Four Hits by Martin, Four RBI from Persico Lead Snappers to 7-6 Win

Beloit 7 Lake County 6 - Monday
WP: Sawyer (3-2)
LP: Miniard (1-2)
S: Alejo (1)
Time: 2:16
Attn: 1,290
The Snappers trip east got off on the right foot as Beloit knocked off Lake County 7-6 on Monday. Mike Martin came up just short of his second career five-hit game. Martin grounded out in the ninth inning after starting 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles. Luke Persico delivered RBIs in three of his four plate appearances and finished with a career-high four RBI.

Both teams traded a pair of runs in the first inning, and Lake County took a brief 3-2 lead in the second before Beloit scored five more runs. Miguel Mercedes tied the game at 3-3 with his sixth homer of the season with two out in the third. Four of his six home runs have now been solo shots. Persico broke the tie on a sac fly in the fifth, his second RBI of the evening. He drove in two more in the seventh with a single to left field that brought Edwin Diaz and Martin.
Dalton Sawyer logged five innings to pick up his team-leading third win of the season. The Captains did manage to score three runs off Sawyer in the first two innings, but he retired the final nine hitters he faced. Nick Highberger tossed two hitless innings before the Captains pulled within one run after plating three off Highberger in the eighth inning. Yordys Alejo worked a perfect ninth to earn the save.
Box Score:https://www.milb.com/gameday/snappers-vs-captains/2017/05/08/499885?#game_state=final,game_tab=box,game=499885
Team Records: Beloit (14-15), Lake County (12-18)
Next Game: Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. vs. Lake County Captains at Classic Park
Probable Pitchers: Beloit RHP Brandon Bailey (1-1, 3.43 ERA) vs. RHP Aaron Civale (1-2, 3.41 ERA)
The Snappers return home on May 15 to begin a series of five games in three days vs. Kane County. The Snappers and Cougars will play doubleheaders on May 15 and 17 to make up two games rained out in Geneva, IL on April 29 and 30. Tickets for these events at Pohlman Field and all individual game tickets can be found here.