Game 1: RailCats 2, Schaumburg 1 (13 innings)

Game 2: RailCats 2, Schaumburg 0

August 21, 2007

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Schaumburg, Ill.—Jose Yepez lined a two-out single to right to drive in Steve Haake from second base to break a 1-1 tie with two outs in the top of the 13^th inning as the Gary SouthShore RailCats defeated the Schaumburg Flyers 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader on Tuesday. The game lasted three hours, 53 minutes before a crowd of 3,409 at Alexian Field.

In the nightcap, Josh Habel tossed shutout baseball over six and one-third innings and Tony Cogan recorded the final two outs to record his 19^th save as the RailCats completed a sweep of the twinbill with a 2-0 win.

In game one, Gary reliever Matt Brinkman tossed two scoreless innings to pick up his first professional victory. Schaumburg's Brandon Culp (0-4) worked three innings of relief but allowed the run in the 13^th to take the loss.

Schaumburg scored in the top of the first inning when Anthony Monegan led off with his fourth home run of the season to put the Flyers ahead 1-0. The RailCats answered with a run in the second when Haake walked, went to third on a double by Yepez, and scored on an infield hit by Jermaine Allensworth to tie the game at 1-1. The two teams combined to play scoreless baseball over the next 10 innings.

Haake lined a hit to right with two outs in the 13^th and the ball skipped by right fielder Robert Matlock for an error as Haake went to second. Yepez then broke the tie with his hit to right.

In the bottom of the 13^th, Schaumburg's Mike Rohde led off with a single to right. But Brinkman got the next two hitters on fly balls before issuing a two-out walk to Christian Snavely to put the tying run in scoring position. Brinkman struck out Billy Malone to end the game.

RailCats starting pitcher Willie Glen struck out eight batters over six innings and broke the franchise record for strikeouts in a single season. With 151 strikeouts, Glen is only two away from the "modern" Northern League record of 153 set by Bobby Madritsch of Winnipeg in 2002.

The second game of the doubleheader began at 10:31 p.m. and ended at 12:26 a.m. as the RailCats completed a sweep. Gary took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Jermaine Allensworth singled, went to second on a walk, to third on Nate Price's ground out, and scored on Brett Wallace's ground out to third.

In the sixth, Jay Pecci led off with a triple and scored on Steve Haake's ground out to second to make it 2-0.

Meanwhile, Habel allowed five hits, two walks, and no runs while striking out six to pick up his 10^th win of the season against six losses. Cogan entered the game with two on and one out in the seventh (final) inning and preserved the lead, getting a leaping grab at third by Tanner Townsend on a line drive by Anthony Monegan to end the game.

Notes: Allensworth had four hits in the first game for Gary while Schaumburg's Jimmy Hurst had hits in both game for Schaumburg to extend his hitting streak to 19 straight games.

The RailCats battle the Flyers again Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. in Schaumburg. Jason Shelley (5-4, 5.38) will start for Gary against Schaumburg's Nat Harris (9-5, 5.07). The RailCats open a five game series at home against Joliet starting Thursday in their final homestand of the regular season.

Game 1

Gary Railcats 2 (49-36)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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McNamee, E 2b............ 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3

Pecci, J ss.............. 5 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0

Townsend, T 3b........... 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1

Haake, S rf.............. 5 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 2

Yepez, J c............... 6 0 2 1 0 2 13 3 0

Allensworth, J cf........ 6 0 4 1 0 0 3 0 1

Detienne, D 1b........... 5 0 1 0 0 1 15 0 1

Blakeley, E lf........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Price, N lf............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Reese, M dh.............. 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mueller, D dh........... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Glen, W p................ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Byard, D p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Cogan, T p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Crowell, J p............ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Edsall, S p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Brinkmann, M p.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 48 2 12 2 2 5 39 14 10

Schaumburg Flyers 1 (36-48)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Monegan, A cf............ 6 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 1

Rohde, M 2b.............. 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 6 1

Hurst, J dh.............. 6 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0

O'Sullivan, P 1b......... 5 0 2 0 1 1 16 1 0

Snavely, C lf............ 5 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 2

Malone, B 3b............. 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 2

Morrison, B rf........... 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3

Leon, K ph.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Matlock, R rf........... 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0

Fonseca, A ss............ 4 0 1 0 1 1 1 4 0

Derhak, A c.............. 4 0 1 0 1 1 5 1 2

Grybash, D p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0

Toohey, J p............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Morrison, J p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Culp, B p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Totals................... 47 1 8 1 4 15 39 18 11

Score by Innings R H E

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Gary Railcats....... 010 000 000 000 1 - 2 12 1

Schaumburg Flyers... 100 000 000 000 0 - 1 8 1

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E - Yepez, J(6); Matlock, R(1). DP - Flyers 2. LOB - Railcats 10; Flyers 11.

