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Wednesday, June 30, 2004Note on Statistics, Wednesday Results |
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| From this point forward, minimum criteria will be used to rank the various offensive, defensive and pitching statisitics on the website. For hitters, the minimum is 2.5 plate appearances multiplied times the number of games played by the team who has played the fewest games. For pitchers, the minimum is 1 inning pitched multiplied times the number of games played by the team who has played the fewest games. Minimum quantities are found at the bottom of each report.
For example, if 4 teams have played 17 games and the other 2 teams have played 15 games, the minimum plate appearances required to be in the leader categories is 15 x 2.5 = 37.5 (rounded to 38). Using the same number of games as above, the pitching minimum would be 15 innings. Tonight's published statistics reflect these minimums. Wednesday Results In Wednesday's action, Twin City remained in first place by defeating Springfield 9-2, Danville defeated Galesburg 8-3 and Bluff City came from behind to beat Quincy 4-2. At Redbird Field in Normal, Brian Dinkelman extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a 4th inning double, and the Twin City Stars coasted to their 10th victory with a 9-2 win over the Springfield Rifles. Dinkelman, Jones and Gardner each had 2 RBI to pace the Twin City attack, and after Springfield scored their 2 runs in the 2nd inning, Dan Frega pitched 6 strong innings to get the win, allowing only 2 hits while striking out 3. Jeremy Busch had 2 hits and 2 runs, Sean Walker had 2 hits, Eric Sancucci had 2 hits, T.J. jones had 2 RBI, Scott Gardner had 2 RBI, Jack Nelson scored 3 runs and Mike Victor had 2 hits and an RBI. The Rifles offense came in the second by RBI by Patton and Benton, who was the only Rifle with 2 hits. In Alton, A.J. Van Slyke emerged from his abbreviated slump with a 2-3 night. He added a home run and two RBI's in the Bombers 4-2 come from behind win over the Gems. Adam Milauskas had 3 hits and Matt Gerst had 2 hits. Erik Dessau threw eight solid innings, allowing two unearned runs on two hits to pick up his 3rd win. He struck out eight and hit two men. Pat Evers threw a perfect ninth inning to earn his third save of the season. At Knox College, Danville pounded out 14 hits to outpace the Galesburg Pioneers 8-3. Jeffrey Rea had 2 hits, 2 runs and 2 RBI; Blake Womble had 3 hits; Chris Coghlan had 2 hits and an RBI; Jordan Abruzzo had 2 hits and an RBI; Matt Czimskey had 2 RBI on a hit; and Brandon Daguio had 2 hits. Paul Coleman was the starting and winning pitcher. The Pioneers' Nolan Keane was 2-3 with an RBI. Thursday's Schedule: Bluff City @ Quincy 6:30 PM Twin City @ Springfield 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Danville 6:30 PM |
Tuesday, June 29, 2004Tuesday Results |
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| In Tuesday's action, Quincy defeated Bluff City easily 13-5 at Quincy and Twin City maintained its hold on first place by defeating Springfield 7-4 in Springfield.
At QU Stadium, the Gems scored 3 in the first inning on a 3-run homer by Pat Tumilty and never looked back in defeating the Bombers. Tumilty finished the game 2-5, 2 runs and 4 RBI; Michael Cowgill added a 2-run homer later in the game and was 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Kevin Reynolds was 2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Andrew Farmer 2-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jay Molina 3-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI; and Ryan Barrett was 3-4 with a run scored. Jim Bauer was the starting and winning pitcher. Bluff City's Carlos Jackson was 2-3 with 3 runs, Scott Peden had 3 RBI on a hit, and A.J. Van Slyke homered in a losing cause. At Lanphier Park this evening, Brendan Christy's bases-loaded triple in the 4th inning keyed the Twin City Stars to a 7-4 victory over the Springfield Rifles. Christy was 2-5 with 3 RBI; Brian Dinkelman extended his hitting streak to 14 games and went 3-4 with a run and 1 RBI; J.T. Jones was 2-4 and Jeremy Busch was 2-5 with 2 runs. Tony Harvot was the winning pitcher with Kyle O'Brien earning a save. For Springfield, J.R. Kyes was 2-3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI on a 2-run homer; Travis Scott was 2-4 with an RBI; Scott Scherer was 2-2 with an RBI; and Phil Laurent was 2-4 with a run scored. Here is Wednesday's schedule: Danville @ Galesburg (at Monmouth College, Monmouth, IL) 5:30 PM Springfield @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Monday, June 28, 2004Draft Lists Updated |
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| The 2003 and 2004 draft lists have been updated. These lists are current and former CICL players who were drafted in either the 2003 or the 2004 Major League Draft.
Click here for 2004 CICL Draft List. Click here for 2003 CICL Draft List. |
Monday, June 28, 2004Miscellaneous Notes, Monday Results |
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| The Twin City Stars' Brian Dinkelman is currently on a 13 game hitting streak, the longest in the league this year. The league record is 25 games by David Clark, Peoria, 6/24-7/21/82. Clark went on to play 14 years in the Major Leagues.
