Friday, June 30, 2006Friday's Results |
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| Danville defeated Quincy this evening in Quincy 4-3 in 10 innings. No other information is available at this time. A box score and play-by-play will eventually be posted when received from Quincy.
In Galesburg, the Twin City Stars scored 7 runs in the 1st inning and went on to hammer out 16 hits enroute to a 13-5 win over the Pioneers to stay percentage points ahead of second place Danville who also won tonight.  Tristan Facer  Scott Kuhns For the Stars, Joey Railey had 3 hits and 2 RBI; Bobby Stevens had 3 hits and 2 RBI; Kevin Diete had 2 hits and 2 RBI; Tristan Facer had 2 hits and 2 RBI including a homer; Brett Lancaster had 2 hits and 2 RBI; and David Brumagin had 3 hits. Twin City's first 4 hitters (Railey, Stevens, Diete and Brumagin) were 11-22 on the night. Starter Scott Kuhns extended his record to 4 wins against no losses despite allowing all 5 Pioneer runs, only 2 earned, in 5 innings pitched. Galesburg had only 6 hits, one being a solo homer by John Walsh. |
Thursday, June 29, 2006Coleman, Dans Shut Out Bombers 3-0 |
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| Louis Coleman pitched a complete game and he and the Danville Dans shut out the Dubois Bombers this evening 3-0. Coleman allowed only 3 singles and fanned 13 enroute to a complete game shutout that extended his record to 3-0.
The Dans got all the runs they needed in the 3rd inning on a couple of errors followed by RBI singles by alliteration twins Denny Duron and Garrett Gipe. Back-to-back doubles by Jon Moore and Devin Hicks in the 4th inning closed out the scoring. David Burns had 2 of the Bombers 3 hits. The win elevated the Dans into a 3-way tie for the league lead with Twin City and Dubois County. |
Thursday, June 29, 2006Springfield Tops Twin City 7-5 |
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| The Springfield Rifles continued their good play against first place teams tonight as they defeated the Twin City Stars tonight 7-5. Ramon Delgado won his first game against 2 losses. Josh Hake, his teammate from Pima Community College earned his first save.
The game included an unusual play in the bottom of the fifth inning when with one out and the bases loaded, Justin Carr hit a deep fly ball to right field which was mishandled for an error and one run scored and the next two runners were tagged out at home plate as the trailing runner had nearly caught up to the runner before him. Springfield was led by Zach Stead who was 3 for 3 and 2 runs scored, Casey Spears who went 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI, Kody McManis who went 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and Justin Carr who went 2 for 5 with a run scored and 2 RBI.  Kevin Diete Twin City was led by Joey Railey who was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored and 1 RBI, Ricky Angel who went 2 for 4 with 1 RBI and Kevin Diete who went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI. Sean McElyea pitched 3.2 innings of scoreless relief. |
Thursday, June 29, 2006Wednesday's Results |
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| The DuPage County Dragons swept a double header from the Quincy Gems at Quincy on Wednesday evening.
In the first game, the Dragons won 4-1 off of excellent pitching by DJ Mauldin. Mauldin went all seven innings, allowed only two hits and had nine strikeouts, striking out the side in the first two innings. Gems pitcher Ryan Myers also pitched well, going all seven innings, allowing six hits, 4 runs (three earned) and six strikeouts. In the second game, the Dragons were outpitched and outhit through most of the game but 5 Gems fielding errors took their toll leading to a 3-2 victory for the Dragons in 12 innings. The stars of the game were the pitching staffs. The Gems' Brady Decker went six innings only allowing three hits and the two tying runs. Then Pat Venditte came in and tied up the Dragon's offense for 5 innings only allowing one hit, two walks, a hit by pitch, and earning 9 strikeouts. For the Dragons, Kevin Smalley pitched the final 5 innings without allowing a run on 3 hits for the victory. The Gems had runners in scoring position three times in extra innings but were unable to put it together. The Dragon's second baseman Jeff Carroll robbed the Gems' Pat Tumilty of a game winning line drive in the bottom of the eighth with a leaping catch landing in a summersault. Gems Catcher Dan Quinn also tacked on another home run in the game to possibly take the league lead. The game winning run was an unearned run scored off of Gems Pitcher Matt German by a Kevin Dubler sacrifice fly. |
Wednesday, June 28, 2006No Report from Quincy |
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| The league office received no report tonight for the scheduled games between DuPage County Dragons at Quincy Gems this evening. We'll post the scores as soon as we know the results. |
Wednesday, June 28, 2006Danville Romps past Dubois 10-1 |
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| The Danville Dans moved to within 1 game of the Dubois County Bombers tonight with an easy 10-1 win ovr the Bombers in Huntingburg, Indiana.
