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RASCALS COME UP SHORT AGAINST THUNDERBOLTS

O’Fallon, MO – A season high six errors and fourteen hits by the visitors plagued the River City Rascals as the Windy City Thunderbolts took game two of the series 11-8 Thursday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark.

“They swung hard and found the holes,” said Rascals Manager Toby Rumfeld. “We played sloppy tonight, we had six errors. If we would have won tonight, we wouldn’t have deserved it.”

Danny Powers (2-2) started for the Rascals and gave up eight runs, seven earned on nine hits in 4.0 innings. For Powers it was his first home loss of the season.

The Rascals put up three runs in the second thanks to a double from Luke Barganier which cleared the bases.

In the top of the third the ThunderBolts tied up the score with a two run home run by Gilberto Mejia, and an RBI groundball from Phillip Hawke.

The Rascals responded in the bottom of the inning by putting up four more runs to give them back the lead at 7-3. Andrew Sweet hit a two out single to right field to score two, followed by a single to right from Phil Laurent. Jacob DeBoer brought home two more runs when he hit a double down the left field line.

But the four run lead started to dwindle. Windy City eventually took the lead in the fifth when they added four runs, and increased their lead with three more in the seventh making it 11-7 ThunderBolts.

River City went four innings without scoring a run until Laurent hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth to bring the Windy City lead to11-8.

Jason Lowey (1-0) picked up the win the Thunderbolts as he pitched the middle innings four through six without allowing a base runner.

Gary Lee, Dustin Corbett and Luis Estrella combined to go the final five innings for the Rascals, giving up five hits and three runs. Estrella sat down all six he faced.

The River City Rascals (19-16) and the Windy City ThunderBolts (18-17) will decide the series Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Come out this Friday for Christian Family night where special guests, ‘The Veggie Tales’ and former Cardinals pitcher Todd Worrell will be visiting fans. Broken4One led by the Rascals own Steve Brook will perform a post-game concert. It is also a Progress West Firework night. Gates open at 6:05 p.m. and tickets can be purchased by calling (636) 240-BATS or www.rivercityrascals.com.

6/26/08
Windy City 11, River City 8

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Windy City	0	0	3	1	4	0	3	0	0	11	14	1
River City	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	13	6

Windy City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
G. Mejia	2B	4	2	1	2	.303
M. Coles	CF	6	2	2	1	.317
B. Amyx	DH	6	1	2	0	.299
P. Hawke	1B	3	1	0	2	.333
J. Horn	3B	4	1	2	1	.321
C. Stang	RF	5	1	1	2	.281
W. Long	SS	4	2	2	0	.271
D. Sawyer	CAT	5	0	2	2	.280
S. Billak	LF	5	1	2	0	.219
S. Flake	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Lowey	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Rebyanski	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
M. Petty	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		42	11	14	10

River City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
L. Barganier	CF	4	0	1	3	.259
R. Wehrle	SS	5	0	1	0	.234
B. Hough	3B	5	1	2	0	.333
A. Van slyke	RF	4	1	2	0	.295
B. Mosby	DH	5	0	1	0	.239
J. Miller	1B	5	0	1	0	.302
A. Sweet	CAT	3	2	1	2	.292
R. Rosa	CAT	1	0	0	0	.239
P. Laurent	LF	4	3	3	1	.220
J. Deboer	2B	3	1	1	2	.242
D. Powers	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Corbett	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Lee	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
L. Estrella	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		39	8	13	8

E--J.Horn, R.Wehrle 2, B.Hough, J.Miller 2, P.Laurent. DP--WINDY CITY 0, RIVER CITY 0. LOB--WINDY CITY 10, RIVER CITY 8. 2B--M.Coles (12), J.Horn (7), D.Sawyer (3), L.Barganier (8), B.Mosby (7), J.Miller (5), J.Deboer (3). HR--G.Mejia (4), P.Laurent (5). CS--B.Hough. HBP-- L.Barganier. SF--P.Hawke.

Windy City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S. Flake	3.0	9	7	7	2	2	0	4.14
J. Lowey (W, 1-0)	3.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2.25
A. Rebyanski	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	1	8.44
M. Petty (S, 7)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	3.31

River City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
D. Powers (L,2-2)	4.0	9	8	7	2	0	1	4.38
D. Corbett	2.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	5.40
G. Lee	1.0	3	3	2	1	1	0	5.46
L. Estrella	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6.75

WP--A.Rebyanski. HB--A.Rebyanski. PB--A.Sweet 2. SO--G.Mejia, M.Coles, J.Horn, C.Stang 2, S.Billak, L.Barganier, R.Wehrle, B.Mosby, J.Miller 2, A.Sweet, R.Rosa, J.Deboer. BB--G.Mejia 2, P.Hawke, J.Horn, W.Long, A.Van slyke, A.Sweet, J.Deboer.

Time: 3:17, Attendance: 2,930