Galesburg's Keiji Szalo has 10 multi-hit games so far this season to lead the league. There are no league records kept for this statistic. After 47 games, the league is batting at .267; last year the average was .235. This year's ERA is 4.23 while last year was 3.11. If this trend continues, this will be a significant statistical difference compared to previous years. Homers/game this year are .55 while last year was .71. Monday Results Two games were on tap for Monday. At Illinois Wesleyan University, Springfield beat Twin City 8-6 and in Alton, Bluff City hammered Quincy 16-5. Led by Brian Dinkelman's 4 for 5 effort, the Twin City Stars fought back from an early 3-0 deficit to take a 6 to 4 lead to the ninth inning. But Springfield rallied for 4 runs. Phil Laurent doubled to tie the score at 6, and then with 2 outs, Springfield executed a double steal (1st and 3rd) allowing Laurent to score the go-ahead run. Alex Blagojevich added an insurance run with a double which made the score 8-6. Dinkelman, Sean Walker and Eric Sancucci each had 2 RBIs in a losing effort. Springfield was paced by Laurent's 3 RBIs and Adam Tallman who went 3 for 5 with 1 RBI. Joey Albsmeyer also had 2 hits. Pete Elmer was the winning pitcher and P.J. Finigan picked up his 3rd save. Bluff City banged out 21 hits and scored 16 runs to thump the Gems 16-5. Leading the way for the Bombers at the plate was Scott Peden, who was 5-5 with three RBI and two runs scored. Matt Moake (3-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI) Carlos Jackson (2-5, 2 RBI, 3 runs, solo HR), Adam Milauskas (2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI), and Matt Gerst (2-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, 2-run homer) also paced the attack. Nathan Culp battled through five innings to earn the win. He allowed four runs on six hits, struck out three and walked four. Quincy's attack was led by Kevin Reynolds (3-5, 1 run, 2 RBI), Shawn Ferguson (1-5, 3 run homer) and Ryan Barrett (3-4, 1 run). Tuesday's schedule: Bluff City @ Quincy 6:30 PM Twin City @ Springfield 6:30 PM |
Sunday, June 27, 2004Sunday Results |
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| In action Sunday, Galesburg defeated Springfield 7-1 at Lanphier Park this afternoon, and in a double header this evening in Quincy, both games went extra innings as Danville defeated the Gems 2-1 in 8 innings in the first game and Quincy defeated the Dans 3-2 in 9 innings in the nightcap.
At Springfield, Trent Jarvis pitched a 9 inning complete game and the Pioneers scored 7 runs on 10 hits in defeating the Rifles. Keiji Szalo was 2-4 with 1 run and 2 RBI, Nolan Keane was 3-3 with 1 run and 2 RBI, Chris Smith was 3-5 with 1 run and 1 RBI and Aaron Cheesman was 1-5 with 2 RBI. Springfield's P.J. Finigan was 2-3 and Phil Laurent was 3-4. In today's first game at Quincy, a continuation of the rain-suspended Thursday night game, the Dans pushed across a run on a fielder's choice in the 8th inning to earn a 2-1 victory. Zach Rodeghero led the inning off with a double, and after a ground out advanced pinch runner Josh Tamba to 3rd, Tamba scored on a ground ball hit by Blake Womble beating the throw to the plate. Starter Steve Hammond earned the win and Nate Bowman earned the save in his first CICL appearance. In the second game, it took 9 innings but the Gems finally pushed the game winner across the plate to defeat the Dans 3-2 for a split of the evening games. Pat Tumilty led off the bottom of the 9th with his second hit, the only player to collect more than 1 hit, and was bunted to second by Jeff Fontaine. Jesse Brownell then singled him home for the winning run. Jeffrey Niemiec pitched the 9th inning for the Gems to pick up the win after starter Seth Minter pitched the 1st 8 innings and allowing the Dans only 1 earned run. Monday's Schedule: Springfield @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Saturday, June 26, 2004Saturday Results |
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| A couple of wild games in Normal this afternoon were followed by two more equally wild games this evening in Galesburg and Danville. Twin City moved into 1st place this afternoon by defeating Bluff City in both ends of a doubleheader with dramatic last-inning offense; Springfield outlasted Galesburg 13-9; and Danville slid past Quincy 9-8 in 11 innings.