Danville lead 4-1 until the fifth innings when they broke the game open. After Nick Hardy singled Garret Gipe smacked his first home run of the season to give the Dans a 6-1 lead. They added three more in the inning on two walks and four singles for a commanding 9-1 lead. Ricardo Pecina pitched 7 strong innings for Danville improving his record to 3-1 while Kris Ruepke took the loss for the Bombers. The win tightens up the race in the CICL with Danville (9-7) one game behind the Bombers (11-7) and Twin City(9-5) who was idle tonight. Tonight's box score and play-by-play will not be availble until Thursday evening. |
Wednesday, June 28, 2006Pioneers Squeak Past Rifles 1-0 |
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| In Galesburg tonight, the Pioneers pushed across an unearned run in the bottom of the 8th inning and survived a major threat by Springfield in the top of the 9th to defeat the Rifles 1-0.
Starter pitchers Chris Wright of Springfield and Cole Stipovich of Galesburg locked horns in a great pitchers' duel for more than 7 innings. Galesburg pushed across the game's only run, unearned, on an infield single after loading the bases on an error and 2 walks in the 8th, Matt Smedberg with the game-winning RBI. In the top of the 9th, the Rifles loaded the bases on a hit, a walk and an error with only 1 out off winning pitcher Cole Stipovich (2-0). However, reliever Bryce Ahrendt quashed the threat by striking out the game's final 2 batters to pick up his 3rd save. Galesburg had only 2 hits, the infield single by Smedberg in the 8th and a single by Tommy Finn way back in the 3rd inning. Springfield had only 4 hits, 2 each by Marcus Artner and Kyle Dudley. Dudley had the game's only extra base hit,a double. Tough-luck pitcher Chris Wright went 7.1 innings, allowed 1 unearned run and struck out 10 Pioneers. Winner Stipovich went 8.1 shutout innings, allowing 4 hits and fanning 8 Rifles. |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006Dans 6, Bombers 4 |
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| The Danville Dans defeated the Dubois County Bombers by a score of 6-4 as Danville's Bryce Stowell held the Bombers to one run in six innings. Danville jumped one game over .500 to 8-7 while the Bombers fell to 11-6 but find themselves still in first place, one-half game ahead of Twin City.
The Bombers were able to strike first in the bottom half of the second inning. After Ryan Campbell walked and David Burns singled Wes Fink singled home the first run of the night to give the Bombers a 1-0 lead. Brandon Cooney started on the hill for the Bombers and the hard throwing right-hander was in cruise control until the top of the fourth when Danville struck back. A walk to Nick Hardy and singles by David Harris, Jon Moore and Devin Hicks gave Danville a 2-1 lead that they never relinquished. The Dans were able to tack on another run in the fifth for a 3-1 lead and over the next 3 innings increased their lead to 6-2 before the Bombers pushed across 2 runs in the bottom of the ninth before their rally fell short. Box score and play-by-play information was not yet received by midnight. |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006Dragons Over Gems 4-2 |
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| The DuPage County Dragons scored 2 unearned runs on 3 hits and 2 errors in the top of the 1st inning to take a lead they never relinquished in a 4-2 victory over the Quincy Gems at QU Stadium Tuesday night.
The Dragons collected 10 total hits, 3 by Jeff Carroll and 2 by Ruairi O'Connor. Dan Brewer and O'Connor each had an RBI. Dan Quinn had 3 hits for the Gems, one a solo homer, while teammates Jake Owens and Pat Tumilty each had a pair of hits. Andrew Beatty extended his record to 3-0 pitching 7.1 innings, allowing 8 hits and striking out 5. Scott Boleski picked up his first save. |
Tuesday, June 27, 2006Pioneers Defeat Stars 5-1 |
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| The Galesburg Pioneers snapped a 2 game losing streak with help from a sterling pitching performance by Kyle Zilis. The tall lefthander had a no-hitter through six innings and at one point retired 10 Twin City hitters in a row. He finished the game allowing only 2 Twin City hits while striking out four.
Galesburg got on the scoreboard first with 3 runs in the second inning Nate Marquardt led off with a single to left field, followed by a single from Tony Vercelli. Austin Markel connected for the 3rd straight hit with an infield single to load the bases. One out later Scott Gracey coaxed a walk to score Vercelli. Ben Carruthers the connected with a 2 out single to complete the Pioneer scoring in the second. The only offense the Stars were able to muster was in the seventh when Kevin Diete touched Zilis for a double down the left field line. Kyle Cherney connected for the only other Twin City hit to score Diete. Brian Harris had 2 hits for the Pioneers and Ben Carruthers drove in 2 runs on 2 hits. Nate Marquardt had 3 hits. |
Monday, June 26, 2006Stars Down Pioneers 4-1 |
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| In Galesburg this evening, the Twin City Stars scored 3 runs in the 1st inning and went on to defeat the Galesburg Pioneers by a score of 4-1. Tristan Facer  Bobby Stevens Starter Colin Brennan went 5 innings and reliever Tristan Facer the final 4 innings, scattering 7 Pioneers hits. The only Pioneer run scored on a sacrifice fly by Brian Clifford in the 2 inning.  Ricky Angel The Stars scored in the 1st inning on a wild pitch and RBI singles by David Brumagin and Ricky Angel, and added a 4th run in the 7th on errors. Galesburg committed 5 errors and had a passed ball in the game. Bobby Stevens and Ricky Angel each had 2 hits for the Stars. Joey Railey of Twin City and Bo Irons of Galesburg each had a double. |
Monday, June 26, 2006Bombers Nip Dans 2-0 |
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| Brett Reilly and a pair Dubois relievers combined for a four-hit shutout to snap the Bombers three-game losing streak with a 2-0 victory over the Danville Dans.
