In Huntingburg, Indiana, Thursday evening, the game between the Bombers and Danville Dans was suspended after the 4th inning due to a power outage that could not be expediently repaired. The score at the end of 4 innings is Dubois 2, Danville 1. If the game is ultimately important to determining the second half winner, it has been rescheduled for Sunday, if necessary. Statistics and the box score for this game will be posted Sunday if completed or as soon as the game is canceled, whichever comes first.
In Quincy, the Gems were able to scrape together a 4-1 win over the DuPage Dragons on Thursday night in the Gems final home game of the 2008 season. Quincy managed just three hits in the first six innings but benefited from four Dragon errors.
Thomas McCormick, who has recently found his stroke with six hits in the last two games, doubled to lead off the third inning. After back to back errors McCormick would score on a double play to put Quincy up 1-0. The Gems added another run in the fifth inning when Alex Acheson walked to start the fifth and would score two batters later on a RBI single by Kurtis Muller.
DuPage got on the board in the sixth on a solo home run by Matthew Brewer to make the score 2-1. The Gems got that run back in the bottom of the seventh when McCormick, who had singled, scored on a wild pitch. The runs continued in the seventh when Tyler Goodro doubled home Jon Myers and gave Quincy a 4-1 lead.
Posted by Mike Website @ 9:31 PM
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Springfield Clinches Overall Record Title
In its inaugural season, the Springfield Sliders have now clinched the title for best overall record for the 2008 CICL season.
Having won the title of the first half with an astounding 20-4 record, the Sliders already earned a spot in the post-season playoffs. With the best record overall, the Sliders will have the home field advantage in that best-of-three playoff series.
Springfield will host the opening game of the series on Tuesday night, August 12, as well as the "if necessary" game on Thursday night, August 14. The Sliders opponent in the series, which will be the winner of the second half, has yet to be determined.
Posted by Mike Website @ 8:01 AM
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Gems Top Dragons 6-5
The Quincy Gems were able to overcome a late rally by the DuPage Dragons and pick up a 6-5 win at QU Stadium. The Gems blew a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning but scored in the bottom half and held on for the win.
After DuPage scored first with a run in the top of the first inning the Quincy Gems quickly answered three runs of their own in the bottom half of the frame. The Gems first four batters picked up hits with Kurtis Muller putting Quincy on top with a two run single. The Gems added a third run on a double play ground ball to hold a 3-1 lead after one inning.
DuPage chipped into the lead with a run in the fifth but Quincy opened their lead up to 5-2 with two runs in the seventh, coming on a two run home run by Thomas McCormick. The Dragons rallied for three runs in the eighth, as the Gems pitchers lost their control, walking three batters in the inning.
Quincy wasted little time in grabbing their lead back, plating one run in the bottom of the eighth. Tyler Goodro started the inning off with a single and was sacrificed to second base. After a single by Justin Dunning, the Dragon pitcher was called for a balk, allowing Goodro and Dunning to advance, giving Quincy a 6-5 lead.
The Dragons loaded the bases in the top of the ninth, with all three runners reaching base by way of walk. However the Gems were able to escape with the win, as the Dragons left the bases loaded, ending the game with a strikeout.
Posted by Mike Website @ 10:13 PM
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Rained Out in Huntingburg
Tonight's (August 6) game vs. the Springfield Sliders has been cancelled due to unplayable field conditions caused by overnight and morning rainfall. Due to schedule complications, tonight’s game is unlikely to be rescheduled.
Posted by Mike Website @ 5:48 PM
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Danville 5, Dubois 4 (Game 2)
David Worthington's two-out, bases-clearing triple in the fifth inning propelled the Danville Dans past the Dubois Bombers 5-3 in the second game of a doubleheader at Danville Stadium.
Worthington, who was called out on strikes twice in the game against Dubois starter Matt Antos, drilled an 1-0 fastball bringing home Drew Haynes, who started the two-out rally with a single to left, Dan Kaczrowski, who followed with a single to center, and Andrew Pollak, who was intentionally walked to setup the bases loaded situation. Kaczrowski went 2-for-3 in the game with two RBIs, while Pollak walked three times.