In Normal, the Bluff City Bombers scored 6 runs in the top of the 7th (last) innings in game #1 of the afternoon doubleheader to take a 7-3 lead into the home half of the 7th. The Stars answered by scoring 6 runs to win the game 8-7. J.T. Jones drove in the tying and winning runs in the 7th with a bases loaded, one out single. Jeremy Busch was 3-4 with an RBI; Kyle O'brien was 2-3 and scored 3 runs; and Jones was 2-4 with 2 RBI. Reliever Cory Lewis picked up the win. Bluff City was led by Matt Moake (2-4, 1 run), Carlos Jackson (3-4, 1 run, 2 RBI), A.J. Van Slyke (2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Scott Peden (2-4, 2 RBI). In the nitecap, the Bombers took a 3-2 lead into the bottom of the 7th inning but with 2 outs, the Stars Brian Dinkelman tripled home the tying run to send the game to extra innings. And then in the 9th inning, Dinkelman again came to the plate and sent everyone home a game-winning RBI double. For the game, Dinkelman was 3-5, 2 RBI, Brendan Christy was 2-3 and Blake Nelson was 1-3 with 2 RBI. Drew Himes was the winner in relief. For the Bombers, A.J. Van Slyke was 3-3 with 2 RBI and Kyle O'Brien was 2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI and a homer) In Galesburg, Springfield pounded out 18 hits enroute to their victory over the Pioneers, led by J.R. Kyes (4-5, 3 runs, 3 RBI, homer), Phil Laurent (3-4, 4 runs, 2 RBI, homer), Garrett McLeod (2-6, 3 RBI), Ryan Kendrick (3-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Joey Albsmeyer (2-5, 1 RBI) and Nevin Ashley (2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI). Craig Brookes started and earned the victory. Galesburg had 11 hits and was led by Keiji Szalo (3-4, 4 RBI), Ryan Graham (2-3, 3 runs) and Joe Napoli (2-5). In Danville, Bryan Cartie pitched the final three innings of the game and drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the 11th inning to give himself and the Dans a victory over the Quincy Gems 9-8. Cartie had 3-6, 2 runs and 1 RBI; Matt Czimskey was 3-5, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Jeffrey Rea was 2-6, 1 run, 2 RBI; Matt Votaw was 2-5, 1 run; and Jake Tranchant was 1-5, 1 run, 2 RBI. Quincy was led by Adam Rosales with 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI; Pat Tumilty 2-5, 1 run, 2 RBI; Shawn Ferguson was 3-5, 1 run, 2 RBI; and Trevor Huisinga was 2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI. Here is Sunday's schedule: Galesburg @ Springfield 4:30 PM Danville @ Quincy (2) 5:00 PM |
Friday, June 25, 2004Friday Results |
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| In the two games played in the CICL this evening, Danville defeated Quincy 5-4 with a walk-off homerun in the 9th and Springfield bested Galesburg 10-4.
In Danville, Quincy carried a 4-3 lead entering the bottom of the 9th. Right fielder Jake Tranchant led off with a single and the game quickly ended when second baseman Jeffrey Rea homered for a final score of 5-4. For the game Rea was 2-5, Blake Womble was 3-4 with 2 runs, Matt Votaw was 3-4 and Ricky Newman was 2-4 with an RBI. Nash robertson picked up the win in relief. Quincy's Jesse Brownell was 1-4 with 2 RBI and Ryan Barrett was 2-4. In Springfield, the Rifles pounded out 17 hits in defeating the Pioneers 10-4. Several players had multiple hit games - Scott Scherer was 4-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBI, Jeff Meyer was 2-5 with 2 runs and 2 RBI, Grover Benton was 2-5 with 1 run and 1 RBI, J.R. Kyes was 2-5 with a run, P.J. Finigan was 3-4 with 1 run and 1 RBI and Alex Blagojevich was 2-5 with 1 run and 1 RBI. The victory went to starter Brad Selinger. For Galesburg, Jake Meisenbach was 2-5 and Nolan Keane was 2-4 with 1 run. Saturday's schedule: Bluff City @ Twin City (2) (ISU) 1:00 PM Springfield @ Galesburg 2:00 PM Quincy @ Danville 6:30 PM |
Thursday, June 24, 2004Players of the Week for June 17-23, Thursday Result, Gems Rained Out |
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| The CICL Player of the Week for week #2 of the 2004 season, which includes games played June 17-23, is Chris Coghlan of the Danville Dans. Coghlan is a left-handed hitting infielder from Tarpon Springs, Florida, and will be sophomore this fall at Ole Miss. For the week, Coghlan led the league in average at .516 (16-31); led in on-base percentage at .545; led in hits with 16; led in RBI with 9; and led in total bases with 23. He hit one homer, tying for the league lead, was third in slugging at .742; tied for second in doubles with 4; and tied for fourth in runs with 7.