Reilly (4-0) went a season-high eight innings, allowing two hits while walking just one, hitting one batter and striking out seven. Danville got only runner into scoring position against Reilly, but he worked out that situation when he got Billy Alvino to ground out with Nick Hardy at third base. The Dans mounted a ninth-inning challenge against Bomber relievers Brent Wendholt and Chris Vaculik. Denny Duron led off with a infield single and after a fly out, Garrett Gipe also reached on an infield single. Vaculik got Danville's David Harris to ground into a game-ending double play. Dubois got all the offense it would need in the third inning on a run-scoring single by Daniel Bomback, who was 1-for-2 with a pair of walks. The Bombers added an insurance run in the fifth on a sacrifice fly by Bradley Goldsmith. |
Monday, June 26, 2006Players of the Week of June 19-25 |
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| The CICL Player of the Week for games June 19-25 is awarded to two players with nearly identical offensive statistics for the week.
Denny Duron of the Danville Dans and Kyle Dudley of the Springfield Rifles both batted .474 (9-19), had slugging percentages of .632, on base percentages of .524 and 12 total bases. Duron had 6 RBI, a double, a triple and 2 stolen bases in 5 games while Dudley had 3 doubles and 4 RBI in 6 games. Denny Duron is from Shreveport, Louisiana, and will be a sophomore this fall at Pepperdine University. Kyle Dudley is from Auburn, Illinois, who just completed his career at Parkland College. The Pitcher of the Week is also a shared award between left-handers Andrew Beatty of the DuPage County Dragons and Mark Lowry of the Springfield Rifles. Beatty made 1 start and 1 relief appearance (1-0) during the week pitching 8 innings, allowing only 6 hits and 1 unearned run while striking out 5. Batters hit only .194 off of Andrew and had only 1 extra base hit, a double. Lowry also made 2 appearances (1-0), both in relief, and pitched a total of 7 innings allowing no runs, 5 hits (all singles) while fanning 4. Batters hit .200 off of Mark's offerings. |
Monday, June 26, 2006Quincy at Springfield Postponed |
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| This evening's game at Springfield between the Rifles and visiting Quincy Gems was postponed due to wet grounds. The game has not yet been rescheduled. |
Sunday, June 25, 2006Rifles Sweep Bombers 3-2 and 4-2 |
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| The Springfield Rifles continued their good play against Dubois County and swept a doubleheader 3-2 in 9 innings and 4-2 in 8 innings.
Good pitching in both contests kept the Bombers scoreless the last 7 innings in each game. Mark Lowry went the last 5 innings in game 1 while giving up only 2 hits and earning the win to go to 1-1. Josh Hake went the last 2 innings in game 2 while giving up no hits to go to 1-1. Dubois took a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning of the first game on a single by Josh Irvin followed by a single by Ryan Campbell, an RBI double by David Burns and a sacrifice fly by Cam Howell. Springfield tied the score at 2 in the 4th inning when Cory Coquillard was hit by a pitch and advanced to 3rd on 2 wild pitches. Lance Rhodes received a walk and both runners advanced on another wild pitch. Ryan Gryzwa then walked and Rhodes scored on a single by Kody McManis. That ended the scoring by either team until the bottom of the 9th when Michael Brumlevy led off with a single. He was sacrificed to 2nd and following a strike out for the 2nd out, Kyle Dudley drove home the winning run with a single to center field. Dubois scored their only 2 runs in the top of the 1st in game 2 when Daniel Bomback led off with a single, followed by a single by Wes Fink. Justin Ferreira drove in a run with a fielders choice and Josh Irvin closed the Bomber scoring with a double down the left field line. The Rifles tied the game in the bottom of the 7th when Coquillard walked with 1 out and with 2 outs Rhodes also walked. Gryzwa singled to right center and drove home the 1st run and advanced Rhodes to third base where he scored on a wild pitch. After advancing to third base on the wild pitch, Gryzwa tried to catch the pitcher napping and attempted to steal home but was tagged out by the catcher. With 1 out in the bottom of the 8th, Casey Spears walked and Justin Carr hit a walkoff home run to right field. |
Sunday, June 25, 2006Stars Slip by Pioneers 1-0 |
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| Pitching was the name of the game in Bloomington today, with the Twin City Stars' tandem of Mike Manns and Trevor Feeney outdueling a trio of Galesburg hurlers 1-0.
