Text Box: Splitty The Rebels have won 5 of 6 Sunday, July 18, 2010 Genesee 2, Burlington 6 (Gm. 1) Genesee 5, Burlington 3 (Gm. 2)     Burlington RHP Karl Richter retired 10 out of the first 11 Game 1 Rebel batters en route to a comfortable 6-2 victory for the host Barons. Richter allowed just four hits in his seven innings of work. Three of those hits came in the sixth frame. A Jim Szajna opposite field double followed a lead-off single by CF Matt Bauer. Both runners scored on a two-out single by DH Mark Wershay. A nice play by 1B Mitch Windle reaching over the fence to snag an Aaron Dolan pop up ended the Rebels hopes of a bigger inning. The Barons jumped on Rebels starter LHP Jon Pfeiffer early tallying four runs in the bottom of the first. Two walks, a HBP and an error put the Rebs in a hole they couldn't find their way out of. Back to back one out walks followed by a Jon Cappasso single in the fourth scored the final two runs of the contest. RF Jim Szana was 1x3 with a run scored. In Game 2, the Rebels looked to veteran RHP Matt DeMarais to earn the split with the second place Barons. In nearly a mirror image of game one, Burlington retired the first three Genesee batters and then struck quickly in the bottom half. 3B Justin Molle's two out double plated the second and third runs of the inning to give the Barons a 3-0 lead. Things looked bleak for the Rebels as Burlington starter RHP Ryan Hoffman worked around two errors while pitching no-hit ball through 3-1/3 innings. In the fourth the Rebels scored all five of their runs on four singles, two walks and a sac fly. Dolan, C Andy Sturtevant, 1B Chris Elliott had consecutive singles and were plated by a Wershay sac fly, a Jim Szajna bases loaded walk, and a 2B Dave Hellman single. A Hellman single in the top of the sixth with two outs would be the only other hit of the game for the Rebs. Ryan Hoffman pitched a complete game, but took the loss. After a rough first inning, DeMarais pitched fantastically allowing a lone single until Hoffman led of the seventh with a line drive single to left. A second single put runners at first and second with one out. DeMarais worked out of it with a nifty 5-3 double play to end it. The victory along with a sweep of the rival North Prairie Dawgs over the 4th weekend puts the Rebels at 7-8 and in seventh place in the Southwest. The Rebels hope to climb into a playoff spot this weekend as they welcome Rome to Genesee on Saturday and Wales on Sunday. Both games will start at 1:30.

 

TEAM LEADERS 2010
 BATTING

AVG.

.467

Dolan

RUNS

15

Bauer

HITS

16

Bauer

DOUBLES

5

Dolan

TRIPLES

-

 

HOME RUNS

-

 

RBI

9

Dolan

SLG%

.633

Dolan

WALKS

11

Wershay

HBP

2

 J. Szajna, Hellman,

ON BASE %

.559

Sturtevant

STEALS

5

Bauer

PITCHING

VICTORIES

1

Meier, Pfeiffer, Belknap

ERA

1.62

Pfeiffer

SAVES

1

J. Szajna, Meier, Wershay
APPEARANCES

5

 Meier, DeMarais

IP

20.67

Meier

OPP. BA.

.154

Belknap

WH/IP

1.02

Pfeiffer

WALKS

10

Meier

STRIKE OUTS

23

Pfeiffer

COMPLETE GAMES

1

Pfeiffer, Meier

J. Szajna
M. Wershay

S. Engel
J. Meier

M. Bauer
J. Pfeiffer

J. Meier
T. Gainer

C. Elliott
M. Wershay

B. Szajna
D. Hellman

A. Dolan
N. Heckenkamp
K. Kiesgen

M. DeMarais
J. Pfeiffer
S. Belknap
R. Garland

A. Sturtevant
N. Heckenkamp

jason anderson jim adams tim baron jason bartolotta tony bartolotta matt bauer wes blankenheim steve belknap jake burac matt demarais aaron dolan joe ellifson chris elliott steve engel sean fleming dave fritz tyler gainer ryan garland jim gibson kevin gilpen nate glant greg harms nick heckenkamp dave hellman justin helker derek hyde jason infusino sam jansen ryan johnson joel katte kevin kiesgen kyle kiesgen jason knas bob laplante adam larock scott long bob mantuefel sam meeth scott meeth joel meier brad michaelis jeremy mueller  kyle notch nate oksiuta clay pacunas derek parent jon pfeiffer mike pronold tim romanello anthony russo ryan sanford brad saugestad shane savin craig schmidt dusty schmidt gary schmidt bill schultz derek stebbins andy sturtevant brian szajna jim szajna tom tetting rob tilton paul trupke adam wagner mark wershay jerry wellnitz bill welch  tj wielebski danny wendt darin wiesner nic wichser mike zaborowski

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