AUTHOR: SportsReleases.com TITLE: 2007 JOLIET JACKHAMMERS GAME STORY-RAILCATS WIN 4-0 IN A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT FOR RHP GLEN DATE: 7/22/2007 02:24:00 PM ----- BODY:

Joliet vs Gary (Jul 22, 2007)

Box score (NCAA)

                             The Automated ScoreBook                                  Joliet at Gary                   Jul 22, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard)  Joliet 0 (26-33,4-7 2nd half)  Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Cory Harris cf...........  4  0  0  0   0  1  4  1   0 Tim Hutting ss...........  3  0  0  0   0  2  1  5   0 Juan Diaz dh.............  3  0  0  0   0  2  0  0   0 Chad Ehrnsberger 3b......  3  0  0  0   0  0  0  5   0 Derek Nicholson 1b.......  3  0  0  0   0  2 11  1   0 Dennis Blackmon c........  3  0  1  0   0  1  2  0   0 Jake Whitesides rf.......  3  0  0  0   0  1  3  0   1 Kevin Sullivan lf........  3  0  0  0   0  1  1  0   0 Chris Brown 2b...........  3  0  0  0   0  1  2  2   0 Brian Forystek p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  1   0  Matt Petrusek p.........  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0   0 Totals................... 28  0  1  0   0 11 24 15   1  Gary 4 (37-22,7-4 2nd half)  Player                    AB  R  H RBI BB SO PO  A LOB ------------------------------------------------------ Dave Detienne 1b.........  4  0  0  0   0  1  5  1   1 Eric McNamee 2b..........  4  0  0  0   0  0  4  1   0 Jay Pecci ss.............  4  0  1  0   0  0  0  1   0 Steve Haake rf...........  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0   0 Jose Yepez c.............  3  1  1  0   0  0 11  0   0 Tanner Townsend 3b.......  3  2  2  2   0  0  1  2   0 Jermaine Allensworth dh..  2  0  0  0   1  1  0  0   0 Mike Reese lf............  3  1  1  0   0  0  0  0   0 Dale Mueller cf..........  2  0  1  1   0  0  3  0   0 Willie Glen p............  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  0   0 Totals................... 28  4  6  3   1  2 27  5   2  Score by Innings                    R  H  E ------------------------------------------- Joliet.............. 000 000 000 -  0  1  1 Gary................ 001 010 20X -  4  6  0 -------------------------------------------  E - Hutting(17). DP - Jackhammers 2. LOB - Jackhammers 1; RailCats 2. 2B - Yepez(18); Townsend(19); Reese(5). HR - Townsend(4). SH - Mueller.  Joliet                 IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP -------------------------------------------------- Brian Forystek......  6.0  4  2  2  1  1 20 22  84 Matt Petrusek.......  2.0  2  2  2  0  1  8  8  27  Gary                   IP  H  R ER BB SO AB BF  NP -------------------------------------------------- Willie Glen.........  9.0  1  0  0  0 11 28 28 112  Win - Glen (8-1).  Loss - Forystek (1-2).  Save - None. Inherited runners/scored: None. Pitches/strikes: Forystek 84/54; Petrusek 27/17; Glen 112/76. Umpires - HP: Larry Babcock  1B: Hank Himmanen  3B: Mike Baker Start: 2:02 pm   Time: 2:05   Attendance: 4729 Game notes: Tuesday's probables: Josh Habel (GAR) at Billy Keppinger (SHM), 7:05 pm Game: GAR7220