Twin City's Mike Manns started and pitched 6 strong innings, giving up 4 hits and striking out 9 Pioneers, and Trevor Feeney looked sharp in 3 impressive innings, holding Galesburg to only 1 baserunner and preserving a slim 1 run lead. Galesburg's starter Dan Schwartz was equally impressive, going 5 innings with an unearned run the only blemish on his ledger. Galesburg's relief corp of John Ramirez and Michael Bialosky finished the final 3 innings, allowing no hits and no runs and striking out a combined 5 Twin City batters. The Stars scored the only run of the game in the fourth when Kevin Diete led off with a single. David Brumagin reached on a Galesburg miscue; Kyle Cherney then singled to right, loading the bases with nobody out. Rob Brockel then lifted a fly ball to left which scored Diete. A Galesburg double play kept them from getting into any more trouble. The Pioneers' Nate Marquardt was the only player who had more than hit, collecting 2 of the game's total 11 hits, all singles. |
Saturday, June 24, 2006Rifles Shoot Down Bombers 8-4 |
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| The Springfield Rifles defeated the Dubois County Bombers tonight by a score of 8-4 handing the Bombers their their first loss in the last eight games.
After each team scored a single run in the third inning, the Bombers added three more in the bottom of the fourth to give starting pitcher Ryan Morrison a 4-1 lead and a little breathing room. But the Rifles answered with three runs of their own in the top of the fifth as Bomber pitcher Brent Wendholt relieved Morrison. The game remained tied at 4-4 going into the final 3 innings but the Rifles prevailed with a couple of runs in the seventh and eighth along with a two run ninth inning behind the hitting of Kyle Dudley and Lance Rhodes. Zach Everist earned the win and reliever Joe Froelich held the Bombers scoreless over the last five innings and gained the save. Dudley and Rhodes paced the Springfield attack with three hits each. For the Bombers, catcher David Burns recorded three hits and designated hitter Bradley Goldsmith picked up two hits - his third straight multi-hit game. |
Saturday, June 24, 2006Stars Light up Gems 12-8 |
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| The Twin City Stars hammered the QUincy Gems tonight plating 12 runs on 12 hits in the first six innings. The Gems tried to fight back from the 12-3 hole, scoring 5 runs in the last four innings of the game, but came up empty in the bottom of the 9th.
The highlight of the game was a 361 ft Grand Slam over the left field wall by Robb Brockel in an inning where the Stars batted the order with six runs off four hits. Brockel also had a triple in the second inning, scoring a run. Bobby Stevens and Kevin Diete had doubles in the game for Twin City, Pat Tumilty and Scott Simon had doubles for the Gems. For the Gems, Scott Simon went 3-5 with the double, a single and a 402 ft home run to center field. Gems Catcher Jeff Dietz also had a 2 RBI 359ft home run over the left field wall in the bottom of the eighth. |
Saturday, June 24, 2006DuPage Dents Danville 12-7 |
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| Danville's Denny Duron went 5-for-6 with three doubles but it came in a losing cause for the Dans as the DuPage Dragons snapped their four-game losing streak with a 12-7 victory at Danville Stadium.
DuPage's Greg Zage went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and his third-inning grand slam gave the Dragons a 9-0 lead. Ruairi O'Connor went 3-for-5 with three runs scored. Ian Berger earned his first CICL win for the Dragons. The right-hander went six innings, allowing 11 hits and three runs. Danville's bullpen of David Dinelli and Kelby Mack went the final 6 2/3 innings, allowing just three unearned runs. |
Friday, June 23, 2006Bombers Stage Another 9th Inning Comeback - Win Streak Now 7 |
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| The Dubois County Bombers staged another thrilling 9th inning comeback against the Springfield Rifles to keep their win streak alive at seven straight. The game was scoreless until the bottom of the fourth inning when the Bombers drew first blood. Danny Bomback led off with a single, stole second and scored when Bradley Goldsmith knocked a single up the middle.
The Rifles answered back in the top of the sixth tying the game on back to back doubles by Marcus Artner and Kolby Conquillard and taking a 2-1 lead as Conquillard scored on a sacrifice fly by Lance Rhodes. The score remained unchanged until the bottom of the ninth when Goldsmith started another Bomber rally with a single off of Rifles reliever Josh Hake. Corey Bunner pinch ran for Goldsmith and advanced to second on a ground ball out by Kasey Wahl. Justin Ferreira drew a walk putting two on with one out. A couple of pitches later Bunner led a double steal with Ferreira to put two runners in scoring position. The Rifles tried to set up a possible double play by walking Ryan Campbell but little did they know it was going to haunt them in the end. Josh Irvin stepped into the batters box intending to at least make contact and tie the game. With the bases loaded and one out Irvin hit a sharp single between the first and second basemen scoring the tying run and setting a play at the plate. Great hustle by Ferreira was just enough to beat the throw home and give the Bombers another dramatic walk off victory. The Bombers starting pitcher Kris Ruepke allowed two runs and scattered four hits in six innings of work. Cole Uebelhor relieved in the seventh inning and held the Rifles scoreless for two innings leaving room for another Bomber comeback. |
Friday, June 23, 2006Danville Defeats DuPage 8-2 |
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| The DuPage Dragons lost their fourth consecutive game Friday night at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex as the Danville Dans defeated the Dragons 8-2.
