River City Rascals - Independent Professional Baseball

RASCALS SCORE EARLY BUT FALL SHORT LOSING 6-2 TO MINERS

O’Fallon, MO—The River City Rascals ran into their second straight All-Star on the mound as Chris Little tossed eight innings of two run baseball for the Southern Illinois Miners as they took game one of the series 6-2 Monday night.

Adam White made his first start for the Rascals pitching 6.1 innings striking out five.

River City scored first in the ballgame, putting one run up in the bottom of the first inning when Andrew Sweet scored on an error.

In the second, the Miners evened the score up on an RBI single to make it 1-1. In the bottom half of the inning the Rascals took their last lead of the ballgame when Luke Barganier hit a bases loaded RBI fielders choice to score Will Basom.

Southern Illinois tied the game in the top of the fourth with an RBI double, before taking the lead in the seventh.

With two men on and one out, Kevin Koskie’s hit up the middle proved to be the game winner, scoring two and chasing White.

The Miners tacked on two more runs for insurance in the top of the ninth off relief pitcher Luis Estrella making the final score 6-2.

Little (6-2) picked up his sixth win of the season with six strikeouts. White (0-1) took the loss in his first professional start, allowing eight hits and four runs, three earned. Jonathan Miller also made a relief appearance for the Rascals pitching 1.2 innings, striking out three batters and allowing a hit.

The River City Rascals (25-30) and the Southern Illinois Miners (30-25) continue their series on Tuesday night at T.R. Hughes Ballpark at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday nights are Ruffy’s Reading Club nights and fans who participated can redeem their vouchers for free admission to the game. Gates open at 6:05 p.m. and tickets are available by calling (636) 240-BATS.

7/21/08
Southern Illinois 6, River City 2

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Southern Illinois	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	11	4
River City	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2

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Southern Illinois	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
K. Koski	CF	5	1	2	2	.285
T. Roth	2B	3	0	0	0	.300
T. Lairson	2B	2	0	0	1	.350
B. Miller	1B	4	1	2	1	.309
J. Metrpoulos	RF	4	0	0	0	.277
B. Goldsmith	LF	1	0	0	0	.255
T. Dorn	DH	5	0	0	0	.271
B. Jones	3B	4	1	2	0	.270
M. Scanzano	SS	4	1	2	1	.297
B. Akashian	CAT	3	2	2	0	.264
E. Suttle	LF/RF	3	0	1	0	.287
C. Little	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Carrasco	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		38	6	11	5

River City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
L. Barganier	CF	5	0	0	1	.311
A. Sweet	CAT	4	1	1	0	.292
P. Laurent	RF	2	0	0	0	.234
B. Hough	LF	4	0	1	0	.280
J. Miller	1B	4	0	0	0	.290
R. Wehrle	3B	4	0	1	0	.237
W. Basom	DH	4	1	2	0	.361
J. DeBoer	2B	3	0	1	0	.240
G. Stone	SS	4	0	1	0	.220
A. White	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
J. Miller	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
L. Estrella	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
L. Estrella	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		34	2	7	1

E--B.Jones, M.Scanzano 2, B.Akashian, L.Barganier, J.Miller, G.Stone. DP--SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 2, RIVER CITY 1. LOB--SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 8, RIVER CITY 8. 2B--B.Jones (11), W.Basom (4). SB--B.Hough (11). HBP--P.Laurent, J.DeBoer.

Southern Illinois	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
C. Little (W, 6-2)	8.0	7	2	0	1	6	0	2.64
A. Carrasco	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.43

River City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
A. White (L,0-1)	6.1	8	4	3	2	5	0	4.26
J. Miller	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	4.08
L. Estrella	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	7.43

HB--C.Little 2. SO--T.Lairson, B.Miller, J.Metrpoulos 2, T.Dorn 2, B.Jones, E.Suttle, A.Sweet, P.Laurent, J.Miller 2, R.Wehrle, J.DeBoer. BB--B.Miller, B.Akashian, E.Suttle, P.Laurent.

Time: 2:44, Attendance: 1,351