to rf (1-2). Mueller grounded out to ss (3-1). McNamee walked (3-1). McNamee stole second. Pecci walked (3-2). Morrison to p for Martin. Allensworth flied out to rf (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB. Schaumburg inning 9 Cogan to p for Obenchain. Almonte grounded out to p (0-2). Heath flied out to lf (0-0). House grounded out to 3b (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 9 Haake reached on a fielding error by 1b (0-0). Detienne reached on a throwing error by 3b, SAC, bunt (0-1); Haake advanced to second. Townsend reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (0-0); Detienne advanced to second; Haake advanced to third. Reese hit into double play ss to 1b (1-0); Townsend out on the play; Detienne advanced to third; Haake scored, unearned. Yepez pinch hit for Wallace. Yepez singled to shortstop, RBI (0-1); Det