Louis Coleman (2-0) set the tone early for the Dans. Coleman allowed an infield single to leadoff man, Dan Brewer, in the first and followed with seven consecutive strikeouts. He would finish the game with ten strikeouts in six scoreless innings of work, allowing seven hits. The Dans (7-5) struck early, scoring eight runs in the first five innings. The Dans plated three unearned runs in the fourth. Billy Alvino was hit by a pitch to lead off the fourth and moved to second on a Devin Hicks single. Jon Moore and Tom Koening followed with strikeouts. Evan Button was hit by the following pitch, but was called back to home plate after the umpire ruled he leaned into the pitch. Michael O’Leary (0-1) was pulled during the Button at-bat, and didn’t make it out of the fourth in his Dragon debut. Button would hit a groundball to Jeff Carroll at second, who misplayed the ball and threw it over Ryne White’s head at first. Alvino would race in to score, and Hicks and Button would follow on the RBI single by Harris. The Dragons (4-9) committed their third error of the game in the fifth when catcher, Kevin Dubler, threw the ball into right field with the bases loaded allowing Alvino and Moore to score. David Born worked three innings in relief to earn his second save of the season. He allowed two runs, four hits, and struck out three. Born’s only hiccup came in the eighth when the Dragons plated two runs. Chad Bisnette lead off with a single and was out at second on the fielder’s choice by Kenny Smalley. Smalley advanced to second on the throwing error by Koening and scored on the RBI single by Adam Buschini. Buschini would later score on a bases loaded groundout by Jeff Carroll. Jeff Carroll had three hits for the Dragons, going 3-4 with a double and an RBI. Billy Alvino and Jon Moore each had two hits for the Dans in the win. Alvino was 2-3 with three runs scored, and Moore was 2-3 with a run scored. Jon Wano, Andrew Beatty, and Peter Wolff combined for 5.1 innings out of the Dragon bullpen, allowing three unearned runs, four hits, three walks, and striking out eight. |
Friday, June 23, 2006Pioneers Hold Off Gems 4-2 |
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| The Galesburg Pioneers pitching staff kept the Quincy Gems batters quiet tonight at QU Stadium with the exception of a 408 ft solo home run by Pat Tumilty and a 383 ft home run by Dan Quinn.
The Pioneers scored first in the fourth inning off singles by Ben Carruthers and John Walsh and a 2 RBI double by Mitchell Bialosky. Galesburg's other runs came in the sixth, an RBI sacrifice foul fly by Bo Irons and in the eighth off of an RBI single by Brian Clifford. Pioneer's starter Cole Stipovich picked up the win going six and a third innings allowing six hits and the two Gems homers. Bryce Ahrendt picked up the save entering the game with 2 on and one out in the bottom of the ninth and keeping the Gems tying runs from scoring. |
Thursday, June 22, 2006Bombers win in the 9th Inning over DuPage 2-1 |
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| Despite tallying nine hits the Dubois County Bombers were stymied by Dupage righthander Ethan Hollingsworth (Western Michigan) who held them scoreless through eight innings.
Entering the bottom of the ninth with a 1-0 lead, Hollingsworth ran into trouble when Bradley Goldsmith ignited the Bombers offense with his third single of the game. John Cummins (Purdue) ran for Goldsmith and Kasey Wahl (Evansville) followed with a single of his own putting runners on first and third with nobody out. The Dragons relieved Hollingsworth with Scott Boleski (Oakland) who proceeded to walk Justin Ferreira (Broward CC) to load the bases. Boleski recorded the first out and had two strikes on Ryan Campbell (Eastern Illinois) who then scorched a game tying bullet off the third baseman's glove which plated Cummins, tied the score, and left the bases loaded. Shortstop Wes Fink (Memphis) drove the first pitch over the first baseman's head into shallow right field for the game winning run and a 2-1 victory. Brandon Cooney (Florida Atlantic) got the start for the Bombers and scattered six hits in in 4 1/3 innings of work. Goldsmith who was back in action tonight after being sidelined the past week with a tweaked hamstring, led the Bombers at the plate going 3-4. Dan Brewer had 3 hits and Chad Bisnette 2 hits for the Dragons who scored their only run in the 3rd inning on a passed ball. |
Thursday, June 22, 2006Pioneers Defeat Rifles 6-2 |
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| Good relief pitching by Springfield Rifles' Tyler Buhlig preserved a 6-2 win over the visiting Galesburg Pioneers. The victory went to starter Chris Wright who won his first game to make his record 1-2. Buhlig entered the game in the 8th inning with one out and runners on first and second base. He then struck out the next two batters to end the threat.
