Birlingmair and Bullpen Help Beloit Beat Bandits
The pitching staff of the Beloit Snappers recorded 15 strikeouts and limited the Quad Cities River Bandits to three hits in taking the opening game of a series at Modern Woodmen Park 6-2 on Wednesday night. Beloit improved to 9-7 against the River Bandits this season and guaranteed at worst
The pitching staff of the Beloit Snappers recorded 15 strikeouts and limited the Quad Cities River Bandits to three hits in taking the opening game of a series at Modern Woodmen Park 6-2 on Wednesday night. Beloit improved to 9-7 against the River Bandits this season and guaranteed at worst a split of the season-series.
The Snappers (23-28, 50-69) jumped in front 2-0 in the top of the second inning on a couple of big two-out hits off of starting pitcher
Beloit added to the advantage in the fourth inning as Weber started the frame by taking a base on balls. He again stole second base and then moved to third on an opposite field single by
The River Bandits (28-23, 71-46) had been held without a hit into the fourth inning by Beloit starter
The Snappers would bounce back immediately by scoring runs in the next two innings.
In the sixth inning, reliever
Bermudez took the loss after allowing four runs on ten hits in 5.0 innings. Birlingmair picked up the win after recording a career-high nine strikeouts over 6.0 innings on the hill. He allowed just one hit, the Campos home run.
Three different River Bandits hitters collected one of the three hits in the game and each of them extended hitting streaks in doing so. Grae Kessinger and Campos extended theirs to seven games and
The series will continue with game two on Thursday night at 6:35 p.m. RHP
All River Bandits games are broadcast on 1170 K-BOB and TuneIn Radio. Home games are also available with video on MiLB.TV.