Shrum’s Walk-Off Walk Secures Bandits’ Third-Straight Win

Davenport, Iowa – The Quad Cities River Bandits picked up their third consecutive victory on Wednesday night, topping the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-5 in ten innings at Modern Woodmen Park on a bases loaded walk by Dillan Shrum.

Although offense was limited down the stretch, the contest featured a back-and-forth start, with the Kernels jumping in front against Adrian Alcantara with a leadoff blast off the bat of Jake Rucker. However, that’s the only run the right-hander would allow for the next three innings.

While Alcantara used six of his eight total strikeouts to cruise through the second, third, and fourth innings, Quad Cities’ bats tied the game on an error in the second and then took the lead in the third, with Herard Gonzalez smacking a two-run home run off of Cedar Rapids’ starter Orlando Rodriguez.

In his final inning of work, Alcantara surrendered a solo homer to Dylan Neuse, cutting the Bandits lead to 3-2, but Gonzalez got the run right back in the bottom half with a two-out RBI single against Bradley Hanner.

In the top of the sixth, Alcantara—who completed his eighth 5.0-inning start of the season and allowed just two runs—turned the ball over to Anthony Simonelli, who faced seven Kernels hitters in his lone inning of work and gave up a run on a Pat Winkel ground out and a pair of RBI doubles to Kyler Fedko and Mikey Perez, putting Cedar Rapids on top 5-4.

Once again, the Bandits’ bats responded in the bottom half though, tying the game against Bobby Milacki with another two-out single—this time for Parker Bates.

Over the final three innings of regulation, both bullpens locked down the game, with Emilio Marquez and Anderson Paulino allowing just two base runners and striking out six, while Milacki, Jon Olsen, and Ryan Shreve allowed just one Bandit to reach with six strikeouts.

With the game still stuck at 5-5, Anderson Paulino remained on the hill for the Bandits in the top of the tenth and stranded the Kernels’ placed runner at third with three ground outs in a perfect inning, allowing Quad Cities to plate just one run for the win.

In the bottom half, it was Shreve retook the ball for Cedar Rapids and, after an intentional walk of Gonzalez to set up the double play, struck out Kale Emshoff. However, the right-hander would walk Darryl Collins to load the bases.

The next man to the plate, Dillan Shrum, worked Shreve into a 3-0 count before taking a strike and then ball four for a walk-off walk and an RBI.

With 2.0 scoreless innings, Anderson Paulino (3-7) earned the win for Quad Cities, striking out two and stranding his lone base runner. Shreve (1-2) got tagged with the loss, allowing an unearned run, a placed runner, with three walks in 1.1 innings.

The Bandits will look to set a season-high with their fourth win in-a-row tomorrow night, as William Fleming (0-3, 6.18) gets the start against the Kernels’ Travis Adams (0-1, 10.13). First pitch at Modern Woodmen Park is scheduled for 6:30pm.