Game Recaps

Windy City takes second game in a row

Bryan Cook drilled two homeruns and the Windy City ThunderBolts got six innings of solid relief as the Bolts downed the River City Rascals for the second straight night 8-7.
 
After the Rascals scored a pair of runs in the top of the second inning, Windy City jumped on River City starter Daniel Howard in the bottom of the frame. After Nate Hall led off the inning with a single, Bryan Cook drilled his eighth homer of the season out to centerfield, tying the game at 2-2. Two batters later, Vinnie Scarduzio singled. Dan Jordan came up and smoked a Howard offering over the leftfield wall for his fifth homer of the year and a 4-2 ThunderBolts lead.
 
It would not stay that way for long, however, as River City came back with a four run fourth inning fueled by a two-run double from Chad Maddox, giving the Rascals a 6-4 lead.
 
Windy City would answer right back in the bottom of the inning as with two on and two out, J. T. Restko singled back through the middle, scoring Dan Jordan and Damian Walcott to knot the game at 6-6. The hit gave Restko a 17-game hitting streak as well as a five game RBI streak.
 
After holding the Rascals off the board in the top of the fifth, Cook led off their half of the inning with his second homer of the game to put Windy City up 7-6. The Bolts would go up 8-6 in the bottom of the sixth when an error on Jo-Jo Batten scored Damian Walcott who was hit by a pitch and stole a base.
 
The Rascals would cut the ThunderBolts lead down to a run in the eighth when Batten redeemed himself by singling home Ryan Wehrle to cut it to 8-7.
 
That was as close as River City would get as Nick Hall shut the door pitching the final three innings of the game, striking out five to earn his second save.
 
The win went to Matt Jernstad (3-3) who was brilliant in two innings of work, not allowing a hit, walking one and striking out five. Stephen Flake (1-3) took the loss for River City.
 
In the final game of the series Ross Stout (6-2, 2.55) will go for Windy City against Chris Ingoglia (5-5, 6.94) for the Rascals. It is country night at Standard Bank Stadium. The game will also see the ThunderBolts will welcome the 800,000th fan in franchise history into the ballpark. The lucky fan will receive a pair of 2010 season tickets, a hat and t-shirt from the ThunderStore and will have the opportunity to throw out a first pitch at 2009 ThunderBolts regular season home game. Fireworks will follow the contest. For information or tickets, call 708-489-BALL or visit the team’s website at www.wcthunderbolts.com


Search Archive »





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