Springfield scored runs in the first 4 innings to take a 5-2 lead and then added a single run in the sixth to end the scoring. Galesburg scored their two runs in the 4th inning with the help of 2 singles, a walk and a hit batter. Springfield made the most of their opportunities while stranding 6 runners, with Galesburg the recipients of 6 walks, stranding 10 runners. The Rifles were led by Casey Spears with 3 hits and 2 runs scored and Justin Carr and Colby Luttrell who each had 2 hits and ab RBI. Galesburg was led by Tony Vercell who had 2 hits. |
Thursday, June 22, 2006Danville Topples Stars 7-3 |
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| For the second night in a row, a big inning by the opposition did in the Twin City Stars.
Danville scored 6 times on six singles in the 2nd inning and never looked back in this one. Danville's Ricardo Pecina gained his 2 victory of the season by scattering 6 hits and striking out 9 Stars batters over 6 innings. Denny Duron led the Danville offense with 2 hits, a double and 3 runs batted in. Wyn Diggs and Garrett Gipe also had 2 hits apiece for the Dans. Twin City got on the scoreboard with 3 runs in the bottom of the eighth. The big hit an RBI double off the bat of Robb Brockel. Ricky Angel and Kevin Diete each had 2 hits for the Stars. |
Wednesday, June 21, 2006Bombers Squeak by Dragons 2-1 |
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| The Dubois County Bombers stayed hot and chalked up another win - their fifth straight with a 2-1 victory over the Dupage Dragons. Pitcher Brett Reilley (Middle Tennessee State) limited the Dragons to five hits in 5 innings of work. Reilley, who was recently named Pitcher of the week in the CICL, improved his record to 3-0.
The Bombers played error free defense while turning three double plays on the night. Steve Chisek pitched three solid innings of relief and Chris Vaculik recorded his second save. In the hitting department, Ryan Campbell led the Bombers with two hits while Danny Bomback and Corey Bunner drove in the team's 2 runs, recording an RBI apiece. |
Wednesday, June 21, 2006Danville 7, Springfield 3 |
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| Danville's Nick Hardy scored three runs and had three stolen bases as the Dans defeated the Springfield Rifles 7-3 on Wednesday night at Danville Stadium.
The Dans had seven stolen bases as a team with Evan Button, Garrett Gipe, Wyn Diggs and Jon Moore also recording stolen bases in the game against the Rifles. The Dans have raised their season total to 21. Danville, which reached the .500 mark at 5-5, scored once in the first, three times in the third and one in the fourth. That was more than enough offense for starting pitcher Bryce Stowell, who went the first six innings, allowing one run on two hits, while striking out seven and walking two. Danville's David Born went the final three innings to secure his first save of the season and the third for the Dans. Kyle Dudley and Casey Spears each had a pair of hits from the Rifles, while Dudley, Justin Carr and Michael Brumleve had RBIs. |
Wednesday, June 21, 2006Gems Top Stars 8-6 |
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| A five run 6th inning for the Gems broke a 2-2 tie and Quincy was able to hang on for a 8-6 victory.
Colin O'Neal started the 6th with a single to center field but was erased by a Twin City 4-6-3 double play. Jesse Seykora followed with a 2-out single. Eric Law walked. Then Geoff Dietz cracked a 3-run homer to give the Gems a 5-2 lead. But Quincy wasn't finished yet, Andrew Bennett doubled to left field, followed by a run-scoring single off the bat of Pat Minogue. Minogue advanced to second on the throw to the plate. Jake Owens followed with a single, scoring Minogue. All told the Gems plated 5 runs and had 6 hits in the inning. A solo no-doubt blast off the bat of Pat Tumilty (2) in the 7th inning gave the Gems an insurance run they would find handy to have later as Twin City wasn't ready to throw in the towel just yet and scored 3 runs in their half of the seventh, making the score 8-5. Robb Brockel lead off the 7th with a triple to right center. He scored on a 6-3 ground out. Brett Lancaster coaxed a walk and scored on a Mike Tokarski double to right center. Bobby Stevens followed with a single; Tokarski later scored on another ground out. Matt German came on in the 9th to nail down a Quincy victory, but the Stars weren't done yet. Mike Tokarski lead off the inning with a triple to right center. Bobby Stevens reached first when he was hit by pitch. Joey Railey walked and the Stars all of a sudden had the bases loaded, no outs and the heart of the order coming up. But Matt German settled down and got the next 3 batters with 2 strike outs and a harmless popup, preserving the victory. Quinn Leath picked up his 3 victory. |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006Pioneers Topple Dragons |
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| The Galesburg Pioneers improved to 2-1 against the DuPage Dragons on the season with a 6-2 win Tuesday at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex.