Dubois had built a 3-1 lead on a run-scoring single by Daniel Nichols and the Bombers scored twice in the fifth on a Danville fielding error.
Austin Ross earned his first win of the summer, going five innings, allowing three runs, only two earned, while Lee Swindle got the final six outs to pick up his first save.
Danville and Dubois will play again on Thursday in Huntingburg, Ind. First pitch at League Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m (EDT).
While the Dans are idle on Wednesday, the Bombers are at home against the Springfield Rifles. First pitch at League Stadium is set for 7:30 p.m. (EDT)
Posted by Mike Website @ 12:13 AM
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Dragons and Gems Split a Pair
Dupage and Quincy split a doubleheader Tuesday night in Lisle. The Dragons won the opener 2-1 in extra innings, and the Gems bounced back to take the second game 5-3.
A pair of lefties made for a solid pitcher's duel in the first, as Tom Zelasko of the Dragons and Greg Hellhake of the Gems put together strong outings to keep their teams in the game. Each allowed a single run, with Zelasko going a full seven and Hellhake lasting five and a third. With the two teams knotted at one after the regulation seven innings, Andrew Estes pitched a scoreless top of the 8th to give the Dragons a chance to pick up the win, which they did on a Jordan Tokarz RBI bloop single down the right field line. Justin Wilson had a pair of hits in contest and score on the Tokarz hit.
The Gems jumped on Dragons starter Andrew Beatty in the second game to the tune of four runs by the middle of the fourth to jump out to the early lead. Just as it appeared the Dragons would make things interesting with a three-run sixth inning rally, Jon Myers belted his league-leading 14th home run of the summer to put the nail in the coffin and Kevin Lee, who'd quelled the rally an inning before, polished things off with a perfect seventh. Myers went 3-4 with three driven in to lead the Quincy attack.
Posted by Mike Website @ 11:56 PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Bombers 5, Dans 4 (Game 1)
The Dubois Bombers scored four of their first five runs without the benefit of a hit as they kept their second-half title hopes alive with a 5-4 win over the Danville Dans in the first game of a doubleheader at Danville Stadium.
Jarrett Casey went the first five innings, allowing four runs, three earned, to get the win and improve to 4-5 on the season. Bombers closer Chase Joiner got the final six outs to earn his sixth save.
Dubois had four hits in the contest with Zach Rowles having a triple, Eric Hanlon had a double, while Wes Fink had a run-scoring single and Jared Baehl also had a single.
Danville took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a run-scoring double by David Worthington, the Dans scored another run in the fourth on a Zach Walters ground out and their final two runs scored on a Dubois throwing error.
Matt Bywater (3-4) suffered the loss for the Dans, after winning his three previous decisions.
Posted by Mike Website @ 10:51 PM
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Dans Defeat Sliders 7-1
The Danville Dans downed the Springfield Sliders tonight 7-1 at Springfield. The Dans' pitching staff of starter Chris Licon and releivers Greg Houston and Jon Clarence threw well allowing only one unearned run to the Sliders.
The Dans were led offensively by Dan Kaczrowski who reached base 3 times scoring 2 runs and Andrew Pollack who reached base 4 times, scoring twice, and also drove in 2 runs. Matt Lenski led the Sliders with 2 hits while Vicente Cafaro added a double and Tyler Choate smashed a triple for Springfield.
Danville hosts DuBois County for a double-header on Tuesday with a game one first pitch at 6:00 CT. The Sliders travel to DuBois County on Wednesday for a 7:30 EDT start.
Posted by Mike Website @ 12:06 AM
Monday, August 4, 2008
Monday Postponement
Tonight's Quincy Gems at DuPage Dragons game was postponed due to rain until Tuesday and will be played as part of a doubleheader in Lisle beginning at 5:30 PM.
