Bandits denied sweep in shutout loss Monday
BELOIT, Wisc. - The Quad Cities River Bandits were blanked, 1-0, by the Beloit Snappers on a dreary Monday night at Pohlman Field. The Bandits were held to a season-low two hits, going 0-for-10 with RISP in the game. Ronel Blanco allowed one run in 4.2 innings for his first
BELOIT, Wisc. - The Quad Cities River Bandits were blanked, 1-0, by the Beloit Snappers on a dreary Monday night at Pohlman Field. The Bandits were held to a season-low two hits, going 0-for-10 with RISP in the game.
Quad Cities (33-29) went 5-2 on their seven-game road swing after the loss, taking three of four from Beloit (31-32) in the wraparound weekend set. The River Bandits got a runner to third base with less than two outs in each of the first two innings but could not push a run across. Beloit loaded the bases on two walks and a single to start the second and a double-play ball allowed the game's only run to score.
Benedetti doubled to lead off the eighth and advanced to third on a deep flyout by Ray Henderson, but back-to-back strikeouts ended the threat. That double ended a string of five straight innings in which the Bandits sent the minimum to the plate against Snappers starter
Two ninth-inning walks had the potential go-ahead run on base for Quad Cities, but again the Bandits could not capitalize. They trail Kane County by 1.5 games for the Wild Card spot in the West and are only two games behind the Cedar Rapids Kernels for the division lead with seven games remaining in the first half of the season.
The Bandits begin a three-game series with the Kernels at Modern Woodmen Park Tuesday, with first pitch set for 6:35 p.m. CT. Midwest League All-Star