2B - Yepez, J(20); Allensworth,(9). 3B - Detienne, D(6). HR - Monegan, A(4).

HBP - Reese, M. SB - McNamee, E(6); Pecci, J(10); Allensworth,(10); Fonseca,

A(3). CS - Townsend, T(3).

Gary Railcats IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Glen, W............. 6.0 5 1 1 2 8 23 25

Byard, D............ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3

Cogan, T............ 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 4 4

Crowell, J.......... 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 7 7

Edsall, S........... 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3

Brinkmann, M........ 2.0 1 0 0 2 4 7 9

Schaumburg Flyers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Grybash, D.......... 7.0 7 1 1 2 3 25 28

Toohey, J........... 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 7 7

Morrison, J......... 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4

Culp, B............. 3.0 3 1 0 0 1 12 12

Win - Brinkmann, M (1-0). Loss - Culp, B (0-4). Save - None.

HBP - by Grybash, D (Reese, M). BK - Glen, W. PB - Yepez, J.

Umpires - HP: Hank Himmanen 1B: Mike Baker 3B: David Condon

Start: 6:00 Time: 3:53 Attendance:

Game notes:

Wednesday Probables: Gary LHP Josh Habel (9-6, 3.48)

Schaumburg RHP Nat Harris (9-5, 5.07)

Game: SHM8211

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The Automated ScoreBook

Gary Railcats at Schaumburg Flyers (Game 1) - Play-by-Play

Aug 21, 2007 at Schaumburg (ALEXIAN FIELD)

Score by Innings R H E

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Gary Railcats....... 010 000 000 000 1 - 2 12 1

Schaumburg Flyers... 100 000 000 000 0 - 1 8 1

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Gary Railcats starters: 18/2b McNamee, E; 12/ss Pecci, J; 24/3b Townsend, T; 9/rf

Haake, S; 25/c Yepez, J; 16/cf Allensworth,; 3/1b Detienne, D; 35/lf Blakeley, E;

2/dh Reese, M; 23/p Glen, W;

Schaumburg Flyers starters: 3/cf Monegan, A; 8/2b Rohde, M; 21/dh Hurst, J; 40/1b

O'Sullivan,; 29/lf Snavely, C; 28/3b Malone, B; 44/rf Morrison, B; 5/ss Fonseca, A;

4/c Derhak, A; 16/p Grybash, D;

Gary Railcats 1st - McNamee, E out at first 1b to p. Pecci, J struck out.

Townsend, T flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 1st - Monegan, A homered to left field, RBI. Rohde, M

struck out. Hurst, J fouled out to 1b. O'Sullivan, singled up the middle.

O'Sullivan, advanced to second on a balk. Snavely, C flied out to cf. 1 run, 2

hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 2nd - Haake, S walked. Yepez, J doubled to left field; Haake, S

advanced to third. Allensworth, singled to third base, RBI; Haake, S scored.

Detienne, D reached on a fielder's choice; Allensworth, advanced to second; Yepez, J

out at third cf to 3b. Blakeley, E singled to left field; Detienne, D advanced to

second; Allensworth, advanced to third. Reese, M flied out to rf. McNamee, E lined

out to rf. 1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 3 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 2nd - Malone, B grounded out to 3b. Morrison, B struck out,

out at first c to 1b. Fonseca, A walked. Derhak, A flied out to lf. 0 runs, 0

hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 3rd - Pecci, J fouled out to 1b. Townsend, T singled to right

field. Haake, S struck out. Townsend, T out at second c to 2b, caught stealing. 0

runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 3rd - Monegan, A grounded out to p. Rohde, M grounded out

to 2b. Hurst, J struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 4th - Yepez, J struck out. Allensworth, grounded out to ss.

Detienne, D tripled to right center. Blakeley, E lined out to p. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0

errors, 1 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 4th - O'Sullivan, singled to left field. O'Sullivan,

advanced to second on a passed ball. Snavely, C grounded out to 2b; O'Sullivan,

advanced to third. Malone, B struck out looking. Morrison, B struck out looking.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 5th - Reese, M grounded out to 2b. McNamee, E singled to center

field. McNamee, E stole second. Pecci, J walked. Townsend, T flied out to lf. Haake,

S flied out to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 5th - Fonseca, A lined out to ss. Derhak, A singled to

right field. Monegan, A struck out. Rohde, M fouled out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0

errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 6th - Yepez, J grounded out to 2b. Allensworth, singled through

the right side. Detienne, D lined into double play p to 1b; Allensworth, out on the

play. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 6th - Hurst, J singled to left field. O'Sullivan, walked;

Hurst, J advanced to second. Snavely, C reached on a fielder's choice; O'Sullivan,

advanced to second; Hurst, J out at third c to 3b. Malone, B struck out looking.