Posted by Mike Website @ 9:03 PM
Monday, August 4, 2008
Player/Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week Ending August 3
The Player of the Week Award for the week of July 27 - August 3 is shared between two players: Dan Kaczrowski of the Danville Dans and Jon Myers of the Quincy Gems.
Kaczrowski wins a share by leading the league in batting at .520 (13-25), leading in hits with 13, leading in total bases with 17, tying for the lead in runs with 6, finishing 2nd in on-base percentage at .552 and finishing 4th in slugging at .680. This is the second weekly award for Kaczrowski this summer; Dan was also the Player of the First Half season. For the entire season, Dan leads the leagus in batting at .410, on-base percentage at .459, hits with 73 (25 more than the nearest player) and in stolen bases with 21. The right-handed hitting Kaczrowski will be a senior this fall at Hamline University.
Myers wins a share of the award by leading the league with 9 RBI, leading in slugging at .833, tying for the lead in homers with 2, tying for 4th in batting at .333 (6-18), finishing 3rd in total bases with 15 and finishing 2nd in doubles with 3. This is also Myers' second weekly award this summer. For the season, Myers leads the league in homers with 13, leads in total bases with 99, leads in slugging at .607 and leads in total runs with 38. Myers is from St. Peters, Missouri, and will enter St. Louis University this fall as a junior.
The Pitcher of the Week award is also shared this week - between Brian Stroud of the DuPage Dragons and Matt Bywater of the Danville Dans.
Stroud, a right-hander who has made 7 starts and 2 relief appearances, lowered his league leading ERA this week to 1.23 with 7 innings of solid pitching in a 4-1 win over Springfield on July 28. In that game, Stroud allowed 4 hits, 1 unearned run and struck out 4 to raise his season record to 3-3. The sophomore-to-be at Western Michigan hails from Joilet, Illinois
Bywater, a left-hander who has made 7 starts and 3 relief appearances, earns a share of the award from starting and pitching 6 shutout innings in a victory over DuPage on July 31. In that game, the lefty from Thousand Oaks, California, allowed 4 hits and struck out 8 to even his record at 3-3 for the season. Bywater will be a sophomore this fall at Pepperdine University.
Posted by Mike Website @ 8:59 PM
Monday, August 4, 2008
Bombers Defeat Sliders 5-3
The DuBois County Bombers defeated the Springfield Sliders tonight 5-3 at Springfield. The Bombers Michael Burgary threw a gem holding the Sliders scoreless through 8 innings. The Bombers offense was led by Wes Fink who drove in 2 runs on a sacrifice fly and a solo homerun. Jared Baehl also added a triple for DuBois.
The Sliders offense finnaly broke through in the 9th loading the bases with no outs down by 5. Springfield ended up plating 3 before the final out was made just short of the warning track in center field on the would-be winning run.
Springfield hosts Danville tomorrow for a 7:05 pm CT first pitch. DuBois travels to Danville for a double-header on Tuesday with the first game begining at 6:00 pm CT.
Posted by Mike Website @ 1:24 AM
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Quincy Gems' Myers Creeping Up on Home Run Record
With his 13th round-tripper of the season Saturday night, Quincy Gems' Jon Myers has hit more home runs than two entire teams this summer in the CICL.
Since the creation of the CICL in 1963, only four players have hit more than 13 home runs in a season, with the last being Twin City's Frank Mustari, who hit 14 in 1986 when teams used aluminum bats.
Springfield's Loren White holds the CICL record with 20 in 1984, also using aluminum bats.
The wood bat record is 17, set by Jim Cox of the Bloomington Bobcats in 1971. Cox later played with the Montreal Expos from 1973-76.
The league used wood bats from 1963-1974, aluminum from 1975-1989, and wood again since 1990.
Myers' next homer, his 14th, will tie him for 3rd on the all-time list with Kelvin Moore (Peoria, 1977), who later played for the Oakland Athletics 1981-83, and the aforementioned Mustari.