The Pitcher of the Week award is shared this week between Quincy right-hander Brad Stone and Danville right-hander Josh Johnson. Stone is from St. Louis, Missouri, and will be a sophomore this fall at Quincy University. Brad pitched the only complete game of the week, a nine inning 6-0 shutout over Springfield on June 17 in which he allowed 6 hits, walked 1 and struck out 5 Rifles batters. Stone has not allowed an earned run in either of his two starts so far. Johnson made 2 starts during the week and went 2-0 while pitching 10 innings allowing only 3 hits, 1 unearned run and fanning 12 batters. Batters hit at .094 for the week off Johnson. Josh is from Caledonia, Mississippi, and will be a sophomore this fall at Mississippi State. Other league notes: Bluff City's Erik Dessau was 2-0 in 2 starts for the week with an ERA of 1.80. The Danville Dans team hit .327 for the week while the rest of the league batted at .247, yet the Dans were only 3-4. the Bluff City Bombers batted .310 for the week but went 6-1 because of a pitching staff that led the league in ERA for the week at 2.39. The rest of the league had a 4.16 ERA for the week. The Bombers were 14 of 15 in stolen base attempts and hit 4 homers, half of the league total of 8 for the week. Carlos Jackson of the Bombers and Brian Dinkelman of the Twin City Stars were each 6-6 in stolen bases for the week. On the season, Chris Coghlan currently leads the league in batting at .500 (18-36); Coghlan and A.J. Van Slyke and Scott Peden of Bluff City are tied with 11 RBI to lead the league. Van Slyke leads in total bases with 33, in doubles with 8, is tied with Keiji Szalo of Galesburg in hits with 22 and is tied with teammate Carlos Jackson in runs with 16. Galesburg’s Joe Napoli is the only player with 2 homers. The entire league has hit only 17 homers in 2,210 at-bats in 35 games, typical numbers seen when players switch from the “any contact makes it go” counterfeit metal bats to the wooden bats that real baseball players use. Thursday Result In the only game of the evening, the Springfield Rifles defeated Galesburg 8-3 in Galesburg. The Rifles were led by Nevin Ashley's 3-run homer while Phil Laurent was 3-4 with an RBI, Scott Scherer was 2-5 with an RBI and Alex Blagojevich was 2-4 with 2 RBI. Starting Pitcher Jarad Rettberg pitched 8 innings for the win. Galesburg's Aaron Cheesman was 2-4 and Carlos Jackson, Bo Irons and Chris Smith each had an RBI. Here is Friday's schedule: Quincy @ Danville 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Springfield 6:30 PM Gems Rained Out The Danville at Quincy game scheduled for this evening has been postponed because of rain until Sunday, June 27, and will be part of a doubleheader beginning at 5:00 P.M. |
Wednesday, June 23, 2004Wednesday Results |
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| In Wednesday's action, Danville defeated Galesburg 3-2 at home and Bluff City defeated Springfield 12-2 in Springfield.
The Dans' offense was led by Jake Tranchant (2-3, 1 RBI), Chris Coghlan (2-4), Matt Votaw (2-3), and Geoff Desmond and Brandon Daguio who each had an RBI, Desmon'ds being the game winner in the bottom of the 8th inning. Danville's winning pitcher was Andy Wilson who pitched 2 innings of relief. Galesburg was led by Keiji Szalo (2-4, 1 run), Aaron Cheesman (3-4) and Joe Napoli (1-4, 1 run, 1 RBI). At Lanphier Park, Bluff City pounded out 14 hits, led by Adam Milauskas (3-3, 3 runs, 4 RBI), Kyle Kolb (2-4, 1 run 3 RBI), Carlos Jackson (2-4, 2 runs)and Brandon Patek (2-4, 3 runs, 2 RBI). Erik Dessau started and pitched 7 innings for the win. Springfield was led by P.J. Finigan (2-4, 2 RBI) and Garrett McLeod (2-5). Thursday's schedule: Danville @ Quincy 6:30 PM Springfield @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Tuesday, June 22, 2004Tuesday Results |
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| Tuesday's results: Danville 15, Galesburg 2; Bluff City 3, Springfield 2; Twin City 5, Quincy 4 (12 innings).
In Danville, the Dans pounded out 17 hits enroute to what turned out to be an easy 15-2 victory over the Pioneers. The offense, which plated 10 runs in the 7th and 8th innings, was led by Jeffrey Rea (3-6, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Blake Womble (2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Chris Coghlan (4-6, 2 runs, 4 RBI), Geoff Desmond (5-6, 1 run, 4 RBI), Matt Votaw (2-3, 2 runs) and Jake Tranchant who scored 4 runs. Josh Johnson was the winning pitcher and Ty Davis earned a save by entering the game in the 7th when the score was close and finishing the game. Mark Graham was 2-3 for the Pioneers. In Alton, the Bluff City Bombers squeaked by Springfield 3-2. The Rifles had 10 hits but the Bombers' John Sternberg (winning pitcher) and Pat Evers (save)kept the Rifles at 2 runs. Brandon Patek's homer in the 4th inning proved to be the game winner. The Rifles were paced by P.J. Finigan (2-5), Joey Albsmeyer (4-5, 1 run) and Scott Scherer (2-4, 2 RBI). The longest game of the year so far took place in Normal this evening as the Twin City Stars scored a run in the bottom of the 12th to best Quincy 5-4. Brian Dinkelman singled home the game winner with 2 outs in the 12th for his second hit of the game. The Stars were also paced by Jeremy Busch (2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI), T.J. Jones (2-5, 1 run), Brendan Christy (2-5, 1 RBI), and Kyle O'Brien (2-5, 1 run). Tony Harvot picked up the win by pitching 3 hitless and scoreless innings after the Gems had tied the game with 2 runs in the 9th to send the game to extra innings. Harvot struck out 7 of the 9 batters he faced. Quincy's Andrew Farmer was 2-5 at the plate. Wednesday's schedule: Bluff City @ Springfield 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Danville 6:30 PM |
Monday, June 21, 2004Monday Results |
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| There were two games in the CICL this evening. At Galesburg, the Pioneers defeated the Danville Dans 8-6 and in Alton the Springfield Rifles defeated the host Bluff City Bombers 5-4.
