River City Rascals - Independent Professional Baseball

RAIN HOLDS OFF, RASCALS WIN IN FIVE

O’Fallon, MO – The rain held off just long enough to allow the River City Rascals to earn their second straight win against the Gateway Grizzlies 5-3 in five innings.

Mike Castrignano made his professional debut for the Rascals going five innings and recording six strikeouts.

After two scoreless innings, the Rascals bats ignited in the third with a double into left by Luke Barganier. Phil Laurent followed suit with his first hit of the season with a drive down the left field line. Jacob DeBoer added to the lead with a base hit and an RBI giving the Rascals a 3-0 lead.

The Grizzlies got on the scoreboard in the fourth with a pair of unearned runs. Charlie Lisk hit a one out sacrifice fly and Manny Paula singled in a run to make it 3-2 Rascals.

Laurent and DeBoer gave the Rascals some insurance in the fourth with RBI singles to push the lead to 5-2.

Gateway scored their last run in the fifth when Al Barbato walked and then scored on a Michael Campbell single. For Campbell it was his league leading ninth RBI of the season to make it 5-3.

But the loyal fans and the 5-3 lead by the Rascals weren’t enough to hold off the rain. After a light shower turned into heavy thunderstorms, the game was called after five innings giving the Rascals the series victory with one game left to play.

Castrignano (1-0) picked up the win for the Rascals pitching five complete innings. Matt Falk (0-1) took the loss for the Grizzlies last four innings and allowing five earned runs.

The Rascals (2-3) and the Grizzlies (1-4) will finish the three game set Monday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark at 7:05 p.m. Gates will open at 6:05 p.m. and tickets are available by calling (636) 240-BATS or visiting www.rivercityrascals.com. Monday nights are Purina Mighty Dog Monday’s where fans can enjoy bringing their dog to the park as well as $1 hot dogs.

5/25/08
Gateway 3, River City 5

	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
Gateway	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	6	2
River City	0	0	3	2	0	X	5	8	0

Gateway	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
R. Malone	3B	3	0	0	0	.182
R. Minor	SS	3	0	1	0	.222
M. Campbell	CF	3	1	1	1	.524
S. Holdren	RF	3	1	1	0	.333
C. Lisk	CAT	2	0	1	1	.385
M. Paula	LF	3	0	1	1	.188
M. Breyman	1B	3	0	0	0	.222
B. Wright	DH	3	0	1	0	.286
A. Barbato	2B	1	1	0	0	.308
M. Falk	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Merricks	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		24	3	6	3

River City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
J. Deboer	2B	3	2	3	2	.462
P. Laurent	LF	3	0	2	2	.100
B. Hough	RF	2	0	0	0	.333
B. Mosby	1B	1	0	0	0	.286
A. Sweet	CAT	3	0	0	1	.353
J. Miller	DH	3	0	0	0	.000
Reniere	3B	2	0	1	0	.500
L. Barganier	CF	1	2	1	0	.200
G. Stone	SS	2	1	1	0	.278
M. Castrgnano	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Carrasco	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		20	5	8	5

E--C.Lisk, B.Mosby. DP--GATEWAY 2, RIVER CITY 0. LOB--GATEWAY 5, RIVER CITY 4. 2B--S.Holdren (1), L.Barganier (1). SB--C.Lisk (1), J.Deboer 2 (3). SF--C.Lisk. SH--L.Barganier.

Gateway	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M. Falk (L, 0-1)	4.0	8	5	3	2	3	0	6.75
A. Merricks	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10.80

River City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
M. Castrgnano (W,1-0)	5.2	6	3	1	1	7	0	1.59
A. Carrasco	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9.00

SO--R.Malone, R.Minor 2, S.Holdren, M.Paula, B.Wright 2, A.Barbato, B.Hough, A.Sweet, J.Miller 2. BB--A.Barbato, B.Hough, B.Mosby 2.

Time: 1:49, Attendance: 1,795