His 13 home runs are tied with a couple of other players who went on to play in the Major Leagues, Joe Hague (Galesburg, 1965), who played with the Cardinals and Reds from 1968-73, and Karl Pagel (Charleston-Mattoon, 1974), who played with the Cubs and Indians from 1978-83.
The Gems have 6 remaining regular season games.
Posted by Mike Website @ 10:15 AM
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Sliders Down Dans 6-3
The Springfield Sliders downed the Danville Dans Saturday 6-3 in Springfield. Springfield received a great outing from newcomer Ryan Bradley in his second appearance for the Sliders. Bradley went 5 1/3 innings allowing only 2 runs on 6 Dans hits. Danville also had a very good outing from John Foley who went 5 innings allowing 3 runs on 6 hits.
The Sliders struck first offensively in the 1st on a RBI single from Denny Vaughn and a bases loaded walk to Matt Lenski. Springfield then plated another in the 4th. Danville struck back in the 5th with one run on a RBI single by Dan Kaczrowski and again in the 6th with back-to-back homers by Andrew Pollack and Dabo Worthington. Springfield then took the lead for good in the 8th on a 2-run scoring single by Ryan Mooney and an RBI single by Jimmy Swift.
Springfield hosts Dubois tomorrow at 6:05pm CDT and Danville returns to Springfield on Monday for a 7:05pm CDT first pitch.
Posted by Mike Website @ 12:54 AM
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Gems Topple Bombers 9-5
Jon Myers powered the Quincy Gems to an 9-5 win over the Dubois County Bombers on Saturday night. Myers capped off a six run second inning for the Gems with his 13th home run of the year, a two out grand slam.
Dubois County plated two runs in the first inning when their first three batters of the game reached base. The Gems responded in the bottom of the sixth with a two out rally. With one runner on and two outs, Bombers starter Justin Higdon walked a batter and the next two. After an error loaded the bases, Myers hit the decisive blow deep to left field to put Quincy up 6-2.
The Gems added two more runs in the fifth on three singles and a walk to take a 8-2 lead. The Bombers got back into the game with three runs in the sixth but Quincy was able to tack on a run in the eighth hold off the Bombers for the win.
Gems starter Shane Zegarac picked up the win going 5 2/3 innings and allowing five runs on four hits while striking out eight. Patrick Doyle worked 3 1/3 innings to record his first save of the season.
Posted by Mike Website @ 9:48 PM
Friday, August 1, 2008
Dans 9, Sliders 8 (11 innings)
The Danville Dans overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Springfield Sliders 9-8 in 11 innings at Danville Stadium.
Danville scored the game-winning run in the 11th inning when pinch runner Brooks Kimmey scored from second on a throwing error on Zach Walters 1-out grounder to short. Brian Behnke suffered the loss for the Sliders, while Greg Houston earned the victory for the Dans.
Springfield was one out away from an 8-6 victory until Danville’s Dan Evatt blasted a two-run homer to left in the bottom of the ninth off of Sliders reliever Tyler Choate.
Walters played a part in Danville’s two-run sixth inning and the Dans run in the eighth as he had an RBI double in the sixth and run-scoring single in the eighth.
The Sliders had built a 8-3 lead with a six-run fifth inning highlighted by Dennis Vaughn’s grand slam to right and Brian Mooney delivered a two-run double to right in the sixth.
Danville right-hander Lee Swindle tossed 3 2/3 innings of shutout relief for the Dans, while Houston went the final two frames.
The Dans pounded out 15 hits in the contest with multiple hits from Jon Lilly (a double and a home run), Dan Kaczrowski (2 singles), Andrew Pollak (a single and a double), David Worthington (a single and a double), Johnny Dishon (a single and a triple) and Walters (a single and a double).
Ryan Ashe was the only batter in the Sliders lineup with multiple hits a single and a double in the 11th, but Ashe was thrown out at third trying to stretch it into a triple.
Posted by Mike Website @ 11:36 PM
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