Galesburg's offense was led by Paul Rice (3-4, 3 runs), Keiji Szalo (2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Aaron Cheesman (3-4, 1 run, 2 RBI) and Jake Meisenbach (2-3, 3 RBI). Starting pitcher Casey O'Rourke picked up the win on the hill. Danville was led by Chris Coghlan (4-5, 1 run, 1 RBI, 1 HR), Matt Votaw ( 2-4, 2 runs), Ricky Newman (2-4, 1 run), Bryan Cartie (2-3, 2 runs, 1 RBI) and Jeffrey Rea and Blake Womble who had 2 RBI apiece. Springfield was led by Joey Albsmeyer (2-5, 1 run, 2 RBI) and P.J. Finigan (3-4, 1 run) who also picked up the save in relief of winning pitcher Craig Brookes. A.J. Van Slyke had another good day at the plate for the Bombers (3-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI). Here is Tuesday's schedule: Galesburg @ Danville 6:30 PM Springfield @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Quincy @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM |
Sunday, June 20, 2004Sunday's Results |
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| On Father's Day, Galesburg defeated Twin City 8-4 at ISU and Bluff City won their 6th of their last 7 games by defeating Danville 7-2 at home.
Keiji Szalo was 2-5 and 7 different Pioneers players drove in a run as pitcher Mark Goodman earned the win for Galesburg. Brian Dinkelman, Mike Victor and Brendan Christy each had two hits for the Twin City Stars in a losing cause. In Alton, the red-hot Bombers were led by Matt Gerst (2-3, 2 runs, 3 RBI), Matt Moake (3-4, 2 runs), Scott Peden (2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Brent Lacy (2-4) while starting pitcher Nathan Culp pitched 6 innings for the win. Danville's offense was led by Jake Tranchant (3-4). In other news, the statistics for last Thursday's Galesburg at Bluff City game have been corrected and updated on this site. Monday's schedule: Springfield @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Danville @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Saturday, June 19, 2004Saturday's Results |
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| Quincy and Springfield split a doubleheader in Springfield this evening, with Quincy winning the first game 7-5 and Springfield taking the nitecap 3-0 on a combined no-hitter. In Quincy's opening game victory, the offense was led by Adam Rosales (2-4, 2 runs), Pat Tumilty (2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Michael Cowgill (1-2, 2 RBI) and Jeff Fontaine (1-3, 3 RBI). Seth Minter picked up the win on the hill.
In the nitecap, starter Adam Tallman (4 innings) and reliever Brad Selinger (3 innings) held the hot-hitting Quincy Gems to no hits while striking out 9. This was the 2nd no-hitter of the young 2004 season. Leading the Rifles in their 3-0 were Joey Albsmeyer (2-3), J.R. Kyes (2-2) and Jeff Meyer (2-3, 2 RBI) who drove in the winning runs in the 6th inning with a bases-loaded single. In Danville, the Bluff City Bombers prevailed over the Dans by a final score of 9-6 in 10 innings. Matt Moake was 3-5, scored 3 runs and drove in the winning run; Carlos Jackson (4-5, 1 RBI), Brent Lacy (2-5, 1 RBI), Greg Paiml (2-5) and A.J. Van Slyke (2-5, 1 RBI)also led the Bombers offensive attack. Pat Evers picked up the victory in relief. In Galesburg, the Twin City Stars defeated the Pioeeners by a score of 5-4. Leading the Stars were Jeremy Busch (2-5), Brian Dinkelman (2-5, 1 RBI), Mike Victor (2-5) and Jack Nelson (2-5, 2 RBI). Brian Mitchell was credited with the win and Cory Lewis earned a save. Here is Sunday's Schedule: Danville @ Bluff City 6:00 PM Galesburg @ Twin City (ISU) 1:00 PM |
Friday, June 18, 2004Friday Results |
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| In Friday's action, Quincy defeated Springfield 2-1 at QU Stadium on an RBI sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 8th inning by Jeff Fontaine. Starting and winning pitcher Chris Otten pitched 8 solid innings allowing only 3 hits, all in the 5th inning. Travis Risser picked up the save.
