Schaumburg 8, RailCats 5

 

July 18, 2007

 

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Gary, Ind.—Pat O'Sullivan hit a two-run home run and Billy Malone collected four hits to lead the Schaumburg Flyers to an 8-5 victory over the Gary SouthShore RailCats before a Wednesday afternoon crowd of 2,972 at U. S. Steel Yard.  The loss dropped the RailCats to 4-3 in the second half while Schaumburg improved to 4-3. 

 

RailCats starting pitcher Willie Glen saw his personal nine-game winning streak come to an end.  Glen suffered a loss for the first time since August 23, 2006.

 

The RailCats took the lead in the first inning when Jay Pecci doubled with one out and scored on Steve Haake's single.  Schaumburg quickly tied the game in the top of the second on a solo home run by Dario Delgado, his sixth of the season and second of the series.  Gary's Jermaine Allensworth answered with a solo homer of his own in the bottom of the second to give the RailCats a 2-1 lead.

 

Schaumburg battled back to tie the game in the fourth when O'Sullivan led off the inning with a double to right and scored on Malone's two-out single to make it 2-2.  The RailCats jumped back ahead in the fifth when Pecci walked with one out and scored on Haake's double to make it 3-2.

 

Schaumburg took the lead for good in the sixth.  Christian Snavely singled with one out and O'Sullivan followed with a long home run to left, his eighth of the year, to give the Flyers a 4-3 lead and chase Glen from the game.

 

RailCats reliever Brad Mumma suffered through a rough seventh inning, allowing four hits and three runs as Schaumburg took a commanding 7-3 lead.  The key hit was Snavely's two-out, two-run single to right to cap off the inning.  Schaumburg added another run in the eighth off RailCats reliever Chad Blackwell to go ahead 8-3.

 

The RailCats made things interesting in the eighth inning.  Rookie catcher Brett Wallace delivered a run-scoring single to make it 8-4, and when Eric Blakeley walked to load the bases with two outs, the RailCats had the tying run at the plate.  But Schaumburg brought on former major leaguer Brandon Villafuerte, who induced an inning-ending ground out from Eric McNamee to preserve the four run lead.

 

In the ninth, the RailCats again loaded the bases with one out to put the tying run at the plate, but Villafuerte got Jermaine Allensworth on a sacrifice fly and got pinch hitter Jose Yepez to ground to short to end the game.

 

Glen (7-1) worked five and one-third innings, allowing seven hits and four earned runs with two walks and five strikeouts to take the loss.  Schaumburg starter Billy Keppinger (5-4) allowed three runs on seven hits over six innings for the win and Villafuerte picked up his first save.

 

RailCats reliever Matt Brinkmann made his professional debut in relief of Glen in the sixth and struck out the first man he faced.  He retired both batters of his brief outing.

 

RailCats third baseman Tanner Townsend went 0 for 5 as his 13 game hitting streak, the longest of the year for a Gary player, came to an end.

 

The RailCats host Schaumburg on Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at U. S. Steel Yard in the final game of the series.  Josh Habel (9-3, 3.70) will start for Gary against Schaumburg's Nat Harris (4-4, 6.23).  Joliet comes to town to start a three game series Friday.

 

Notes:  The RailCats had 11 hits, eight walks, and 20 total base runners, but stranded 12 and hit into two double plays…The loss, couple with Tuesday night's 5-2 loss to Schaumburg, marked just the second time all season that the RailCats have lost by at least three runs on consecutive dates.

 

Schaumburg 8 (24-31,4-3 2nd half)    Gary 5 (34-21,4-3 2nd half)

 

                  AB  R  H RBI                         AB  R  H RBI

 

Heath 2b           4  1  1  0        Blakeley 1b        3  0  0  0

Rohde rf           5  0  0  0        McNamee 2b         4  0  0  0

Snavely lf         5  1  2  2        Pecci ss           3  2  1  0

O'Sullivan 1b      4  2  2  2        Haake rf           4  1  2  2

Delgado 3b         4  1  1  1        Reese dh           5  1  2  0

Hurst dh           2  0  0  0        Townsend 3b        5  0  0  0

Matlock pr         0  1  0  0        Allensworth lf     3  1  2  2

Malone cf          4  1  4  1        Wallace c          4  0  2  1

Almonte ss         3  0  0  0        Yepez ph           1  0  0  0

Derhak c           4  1  2  1        Mueller cf         3  0  2  0

Keppinger p        0  0  0  0        Glen p             0  0  0  0

Toohey p           0  0  0  0        Brinkmann p        0  0  0  0

Villafuerte p      0  0  0  0        Mumma p            0  0  0  0

                                     Blackwell p        0  0  0  0

                                     Cogan p            0  0  0  0

 