The Pioneers (4-6) received another strong effort from starting pitcher, Bret Harvel. Harvel improved to 2-0 with both wins coming against the Dragons. He worked six innings allowing two runs (one earned), seven hits, and walked two hitters while striking out four. Galesburg struck first with four runs in the fourth inning. Brian Harris led off with a double to left center and scored on the single by John Walsh. Walsh was thrown out on the play trying to stretch the single into a double, but that didn’t faze the Pioneers. Frankie Meade III followed with a single and Austin Markel doubled to Galesburg runners at second and third. After a strikeout by Nate Marquardt, Adam Buschini committed a fielding error on a ball hit by Brian Clifford at first to allow Meade and Markel to score. Clifford would come around and score the fourth run on an RBI single by Ben Carruthers. Eric Marshall (0-2) didn’t make it out of the fourth for the Dragons in his second start. Marshall lasted 3.2 innings allowing four runs (one earned), seven hits, walked two, and struck out two. The Dragons (4-6) mounted a comeback with single runs in the fifth and sixth. Ryne White hit a monster solo home run in the fifth over the right field fence. Ruairi O’Connor and Chad Bisnette singled in the sixth to give the Dragons runners at first and third, and O’Connor came around on the RBI single by Dan Brewer. Galesburg would quickly respond in the seventh on a two-run homer by Matt Smedberg. Carruthers singled with one out and Smedberg followed with his first home run of the season off of Dragon reliever, Jon Wano. Mitchell Bialosky earned his first save for the Pioneers, working three scoreless innings out of the bullpen. Bialosky allowed only one hit and struck out five Dragon hitters. Ben Carruthers was the player of the game for the Pioneers. Carruthers was 3-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Ryne White had two hits for the Dragons in defeat. White was 2-5 with a double and a home run. |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006Gems Slam Stars 10-7 |
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| After great starting pitching by both Gems starter Nick Dunning and Stars Colin Brennan, tonight's Twin City at Quincy game seesawed back and forth most of the game.
The Stars threatened in the top of the sixth after loading the bases with nobody out but a home-to-first double play limited the damage to one run off a wild pitch. In the seventh inning, Twin City broke it open with four runs, capitalizing on a Gems error and pitching control problems with an RBI single by Colin Brumagin and an RBI double by Simon Cherney. The Gems brought the game back to within one run in the bottom of the eighth off a Dan Quinn single, a Sac fly by Andrew Bennett and a RBI Double by Pat Minogue. But that didn't matter because in the bottom of the ninth two outs Gems Catcher Dan Quinn hit a Grand Slam to shut the door on the Stars 10-7. |
Tuesday, June 20, 2006Dans Topple Rifles |
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| Aaron Weatherford struck out 10 in his second straight start and he earned his second victory of the season in the Danville Dans 5-1 win over the Springfield Rifles.
Weatherford allowed one run on five hits in his 7 2/3 innings as he helped Danville snap its two-game losing streak. Danville got all the offense it would need in the first inning on a two-out, two-run single to right by Billy Alvino. The Dans wound up scoring all five of their runs with two outs as Denny Duron had a run-scoring single in the second, while Evan Button and Nick Hardy drove home runs in the fourth inning. Springfield got its only tally of the contest in the eighth inning on an RBI double from Justin Carr. Danville's Kelby Mack came in to get the final four outs of the game to record his first save of the year. |
Monday, June 19, 2006Rifles Enter the Win Column |
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| After giving up 2 runs in the top of the 6th to cut the Springfield lead to 6-5, Rifles reliever Ramon Delgado, getting the teams 1st save, gave up only 1 single in the final 3 innings to preserve the Rifles first win of the 2006 season 8-5.
Rifles starter Zach Everist, who went 5 innings giving up 3 runs, evened his record at 1-1. Springfield built up a 5-2 lead with a 2-run double by Justin Carr. Rifles 1st baseman Marcus Artner continued his torrid hitting going 3 for 4 plus a walk and a run scored. Another Rifle contributing his hitting was Casey Spears who went 2 for 3 with 2 RBI. Danville was led by Evan Button who was 2 for 4 with an RBI and Tom Koenig who had a 2-run single which tied the game at 2. |
Monday, June 19, 2006Dragons Defeat Pioneers 10-1 |
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| The DuPage Dragons cruised to a 10-1 win over the Galesburg Pioneers Monday night at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex.