In Bloomington, the Twin City Stars defeated Galesburg 3-2, scoring all three runs in the first inning and the gamewinner on a wild pitch. Galesburg outhit the Stars 10-6 bu Stars pitchers made the three runs hold up. The Stars Brendan Christy was 2-3; Brian Dinkelman and Mike Victor each had an RBI in the 1st. Starter Ned Schauff went 6 innings for the victory and Dan Frega pitched the finall 3 innings for the save. The Pioneers were led by Jake Meisenbach (2-4), Nolan Keane (2-4) and Jerry Vickery (2-4). Bo Irons and Court Jackson each had an RBI. In Danville, the Bluff City Bombers knocked off the Dans 10-7. A.J. Van Slyke was 3-4 with 3 runs scored for the Bombers, while Carlos Jackson, Scott Peden, Brent Lacy, Brandon Patek and Mat Moake each had 2 hits. Justin Clayton pitched 7 innings allowing only 2 earned runs for the win. Pat Evers picked up the save. Danville's Matt Czimskey was 2-4 with 3 RBI, and Jeff Rea and Chris Coghlan each had 2 hits as well. Note on statistics: there is an error with the statistics for Thursday night's Galesburg at Bluff City game. Corrections will be made as soon as they are all known. Here is Saturday's schedule: Bluff City @ Danville 6:30 PM Twin City @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Quincy @ Springfield (2)5:00 PM |
Thursday, June 17, 2004Players of Week June 10-16, Thursday Results |
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| CICL Players of the Week for games played June 10-16 have been selected. For position players, co-winners are A.J. Van Slyke of the Bluff City Bombers and Keiji Szalo of the Galesburg Pioneers. For the week, Van Slyke played 7 games and went 12-25 (.480), scored 5 runs, had 4 RBI and 15 total bases. Van Slyke is from LaDue, Missouri, and will be a junior this fall at the University of Kansas,
Keiji Szalo played 6 games and went 9-21 (.429), scored 6 runs, had 6 RBI, 1 homer and also 15 total bases. Szalo is from Kewanee, Illinois, and just finished his sophomore year at Blackhawk College Pitcher of the Week honors go to Quincy's Michael Cole who tossed a no-hitter vs. Springfield this week. Cole is from Boone Terre, Missouri, and will be a sophomore this fall at the University of Missouri. Thursday Results In Thursday CICL action, Quincy defeated Springfield 6-0; Bluff City thumped Galesburg 9-1; and Danville took two from Twin City by scores of 9-4 and 6-1 (the first game was a completion of Wednesday's suspended game). Quincy's Michael Cole pitched a 9 inning complete game shutout over the Rifles and received offensive support from Jeff Fontaine (3-4), Adam Rosales (3-4), Jesse Brownell (2-4), Michael Cowgill (2-5) and Pat tumilty (2 RBI). Springfield's Alex Blagojevich was 2-3. In Alton, Scott Peden led the way for the surging Bombers with an RBI double and a 2-run homer that sparked a three run sixth inning for the Bombers. A.J. Van Slyke was 2-3, Matt Gerst was 2-3 with 3 RBI, Peden 2-3 with 2 RBI, and Brent Lacy had 2 RBI. Eric Dessau recorded his first win of the season by going eight innings, allowing one run on six hits. He struck out eight and walked none. In Danville, the Dans were led in game 1 by Jeff Rea (2-3), Blake Womble (2-4), Chris Coghlan (2-3) and Geoff Desmond (2-4). Coghlan and Ricky Newman each had 2 RBI. Josh Tamba was the winning pitcher. Twin City's J.T. Jones was 2-4 and Kyle O'Brien was 2-3 with 3 RBI. In game 2, Danville's Jeff Rea was 3-4 with an RBI, Blake Womble was 2-3 and Matt Votaw was 2-3. Theisen was the winning pitcher. Here is Friday's schedule: Bluff City @ Danville 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM Springfield @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Wednesday, June 16, 2004Wednesday Results, Makeup Date |
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| In Wednesday's action, Quincy defeated Springfield 4-2. Jeff Fontaine was 2-4 with 2 RBI for the Gems; Jay Molina had an RBI double and Pat Tumilty homered. Travis Miller earned the victory for the Gems. Springfield's Phil Laurent was 2-4.
In a doubleheader in Galesburg, the Pioneers and Bluff City Bombers split with the Bombers winning the opener 6-3 and the Pioneers winning the nitecap 2-0. In the first game, the Bombers were led by Brent Lacy (2-4), Kyle Smith (2-4), A.J. Van Slyke (1-4, 2 RBI) and RBI by Scott Peden, Matt Gerst and Kyle Kolb. Starter Kyle Jones oicked up the win for the Bombers. The Pioneers Ryan Graham had 2 RBI and Keiju Szalo was 2-4. In the nitecap, Pioneers' starter Trent Jarvis pitched a complete game (7 innings) shutout, limiting the Bombers to 5 hits. All the offense was provided by Joe Napoli's 2 run homer in the 1st inning. The Bombers' Matt Moake was 2-3. In Danville, the Dans vs. Twin City Stars game was suspended by rain after 2 innings with the Dans ahead 8-2. The game will be resumed and played to 7 innings at 6:00 P.M., on Thursday, June 17, and will be followed by a 7 inning nitecap, the regularly scheduled game for Thursday. Here is Thursday's complete schedule: Galesburg @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Quincy @ Springfield 6:30 PM Twin City @ Danville (2) 6:00 PM Makeup Date Set The Danville at Twin City game rained out Tuesday night has been rescheduled to be part of a doubleheader on July 17 starting at 5:00 PM. |
Tuesday, June 15, 2004Tuesday Results, Monday Game at Quincy |
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| Rain played havoc with the CICL schedule on Tuesday raining two games out. In the only game that was played, the Bluff City Bombers defeated the Galesburg Pioneers 12-3 to earn their first victory of the season after three losses. Leading the Bombers to victory were A.J. Van Slyke (3-5, 4 runs, 3 RBI, homer), Carlos Jackson (2-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI) and Scott Peden (3-4, 1 run, 4 RBI). Matt Gerst, Brandon Patek and Kyle Smith also contributed by getting two hits apiece. John Sternberg earned the victory on the mound for the Bombers.
