Snappers' Avoid Sweep With 9th Inning Push In Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Snappers pulled away narrowly with a win and avoided extra innings Monday night with a 9th inning rally to win 4-3 over the Kernels. An 8th inning tie would test Beloit's pitching staff, but they would hold strong to keep the tie and let their
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - The Snappers pulled away narrowly with a win and avoided extra innings Monday night with a 9th inning rally to win 4-3 over the Kernels. An 8th inning tie would test Beloit's pitching staff, but they would hold strong to keep the tie and let their offense do what they do best.
Beloit nabbed the lead first in the third inning at Perfect Game Field. A walk by
The Snappers had another piggyback outing for their starting staff, something that has worked incredibly well for them as of late. Starter Richard Guacsh would provide a clean 4 innings of work not surrendering a run while striking out 6 batters. Following Guasch,
Beloit would retaliliate in the 9th inning by putting runners on first and third with one out. Max Schuemann would reach on a fielder's choice by legging out a ground ball to the third basemen. Breaking up that double play allowed Nick Ward to score and give Beloit the final run they needed. Relief pitcher
The Snappers look forward to a league-wide off day tomorrow as they prepare to begin a 3 game set in Quad Cities versus the River Bandits on Wednesday.
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