Windy City wins third in a row06/27/2009 9:07 PM
 Ross Stout was brilliant through seven innings as the Windy City ThunderBolts took home a rain-shortened victory over the Rockford RiverHawks.
Windy City cracked the scoreboard first as J. T. Restko drove a homerun to deep centerfield to lead off the second. The next batter Zach Aakhus, doubled down the leftfield line, moved to third on a wild pitch and came in to score on a sac fly by Dan Jordan for a 2-0 Bolts lead.
The ThunderBolts would push the lead further in the fourth as Aakhus came up in the fourth and with one out, blasted his second homer of the season for a 3-0 WC advantage. The Bolts kept pouring it on in the fifth when Dan Jordan led off with a double and came home on consecutive fly outs from Wilson Matos and Gilberto Mejia top make it 4-0.
The game was sealed in the sixth when Nate Hall singled home a pair of runs to put Windy City up 6-0. After another gem of an inning from Ross Stout in the seventh, the rains started to fall, halting play for 59 minutes before the remainder of the game was called off.
Stout (4-1) delivered his best outing of the season, throwing seven shutout innings, surrendering just four hits, striking out eight, taking over the league lead with 46 punchouts. Fabian Gomez (1-2) took the loss, giving up three runs in 3.1 innings.
The ThunderBolts have Sunday off before a Big Splash Day on Monday with an 11:05 a.m. start. Tyler Kelsey (3-3, 3.86) will start for the Bolts against Kyle Wright (4-1, 2.20) for the RiverHawks. The Bolts welcome in the Southern Illinois Miners on Tuesday when it will be Salute to the Military night with a pregame ceremony honoring the soldiers from Bravo 2-122. For information or tickets, call 708-489-BALL stop by the Standard Bank Stadium ticket office or go to the team’s website at www.wcthunderbolts.com. |
Browse by Month »
August 2024 July 2024 June 2024 May 2024 September 2023 August 2023 July 2023 June 2023 May 2023 September 2022 August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 |