The postponed Quincy at Springfield game was rescheduled to be part of a doubleheader this coming Sunday, June 19, at Lanphier Park, beginning at 5:00 PM. The Danville at Twin City postponement has not yet been rescheduled. Here is Wednesday's schedule: Bluff City @ Galesburg (2)5:00 PM Twin City @ Danville 6:30 PM Springfield @ Quincy 6:30 PM Monday Game at Quincy Monday's rain-shortened game at Quincy is now "official," with the final score Quincy 4, Springfield 0. As a result, Quincy Gems' Michael Cole is credited with a no-hitter, the first such game in 5 years. Cole pitched 6 innings, fanned 7 and walked only 1 batter. He faced the minimum number of batters of 18 as the only baserunner the Rifles had was erased caught stealing. At the plate, the Gems only had 3 hits with RBI by Pat Tumilty and Adam Rosales on 1st inning hits. Standings have been updated; player statistics will be updated later today. |
Monday, June 14, 2004Monday Results |
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| In Monday's action, the Danville Dans defeated the Twin City Stars in Bloomington by the score of 7-2. The Dans were led by Blake Wombler who was 2-4 with 2 runs scored, Chris Coghlan at 2-5 with 2 RBI and Matt Czimskey who was also 2-5 with 2 RBI. Ty Davis earned the pitching victory. Twin City was led by Blake Nelson who was 2-4.
In other action, the Springfield at Quincy game was halted by rain with Quincy leading 4-0 after 6 innings. This author is awaiting whether or not this constitutes a complete game because the league used to have a rule that all innings of regularly scheduled games are to be played even if stopped by rain. Under that rule, the game is suspended and completed the next time the teams play at the same site, with the completion of the suspended game and the regularly scheduled game both shortened to 7 innings. As soon as the official ruling is known it will be published here and stats and standings will be updated when it becomes official. The third game of the evening saw the Bluff City at Galesburg game postponed by rain. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader on June 16 (Wednesday), beginning at 5:00 PM. Here is Tuesday's slate of games: Galesburg @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Quincy @ Springfield 6:30 PM Danville @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM |
Sunday, June 13, 2004Sunday Results, Louisville Slugger Awards |
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| In the only game scheduled for Sunday, June 13, the Quincy Gems scored a unearned run in the bottom of the 9th inning to tie its game with Galesburg and then another unearned run in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat the Galesburg Pioneers 5-4. The victory by the Gems left the teams splitting its opening 4 game series of the year. Quincy was led by Trevor Huisinga (3-4, 1 RBI), Adam Rosales (1-5, 2 Runs), and Jeff Fontaine (2-4, 2 Runs). Reliever Travis Risser picked up the win. Galesburg was led by Paul Rice (2-4, 1 Run, 1 RBI), Mark Goodman (3-4, 2 Runs, 1 RBI) and Nolan Keane (2-4).
Monday's Schedule: Bluff City @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Danville @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM Springfield @ Quincy 6:30 PM CICL Players Honored by Louisville Slugger Danville Dans players Josh Johnson, Jeffrey Rea, and Chris Abruzzo, Twin City's Sean Walker and Quincy's Pat Tumilty have been named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans. Read Press Release |
Saturday, June 12, 2004Saturday Results |
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| Twin City swept Bluff City tonight in a doubleheader, winning by scores of 4-1 and 6-5. In the first game, the Stars were led by Jeremy Busch (2-4, 1 RBI), Blake Nelson (2-3) and Jack Nelson (1-3, 2 RBI)and strong pitching by starter and winner Ned Schauff and good relief by Tony Harvot, who earned the save. A.J. Van Slyke led the Bombers by going 3-4 at the plate.