Totals......      35  8 12  7        Totals......      35  5 11  5

 

Score by innings:                      R  H  E

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Schaumburg            010 102 310   -  8 12  2

Gary                  110 010 011   -  5 11  0

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E - Heath(8); Delgado(14). DP - Flyers 2; RailCats 2. LOB - Flyers 4;

RailCats 12. 2B - O'Sullivan(7); Pecci(7); Haake(15). HR - O'Sullivan(8);

Delgado(6); Allensworth(1). SH - Almonte. SF - Allensworth. SB -

Matlock(1); Almonte(20). CS - Heath(8); Malone(3); Allensworth(4).

 

                       IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF Fly Gnd  NP

 

Keppinger W 5-4       6.0  7  3  3  3  4   0  0  0  0   23 26   5  6  100

Toohey                1.2  3  1  1  4  0   1  0  0  0    7 11   1  3   46

Villafuerte S,1       1.1  1  1  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    5  7   2  2   25

 

Glen L 7-1            5.1  7  4  4  2  5   0  0  0  0   20 22   4  4  102

Brinkmann             0.2  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    2  2   1  0    6

Mumma                 1.0  4  3  3  0  0   0  0  0  0    6  7   0  3   20

Blackwell             1.0  1  1  1  1  0   0  0  0  0    4  5   0  3   20

Cogan                 1.0  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    3  3   0  1   10

 

WP - Toohey(3).

 

Strikeouts - Heath; Rohde 2; Snavely 3; Delgado; Derhak; McNamee; Townsend

2; Wallace. Walks - Heath; Hurst 2; Blakeley 2; McNamee; Pecci 2; Haake;

Allensworth; Mueller.

 

Umpires - Home:Mark Hackelberg  1st:Mike Baker  3rd:Hank Himmanen 

Start: 11:05 am   Time: 3:08   Attendance: 2972

 

Game Notes:

Thursday's probables: Nat Harris (SHM) at Josh Habel (GAR), 7pm

 

Schaumburg inning 1

 

  Heath flied out to cf (1-0).  Rohde struck out looking (3-2).  Snavely

  struck out swinging (1-2).  0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 1

 

  Blakeley flied out to cf (2-2).  McNamee struck out swinging (3-2).  Pecci

  doubled down the lf line (1-0).  Haake singled to center field, RBI (0-1);

  Pecci scored.  Reese grounded out to ss (0-1).  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1

  LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 2

 

  O'Sullivan flied out to rf (0-0).  Delgado homered to left field, RBI (2-2).

  Hurst walked (3-2).  Malone singled to left field (1-2); Hurst advanced to

  second.  Almonte flied out to cf (3-2); Malone advanced to second; Hurst

  advanced to third.  Derhak struck out looking (1-2).  1 run, 2 hits, 0

  errors, 2 LOB.

 

Gary inning 2

 

  Townsend grounded out to 3b (2-2).  Allensworth homered to left field, RBI

  (3-1).  Wallace flied out to lf (2-2).  Mueller walked (3-1).  Blakeley

  walked (3-0); Mueller advanced to second.  McNamee flied out to cf (3-2).  1

  run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 3

 

  Heath walked (3-2).  Rohde struck out swinging (2-2); Heath out at second c

  to ss, caught stealing.  Snavely struck out swinging (2-2).  0 runs, 0 hits,

  0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 3

 

  Pecci reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-2).  Haake grounded into double

  play 2b to ss to 1b (0-0); Pecci out on the play.  Reese grounded out to ss

  (3-2).  0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 0 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 4

 

  O'Sullivan doubled to right center (3-2).  Delgado grounded out to 3b (0-0).

