River City Rascals - Independent Professional Baseball

LONG BALLS AREN'T QUITE ENOUGH AS MINERS WIN 5-4

O’Fallon, MO – Three long balls were not enough as the Southern Illinois Miners took two of three in O’Fallon with a 5-4 win over the River City Rascals Wednesday night.

Chris Raniere and Ryan Wehrle went back to back in the seventh inning and Jeff Miller made it a one run game with his twelfth of the season in the bottom of the ninth, all though were solo home runs.

The early innings belonged to the Miners as they scored one run in each of the second, third and fourth innings against Scott Fogelson. Willie Keene hit his tenth home run of the season in the fourth inning for Southern Illinois as they built a 3-0 lead.

The Rascals first hit off right hander Brett Scarpetta, who started for the Miners, did not come until the fourth inning as he went 6.2 innings for the win with six strikeouts.

Scarpetta fell into trouble with the Miners leading 5-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning. With two outs, Raniere pinch hit for Carlos Newman and homered on the first pitch he saw. Wehrle made it 5-3 with his fourth home run in the next at-bat. That would be all for Scarpetta.

Griffen Bailey came in for the Miners in the eighth inning and retired the Rascals in order. Bailey stayed in for the ninth and almost blew the save.

With one out, Miller connected on his first hit after the all-star break and sent a towering shot over the ‘Big Dog Wall’ in right to cut the lead to 5-4. Will Basom then followed with a single to left. Basom would be pulled for a pinch runner in Jacob DeBoer. With Raniere at the plate and one out, DeBoer tested Brendan Akashian, and on a fastball Akashian nailed DeBoer at second for the second out. Raniere would go on to ground out to end the game.

Fogelson (2-6) went 5.2 innings for the Rascals, allowing eight hits and five earned runs. Scarpetta (3-2) picked up his third win of the season with Bailey notching his second save.

The Rascals (26-31) welcome the Windy City Thunderbolts to town for three games starting Thursday. Thursdays are Budweiser Thirsty Thursdays with draft beers being only $1 down in Rascals Island until the seventh inning. For tickets, call the Rascals at (636) 240-BATS.

7/23/08
Southern Illinois 5, River City 4

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

Southern Illinois	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
E. Suttle	CF	5	1	2	1	.283
M. Scanzano	SS	4	1	1	0	.292
B. Miller	1B	5	0	1	1	.302
T. Dorn	DH	4	0	1	1	.280
J. Metrpoulos	RF	3	1	0	0	.273
B. Jones	3B	4	0	1	0	.269
W. Keene	LF	4	1	1	1	.282
B. Akashian	CAT	3	1	1	0	.267
T. Lairson	2B	3	0	1	1	.333
B. Scarpetta	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
J. McMurran	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
G. Bailey	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		35	5	9	5

River City	POS	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG
L. Barganier	CF	4	0	0	0	.304
A. Sweet	CAT	4	0	0	0	.290
P. Laurent	RF	4	0	0	0	.231
B. Hough	3B	4	0	1	0	.282
J. Miller	LF	4	1	1	1	.285
W. Basom	1B	2	1	1	0	.357
J. DeBoer	PR	0	0	0	0	.240
C. Newman	DH	2	0	0	0	.000
C. Raniere	PH	2	1	1	1	.234
R. Wehrle	2B	3	1	2	1	.252
G. Stone	SS	3	0	0	1	.225
S. Fogelson	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
C. Powl	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
D. Jones	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
A. Tollefson	PIT	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		32	4	6	4

DP--SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 0, RIVER CITY 0. LOB--SOUTHERN ILLINOIS 7, RIVER CITY 3. 2B--M.Scanzano (14), B.Miller (6), B.Akashian (4), T.Lairson (1), R.Wehrle (5). HR--W.Keene (10), J.Miller (12), C.Raniere (4), R.Wehrle (4). CS--M.Scanzano, J.DeBoer. HBP--M.Scanzano.

Southern Illinois	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
B. Scarpetta (W, 3-2)	6.2	4	3	3	2	6	2	4.38
J. McMurran	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.98
G. Bailey (S, 2)	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	1	1.64

River City	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
S. Fogelson (L,2-6)	5.2	8	5	5	3	7	1	4.84
C. Powl	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
D. Jones	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00
A. Tollefson	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4.50

HB--C.Powl. SO--E.Suttle, B.Miller, T.Dorn 2, J.Metrpoulos 2, B.Jones 2, W.Keene, B.Akashian, L.Barganier 2, P.Laurent, B.Hough 2, C.Newman 2. BB--J.Metrpoulos, B.Akashian, T.Lairson, W.Basom 2.

Time: 2:39, Attendance: 1,175