Morrison, B struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Gary Railcats 7th - Blakeley, E grounded out to 2b. Reese, M hit by pitch.

McNamee, E grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b; Reese, M out on the play. 0

runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 7th - Price, N to lf for Blakeley, E. Byard, D to p for

Glen, W. Fonseca, A grounded out to 3b. Derhak, A struck out. Monegan, A grounded

out to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 8th - Toohey, J to p for Grybash, D. Pecci, J lined out to 2b.

Townsend, T grounded out to ss. Haake, S grounded out to p. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0

errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 8th - Cogan, T to p for Byard, D. Rohde, M grounded out to

2b. Hurst, J singled to left field. O'Sullivan, struck out. Snavely, C flied out to

cf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 9th - Yepez, J flied out to lf. Allensworth, singled to left

center. Detienne, D struck out; Allensworth, stole second. Price, N popped up to 3b.

0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 9th - Crowell, J to p for Cogan, T. Malone, B struck out,

out at first c to 1b. Leon, K pinch hit for Morrison, B. Leon, K flied out to cf.

Fonseca, A singled through the left side. Fonseca, A stole second, advanced to third

on a throwing error by c. Derhak, A grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1

LOB.

Gary Railcats 10th - Matlock, R to rf for Leon, K. Morrison, J to p for

Toohey, J. Mueller, D to dh for Reese, M. Mueller, D lined out to 1b. McNamee, E

grounded out to 2b. Pecci, J singled to left field. Pecci, J stole second. Townsend,

T grounded out to 3b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 10th - Monegan, A grounded out to 2b. Rohde, M grounded out

to 2b. Hurst, J popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 11th - Culp, B to p for Morrison, J. Haake, S grounded out to

ss. Yepez, J struck out. Allensworth, doubled to left center. Detienne, D flied out

to rf. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 11th - Edsall, S to p for Crowell, J. O'Sullivan, fouled

out to 1b. Snavely, C flied out to rf. Malone, B grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0

hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 12th - Price, N flied out to cf. Mueller, D grounded out to p.

McNamee, E flied out to cf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 12th - Brinkmann, M to p for Edsall, S. Matlock, R struck

out looking. Fonseca, A struck out looking. Derhak, A walked. Monegan, A struck out

looking. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 13th - Pecci, J grounded out to 2b. Townsend, T grounded out to

3b. Haake, S singled to right field, advanced to second on an error by rf. Yepez, J

singled to right field, advanced to second on the throw, RBI; Haake, S scored,

unearned. Allensworth, flied out to lf. 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 13th - Rohde, M singled through the right side. Hurst, J

flied out to rf. O'Sullivan, flied out to rf. Snavely, C walked; Rohde, M advanced

to second. Malone, B struck out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Game 2

Gary Railcats at Schaumburg Flyers (Game 2)

Aug 21, 2007 at Schaumburg (ALEXIAN FIELD)

Gary Railcats 2 (48-36)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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McNamee, E 2b............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1

Pecci, J ss.............. 3 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 0

Townsend, T 3b........... 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

Haake, S rf.............. 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0

Blakeley, E 1b........... 3 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2

Allensworth, J cf........ 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Detienne, D dh........... 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0

Price, N lf.............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

Wallace, B c............. 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0

Habel, J p............... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Cogan, T p.............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 25 2 4 2 1 4 21 5 3

Schaumburg Flyers 0 (36-49)

Player AB R H RBI BB SO PO A LOB

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Monegan, A cf............ 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2

Rohde, M 2b.............. 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0

Hurst, J dh.............. 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2

O'Sullivan, P 1b......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1

Snavely, C lf............ 3 0 1 0 0 1 4 0 1

Malone, B 3b............. 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0

Leon, K rf............... 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1

Matlock, R pr........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Fonseca, A ss............ 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

Landry, M c.............. 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0

Keppinger, B p........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Totals................... 26 0 5 0 2 6 21 5 7

Score by Innings R H E

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Gary Railcats....... 010 001 0 - 2 4 1

Schaumburg Flyers... 000 000 0 - 0 5 0

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E - Haake, S(3). LOB - Railcats 3; Flyers 7. 2B - Snavely, C(19). 3B -

Pecci, J(6). CS - Monegan, A(7).