  Hurst grounded out to ss (1-1).  Malone singled through the right side, RBI

  (2-1); O'Sullivan scored.  Malone out at second c to ss, caught stealing.  1

  run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 4

 

  Townsend struck out swinging (2-2).  Allensworth popped up to 2b (2-1).

  Wallace singled through the right side (0-2).  Mueller singled to third

  base, bunt (1-1); Wallace advanced to second.  Blakeley reached on a

  fielder's choice (0-1); Mueller out at second ss to 2b.  0 runs, 2 hits, 0

  errors, 2 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 5

 

  Almonte grounded out to 2b (2-1).  Derhak singled to center field (0-0).

  Heath grounded into double play 2b to 1b (2-1); Derhak out on the play.  0

  runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 5

 

  McNamee grounded out to 3b (1-2).  Pecci walked (3-0).  Haake doubled to

  left center, out at third cf to ss to 3b, RBI (0-2); Pecci scored.  Reese

  flied out to rf (1-1).  1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 6

 

  Rohde flied out to lf (3-2).  Snavely singled to left center (2-2).

  O'Sullivan homered to left field, 2 RBI (2-1); Snavely scored.  Brinkmann to

  p for Glen.  Delgado struck out swinging (2-2).  Hurst flied out to cf

  (0-0).  2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 6

 

  Townsend struck out swinging (1-2).  Allensworth singled to third base, bunt

  (0-0).  Allensworth out at second p to 1b to ss, caught stealing.  Wallace

  struck out swinging (1-2).  0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 7

 

  Mumma to p for Brinkmann.  Malone singled to right center (0-0).  Almonte

  grounded out to p, SAC, bunt (1-0); Malone advanced to second.  Derhak

  singled to left field, RBI (0-1); Malone scored.  Heath singled through the

  left side (0-1); Derhak advanced to second.  Rohde grounded out to 2b (2-1);

  Heath advanced to second; Derhak advanced to third.  Snavely singled up the

  middle, 2 RBI (3-2); Heath scored; Derhak scored.  O'Sullivan reached on a

  fielder's choice (1-0); Snavely out at second 3b to 2b.  3 runs, 4 hits, 0

  errors, 1 LOB.

 

Gary inning 7

 

  Toohey to p for Keppinger.  Mueller singled up the middle (1-1).  Blakeley

  grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (2-1); Mueller out on the play.

  McNamee walked (3-1).  McNamee advanced to second on a wild pitch.  Pecci

  walked (3-2).  Haake grounded out to 1b unassisted (2-2).  0 runs, 1 hit, 0

  errors, 2 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 8

 

  Blackwell to p for Mumma.  Delgado grounded out to ss (0-2).  Hurst walked

  (3-2).  Matlock pinch ran for Hurst.  Malone singled through the left side

  (1-2); Matlock advanced to second.  Almonte reached on a fielder's choice

  (1-0); Malone out at second ss to 2b; Matlock advanced to third.  Almonte

  stole second; Matlock stole home.  Derhak grounded out to ss (1-0).  1 run,

  1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

 

Gary inning 8

 

  Reese singled through the left side (1-0).  Townsend popped up to c (2-1).

  Allensworth walked (3-1); Reese advanced to second.  Wallace singled to left

  field, RBI (0-1); Allensworth advanced to second; Reese scored.  Mueller

  grounded out to 2b (0-2); Wallace advanced to second; Allensworth advanced

  to third.  Blakeley walked (3-0).  Villafuerte to p for Toohey.  McNamee

  grounded out to 2b (1-0).  1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

 

Schaumburg inning 9

 

  Cogan to p for Blackwell.  Heath struck out looking (1-2).  Rohde grounded

  out to 2b (0-1).  Snavely struck out swinging (1-2).  0 runs, 0 hits, 0

  errors, 0 LOB.

 

Gary inning 9

 

  Pecci flied out to cf (1-2).  Haake walked (3-0).  Reese singled to center

  field (3-2); Haake advanced to second.  Townsend reached on a fielding error

  by 2b (1-0); Reese advanced to second; Haake advanced to third.  Allensworth

  flied out to cf, SF, RBI (0-0); Haake scored, unearned.  Yepez pinch hit for

  Wallace.  Yepez grounded out to ss (1-2).  1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 2 LOB.