In the nightcap, the Stars scored 3 runs in their last at-bat to overcome a 5-3 deficit and win the game. The Stars' T.J. Jones batted in the game winning run in the 7th and was 2-4 wiith 2 RBI on the night. Brendan Christy was 2-3 with a homer and RBI. The Stars' Dan Frega claimed the victory in relief. For the Bombers, Brent Lacy was 1-3 with 3 RBI and Kyle Smith was 2-3. The Stars are now 3-0 in the league and the Bombers dropped to 0-3. More Saturday Results The Danville Dans evened up their season record at 1-1 by defeating the Springfield Rifles 8-6 in Danville this evening. Leading the Dans were Blake Womble (4-4, 1 RBI, 2 Runs), Brandon Daugio (3-5, 2 RBI), Ricky Newman (2-4, 2 Runs) and Zach Rodeghero (2-4, 1 RBI). Josh Tamba earned the victory on the hill for the Dans. Springfield was led by Grover Benton who was 2-5 with 2 RBI. Stats and standings updated later. More Saturday Results The Quincy Gems got into the win column with a resounding 10-0 victory over the Galesburg Pioneers in the second game of their double header at Jim Sundberg Field Saturday afternoon. The Pioneers had won the 1st two games of the opening 4 game series between the clubs. The Gems were led by Trevor Huisinga and Ryan Barrett, who were each 3-3 with an RBI, and Mike Cowgill and Adam Rosales who each had 2 RBI. Starting pitcher Chris Otten went 5 innings to earn the victory. Updated standings and statistics will be posted after the other games of the day are played later this evening. Saturday Results (Partial) The Galesburg Pioneer moved their record to 2-0 with a 5-2 victory this afternoon over Quincy in game #1 of a doubleheader at Jim Sundberg Field. Three Pioneers pitchers held the Gems at Bay with starter Drew Swanson earning the victory and reliever Chris Krawczyk earning a save. At the plate for the Pioneers, Keiji Szalo was 2-3 with an RBI while Ryan Graham and Jake Meisenbach each had 2 RBI. For the Gems, Adam Rosales was 2-3. The standings and statistics will be updated later this evening at the conclusion of all scheduled games for today. |
Friday, June 11, 20042004 Season Openers |
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| The 2004 season opened tonight with three games: Galesburg hammered Quincy 13-3; Springfield nipped Danville 2-1; and Twin City bested Bluff City 7-3.
Leading the Galesburg Pioneers in their offensive display at Quincy were Court Jackson (2-5), Ryan Graham (3-5, 2 RBI), Keiji Szalo (4-5, 2 RBI), Paul Rice (4-5, 3 RBI) and Nolan Keane (2-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI). Starting pitcher Casey O'Rourke pitched 5 innings for the victory. Quincy's Jeff Fontaine was 3-4 with a home run and 2 RBI and Jay Molina also homered. In Springfield, the Rifles got RBI from Phil Laurent and Scott Travis and a 3-4 night from P.J. Finigan to support an outstanding pitching effort by three Rifles pitchers with Adam Tallman earning the win with 3 strong innings of relief. At Twin City, the Stars were led by Brian Dinkelman (3-5), Mr. Jones (3-5) and Jeremy Busch (2 RBI). Starter Eric Theisen pitched 6 innings and was credited with the victory. Bluff City's Brent Lacy was 2-4. |
Friday, June 11, 2004Another CICL Alum Makes Big League Debut |
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| Jon Knott, an outfielder who played for the Danville Dans in 1999, made his Major League debut on May 30 for the San Diego Padres. Jon hit .309 with 10 HR and 43 RBI for the Dans that year in helping the team win the 1999 CICL Tournament title. |
Thursday, June 10, 2004Opening Night Rained Out |
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| Both games scheduled to open the 2004 CICL season this evening were rained out. The Quincy at Galesburg game will be made up as part of a doubleheader at Galesburg on Saturday, June 13, starting at 2:00 PM. The Twin City at Bluff City game will be made up as part of a doubleheader at Bluff City on Monday, July 26, starting at 5:00 PM. All online schedules have been updated to reflect these changes. |
Tuesday, June 1, 2004CICL OPENS 42nd SEASON OF BASEBALL ON JUNE 10 |
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| Springfield, Ill – The 42nd edition of the Central Illinois Collegiate League opens its season on June 10 under third-year commissioner Ron Riggle, Athletic Director and Head Baseball Coach at Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Illinois.
The 2004 season features the return of a team for the city of Galesburg, Illinois, replacing the Decatur Blues who folded after 18 seasons in the league. Galesburg, who are nicknamed the Pioneers, return to the league after a 22 year absence, having been one of the charter CICL members starting in 1963 and playing in the league’s first 20 years (1963-1982). The Pioneers will play their home games at Jim Sundberg Field, named after the former major leaguer and CICL alumnus. The 2004 season opens with two games on June 10, Quincy at Galesburg and Twin City at Bluff City. The Danville Dans and Springfield Rifles open their season the next night with a game at Springfield. The Rifles will play their home games at Lanphier Park this season. A complete schedule for 2004 is enclosed. The 2004 season will once again take top college and professional prospects through an aggressive 44 game schedule and a four-team elimination tournament at the end of the season. Breaking a practice started in 1998, the league will not play divisions this year. All teams will compete in one division with the top 4 teams playing in the postseason tournament, a best two-out-of-three semi-final series August 6-8, and the final two teams squaring off in a three game series for the Tournament Championship August 10-12. The 2004 season will again feature a midseason All-Star game scheduled for Tuesday evening, July 6, in Alton (Bluff City). Four of the six teams in the league will feature first-year field managers. Bluff City will be guided by Chris Erwin; Jami Isaacson will manage the Galesburg Pioneers; Eric Weaver will lead the Springfield Rifles; and Jake Perganson will manage the Twin City Stars. At Quincy, Luke Sabers will direct the Quincy Gems for the second season and at Danville, Bill Ferrari returns for his 3rd season at the helm. Danville won the Eastern Division, and the CICL Tournament title in 2003. Since 1963, more than 850 CICL alumni have moved on to professional baseball, with more than 150 reaching the Major Leagues. |
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