Gary Railcats IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Habel, J............ 6.1 5 0 0 2 6 24 26

Cogan, T............ 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2

Schaumburg Flyers IP H R ER BB SO AB BF

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Keppinger, B........ 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 25 26

Win - Habel, J (10-6). Loss - Keppinger, B (5-7). Save - Cogan, T (19).

WP - Habel, J(5).

Umpires - HP: Mike Baker 1B: David Condon 3B: Hank Himmanen

Start: 10:30 Time: 1:55 Attendance: 3409

Game: SHM8212

Play-by-Play

The Automated ScoreBook

Gary Railcats at Schaumburg Flyers (Game 2) - Play-by-Play

Aug 21, 2007 at Schaumburg (ALEXIAN FIELD)

Score by Innings R H E

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Gary Railcats....... 010 001 0 - 2 4 1

Schaumburg Flyers... 000 000 0 - 0 5 0

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Gary Railcats starters: 18/2b McNamee, E; 12/ss Pecci, J; 24/3b Townsend, T; 9/rf

Haake, S; 35/1b Blakeley, E; 16/cf Allensworth,; 3/dh Detienne, D; 22/lf Price, N;

6/c Wallace, B; 32/p Habel, J;

Schaumburg Flyers starters: 3/cf Monegan, A; 8/2b Rohde, M; 21/dh Hurst, J; 40/1b

O'Sullivan,; 29/lf Snavely, C; 28/3b Malone, B; 13/rf Leon, K; 5/ss Fonseca, A; 30/c

Landry, M; 26/p Keppinger, B;

Gary Railcats 1st - McNamee, E flied out to rf. Pecci, J singled to third

base, bunt. Townsend, T singled to center field; Pecci, J advanced to second. Haake,

S fouled out to 1b; Townsend, T advanced to second; Pecci, J advanced to third.

Blakeley, E struck out. 0 runs, 2 hits, !

0 errors

, 2 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 1st - Monegan, A popped up to ss. Rohde, M struck out

looking. Hurst, J singled up the middle. O'Sullivan, reached on a fielder's choice;

Hurst, J out at second 2b to ss. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 2nd - Allensworth, singled to right field. Detienne, D walked;

Allensworth, advanced to second. Price, N grounded out to 1b unassisted; Detienne, D

advanced to second; Allensworth, advanced to third. Wallace, B grounded out to 3b,

RBI; Allensworth, scored. McNamee, E popped up to ss. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1

LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 2nd - Snavely, C popped up to ss. Malone, B flied out to

rf. Leon, K grounded out to ss. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 3rd - Pecci, J flied out to lf. Townsend, T flied out to lf.

Haake, S flied out to rf. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 3rd - Fonseca, A flied out to rf. Landry, M singled to

center field. Monegan, A singled to left field; Landry, M advanced to second. Rohde,

M struck out. Monegan, A advanced to second on a wild pitch; Landry, M advanced to

third on a wild pitch. Hurst, J struck out. 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.

Gary Railcats 4th - Blakeley, E flied out to cf. Allensworth, flied out to

cf. Detienne, D popped up to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumb

urg Flyers 4th - O'Sullivan, grounded out to 3b. Snavely, C doubled to

right field. Malone, B flied out to rf; Snavely, C advanced to third. Leon, K struck

out. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 5th - Price, N grounded out to 2b. Wallace, B flied out to lf.

McNamee, E grounded out to 2b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 5th - Fonseca, A fouled out to c. Landry, M grounded out to

1b unassisted. Monegan, A walked. Monegan, A out at second p to 1b to ss, caught

stealing. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Gary Railcats 6th - Pecci, J tripled down the lf line. Townsend, T grounded

out to ss. Haake, S grounded out to 2b, RBI; Pecci, J scored. Blakeley, E struck

out. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 6th - Rohde, M popped up to ss. Hurst, J singled to right

field. O'Sullivan, popped up to 2b. Snavely, C struck out looking. 0 runs, 1 hit,

0 errors, 1 LOB.

Gary Railcats 7th - Allensworth, flied out to lf. Detienne, D struck out.

Price, N struck out. 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.

Schaumburg Flyers 7th - Malone, B struck out. Leon, K walked. Matlock, R

pinch ran for Leon, K. Fonseca, A reached on an error by rf; Matlock, R advanced to

second. Cogan, T to p for Habel, J. Landry, M fouled out to c. Monegan, A lined out

to 3b. 0 runs, 0 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.