Bandits Close Homestand With 9-3 Win
The Quad Cities River Bandits closed out a winning homestand with an impressive 9-3 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Matt Ruppenthal worked 7.0 scoreless innings on the mound and Freudis Nova went 4-4 at the plate with a double and a walk.The
The Quad Cities River Bandits closed out a winning homestand with an impressive 9-3 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night at Modern Woodmen Park.
The River Bandits (32-25, 75-48) scored early and often to build a large advantage. The scoring opened in the second inning when
The gap widened when Quad Cities scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings. In the fifth, Kessinger worked a walk with one out and was joined on base by
In the very next frame, Nova and Abreu again began a rally with back-to-back base hits. Kessinger worked his third walk of the game to load the bases for Dennis. The right-fielder worked the count full and then slapped a bases-clearing double down the right field line and into the corner. Dennis was thrown out trying to turn it into a triple, but all three runners scored for a 9-0 lead. Dennis drove in a season-high four runs in the contest.
Ruppenthal was outstanding for a second straight outing on the mound. He allowed just three hits while blanking the Kernels over a season-high 7.0 innings of work. The right-hander has tossed 12.0 consecutive scoreless innings.
Cedar Rapids scratched across a trio of runs late in the game against reliever
Eight of the nine players in the lineup registered at least one hit as the Bandits finished with 13 for the game. Nova's four-hit day led the way while both Abreu and Biermann collected two each. Ozoria was the only Cedar Rapids player to tally multiple hits as the Kernels ended the night with seven as a team.
The River Bandits will head to Peoria to open a three-game series with the Peoria Chiefs on Wednesday night at 6:35 p.m. RHP
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