Play-by-Play

                             The Automated ScoreBook                          Joliet at Gary - Play-by-Play                   Jul 22, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard)   Score by Innings                    R  H  E ------------------------------------------- Joliet.............. 000 000 000 -  0  1  1 Gary................ 001 010 20X -  4  6  0 -------------------------------------------  Joliet starters: 7/cf Harris; 5/ss Hutting; 36/dh Diaz; 13/3b Ehrnsberger; 33/1b Nicholson; 15/c Blackmon; 18/rf Whitesides; 32/lf Sullivan; 11/2b Brown; 35/p Forystek; Gary starters: 3/1b Detienne; 18/2b McNamee; 12/ss Pecci; 9/rf Haake; 25/c Yepez; 24/3b Townsend; 16/dh Allensworth; 2/lf Reese; 17/cf Mueller; 23/p Glen;  Joliet 1st - Harris struck out swinging (2-2). Hutting flied out to rf (0-1). Diaz struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 1st - Detienne grounded out to 2b (1-2). McNamee reached on a fielding error by ss (1-2). Pecci singled to left field (2-2); McNamee advanced to second. Haake reached on a fielder's choice (0-0); Pecci out at second 1b to ss; McNamee advanced to third. Haake out at first p to 1b, picked off. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.  Joliet 2nd - Ehrnsberger popped up to 2b (3-2). Nicholson struck out swinging (2-2). Blackmon struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 2nd - Yepez grounded out to 3b (3-2). Townsend flied out to cf (1-0). Allensworth grounded out to 3b (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 3rd - Whitesides popped up to 3b (1-2). Sullivan grounded out to 2b (1-2). Brown struck out looking (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 3rd - Reese doubled to center field (2-2). Mueller reached on a fielder's choice, SAC, bunt (1-0); Reese advanced to third. Detienne grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-2); Mueller out on the play; Reese scored. McNamee lined out to rf (2-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 4th - Harris out at first 1b to p (1-2). Hutting struck out swinging (2-2). Diaz struck out swinging (1-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 4th - Pecci flied out to cf (0-2). Haake flied out to cf (1-0). Yepez grounded out to 3b (0-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 5th - Ehrnsberger flied out to rf (3-2). Nicholson flied out to cf (1-2). Blackmon popped up to 2b (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 5th - Townsend doubled down the lf line (1-1). Allensworth walked (3-1). Reese flied into double play cf to ss to 2b (1-1); Allensworth out on the play; Townsend advanced to third. Mueller singled down the rf line, RBI (3-2); Townsend scored. Detienne struck out swinging (2-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  Joliet 6th - Whitesides struck out swinging (2-2). Sullivan grounded out to ss (0-1). Brown flied out to cf (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 6th - McNamee flied out to rf (1-1). Pecci grounded out to ss (0-1). Haake flied out to rf (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 7th - Harris grounded out to 3b (0-0). Hutting struck out swinging (2-2). Diaz popped up to 1b (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Gary 7th - Petrusek to p for Forystek. Yepez doubled to left field (2-0). Townsend homered to left field, 2 RBI (1-1); Yepez scored. Allensworth struck out swinging (2-2). Reese flied out to lf (3-1). Mueller grounded out to ss (0-0). 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 8th - Ehrnsberger popped up to 2b (1-0). Nicholson struck out swinging (2-2). Blackmon singled through the left side (0-0). Whitesides grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.  Gary 8th - Detienne grounded out to ss (1-2). McNamee grounded out to 3b (1-2). Pecci grounded out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.  Joliet 9th - Sullivan struck out swinging (1-2). Brown flied out to cf (2-1). Harris lined out to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

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RAILCATS WIN 4-0 IN A COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT FOR RHP GLEN

 

GARY, IN-Gary SouthShore RailCats (7-4) right-hander Willie Glen (8-1) took a perfect game into the seventh inning and allowed one hit in a complete-game 4-0 shutout against the Joliet JackHammers (4-7) before 4,729 fans at U.S. Steel Yard on Sunday afternoon.

 

The RailCats scored one run in the third inning against Joliet starting pitcher Brian Forystek (1-2). Mike Reese (1-3) hit a leadoff double and went to third base when Dale Mueller (1-2) laid down a sacrifice bunt up the third base line. Forystek came off the mound and fielded the baseball trying to get the Reese out at third base. The RailCats left fielder beat out the throw to third base and Mueller reached first base on the fielder’s choice.

 

David Detienne (0-4) grounded into a double play. Reese scored to give the RailCats a 1-0 lead.

 

Tanner Townsend (2-3) led off the fifth inning and hit a double against Forystek. He stayed at second base after Jermaine Allensworth (0-2) walked. Reese flied out to center field to move Allensworth to third base. He scored on an RBI single by Mueller to make it 2-0 in favor of the RailCats.

 

Forystek pitched six innings and allowed two runs on four hits while waking one and striking out one.

 

In the seventh inning, Gary got a leadoff double from Jose Yepez (1-3) against JackHammers reliever Matt Petrusek. Townsend hit a two-run home run over the left field wall to give the RailCats a 4-0 advantage.

 

Loose Gravel: Dennis Blackmon (1-3) got the only hit of the game for the JackHammers. He hit a single into left field with two outs in the eighth inning.

 

After a day off on Monday, the JackHammers return home Tuesday, July 24 against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at 6:05 p.m. Matt Smith (3-4, 4.67) gets the start for the JackHammers against Todd George (0-1, 6.17) for the RedHawks. Radio play-by-play coverage begins at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday night on AM 1340 WJOL and online at www.jackhammerbaseball.com.

 

Join the JackHammers for their next home stand Tuesday, July 24th against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at 6:05 p.m. It’s a Family Night at the ballpark with an early 6:05 p.m. start. All children in attendance will get an opportunity to run the bases after the game. The first 1,000 fans 17 and under in the ballpark will receive a notebook. The  giveaway sponsored by SkateWest in Joliet.

 

For tickets or more information, give the JackHammers a call (815) 726-BALL, go online to www.jackhammerbaseball.com or stop by the Box Office during normal business hours.

 

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