Quevedo walks-off Bees, again

CLINTON, IA (July 6, 2017) - Yojhan Quevedo drove home the winning run for the Clinton LumberKings third walk-off win of the home stand as they dropped the Burlington Bees 6-5 in 12 innings at Ashford University Field on Thursday night. A misplay by Bees (5-10, 36-49) third basemen Richie Fecteau allowed Luis Rengifo to score the game's winning run.
The scoring stared in the top of the first inning for the second straight night. Keith Grieshaber started the Bees rally with a single to right and then stole second to move into scoring position. Robert Dugger, starting for Clinton (5-10, 36-56), then surrendered an RBI single to Jordan Zimmerman that scored Grieshaber for the game's first run.
The LumberKings then took control of the game in the bottom of the second inning with a four-run rally. Clinton sent eight men to the plate in the inning against Bees starter Andrew Vinson. Nick Thurman and Nick Zammaraelli opened the inning with led off singles and scorde on a Jhombeyker Morales RBI ground out and Dimas Ojeda RBI single, respectively. The inning was capped with a Luis Rengifo RBI double, giving the LumberKings a 4-1 lead.
In the bottom of the fifth inning Clinton added another run on a Quevedo double play ball that scored Rengifo from third.
Leading 5-1, the LumberKings carried their four-run lead into the seventh inning when Fabian Roman entered the game and did not record an out. The LumberKings reliever allowed three runs, two earned, on one hit while walking two.
Jeffeson Medina replaced Roman and recorded all three of the outs in the seventh inning to preserve the one run lead but then gave up the game's tying run in the top of the ninth.
The ninth began with a Derek Jenkins triple, one of his four hits in the game, but led to the first out of the inning. After Ojeda misplayed the ball in right, Jenkins tried to score on the play and was thrown out at the plate. The Bess still managed to push a run across on a combination of Jami Jones single, Grieshaber hit by pitch, and Joe Rizzo fielding error on a Zimmerman ground ball.
The game remained tied until the bottom of the 12^th due to strong pitching from LumberKings reliever Michael Koval and Bees reliever Blake Smith.
Koval (2-5) earned his second win of the season with his three innings of shutout work that included two strikeouts and no walks.
Smith (1-2) set down the first seven Lumberkings he faced but allowed a one out single in the bottom of the 12^th to Rengifo that put the winning run on. Quevedo then, for the second straight night and third time in the home stand, drove home the games winning run. Rengifo ran on the pitch when Quevedo hit a hard grounder to third that was fielded cleanly by Bees third basemen Fecteau only to be thrown wildly down the firs base line, scoring Rengofo for the game's winning run.
The walk-off win is the fourth by the LumberkIngs was their fourth this season and gives them their first series win of the second half.
The LumberKings will now take to the road to begin a four-game series with the Quad Cities River Bandits on Friday night. Left-handed pitcher Nick Wells (3-6, 6.35) will take the ball for Clinton and face Quad Cities right-handed pitcher Abdiel Saldana (4-1, 3.43). First pitch is scheduled for 6:35 PM (CDT) with the pregame show beginning at 6:20 PM (CDT) on 100.3 FM WCCI, Erik Oas is on the call.
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About the LumberKings
The LumberKings, the only remaining Charter Member of the Midwest League, are playing their 62nd season in the league and their ninth as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. Since the club's inception in 1937, 270 former Clinton players have made it to the Major Leagues. The LumberKings play at historic Ashford University Field located off 6th Avenue North at 537 Ballpark Drive. Tickets to all 70 home games are available by calling (563) 242-0727 or by visiting lumberkings.com