The Dragons (4-5) took the lead in the second inning and never looked back. Kevin Dubler led off with a double to shallow left field and scored on an RBI single by Dan Brewer. Brewer would come around from first to score on the RBI double by Chad Bisnette. That would be all Andrew Beatty would need against the Pioneers. Beatty improved to 2-0 and lowered his earned-run average to 0.54 allowing only one unearned run in seven innings of work. He only allowed five hits, walked one, and struck out three hitters. The Pioneers (3-6) struggled swinging the sticks, but did cut the lead to 3-1 in the fourth. Pedro Dager reached on an error to lead things off. Tony Vercelli singled to give the Pioneers runners at first and third with one out. Scott Gracey would ground into a double play to plate the only Pioneer run. The Dragons would add to the lead with two runs in the sixth and five in the seventh. The first six batters reached base for the Dragons in the seventh. Adam Buschini reached on an error and four consecutive walks were issued to Ryne White, Kevin Dubler, Chad Winkler, and Kenny Smalley. Brewer then was credited with an RBI by getting hit by a pitch. Winkler would score on the walk issued to pinch-hitter Greg Zage and Carroll hit a sacrifice fly to score Smalley. The Dragons sent ten batters to the plate in the seventh without recording a hit, and scored five runs. Kevin Dubler, Kenny Smalley, and Dan Brewer all had two hits for the Dragons. Brewer was 2-3 with three runs batted in and Chad Bisnette had two RBI’s as well. Brian Harris was the only Galesburg player with a multi-hit game as he accounted for two of the five Pioneer hits. Peter Wolff threw two scoreless innings out of the Dragon bullpen. |
Monday, June 19, 2006Weekly Player Awards - Week #1 |
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The first CICL Player of the Week honor for the 2006 (games through Sunday, June 18) season is a shared award between two Quincy Gems players, Scott Simon and Pat Minoque. .jpg) Scott Simon .jpg) Pat Minogue For the week, Simon batted .385, led the league with Minogue with 15 hits and led the league in RBI with 13 in 10 games played. He also had 20 total bases and a .513 slugging percentage. Simon, a first baseman, is from Algonquin, Illinois, and will be a senior this fall at Northern Illinois University. Pat Minogue batted .375, led the league with Simon with 15 hits and led the league in total bases with 21. Pat also had 9 RBI and a slugging percentage of .525. Minogue is an outfielder from Crystal Lake, Illinois, and will be a junior this fall at Northern Illinois University. The first CICL Pitcher of the Week honor for the 2006 season goes to Dubois County Bombers Brett Reilley, a right-hander from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, who will be a senior this fall at Middle Tennessee State University. Reilley won the honor by going 2-0 in 2 starts, allowing 0 earned runs and only 1 run total on a measly 6 hits over 12 innings pitched. Reilley also gave up only 1 walk in those 12 innings while fanning 10 batters. |
Monday, June 19, 2006More Draftees Increase List to 25 |
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| CICL officials have now identified a total of 25 former alumni on the recent draft list. Here are 4 more:
Culp, Nathan; San Diego Padres; Bluff City Bombers 04 Rogers, Adam; Toronto Blue Jays; Bluff City 03 Martinez, Javier; Washington Nationals, Dubois County Bombers 05 Thomas, P.J.; Boston Red Sox; Dubois COunty Bombers 06 |
Monday, June 19, 2006More Draft Picks |
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| Player Organization CICL Team
Basham, Ryan; Toronto Blue Jays; Dubois County Bombers 05 Van Slyke, A.J.; St. Louis Cardinals; Bluff City Bomers 04 Ashley, Nevin; Tampa Bay; Springfield Rifles 04 |
Sunday, June 18, 20062006 Draft |
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| We are still analyzing the 2006 Major League Baseball draft, but so far we have found 18 current and former CICL players on the list:
Player Organization CICL Team/Years Abruzzo, Jordan Boston Red Sox Danville 04 Boman, Nathan Los Angeles Angels Danville 04 Coghlan, Chris Florida Marlins Danville 04 Coleman, Paul Los Angeles Dodgers Danville 04 Cooney, Brandon St. Louis Cardinals Dubois County Bombers 05 Cowgill, Michael Minnesota Twins Quincy 04 Dinkelman, Brian Minnesota Twins Twin City Stars 04-05 Dunn, Brooks San Diego Padres Danville 03 Ferguson, Shawn Milwaukee Brewers Quincy 02, 04 Ferrante, Victor Colorado Rockies DuPage Deagons 05 Frega, Dan Cleveland Indians Twin City Stars 04-05 Gerbe, Jeff Detroit Tigers Springfield Rifles 2003,05; Twin City Stars 04 Hilligoss, Mitch New York Yankees Quincy 05 Jevne, Zach Baltimore Orioles Quincy 03,05 Krawczyk, Chris Detroit Tigers Galesburg Pioneers 04 Rea, Jeffrey Boston Red Sox Danville 04 Sattler, Dan Texas Rangers Danville 05 Stone, Brad Florida Marlins Quincy 04 |
Sunday, June 18, 2006Twin City and Springfield Rained Out |
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| The Springfield Rifles at Twin City Stars game this evening has been rained out and tentatively scheduled to be played as part of a doubleheader on July 29, starting at 1:00 PM. |
Sunday, June 18, 2006Dubois Moves to 7-2 With Win at Galesburg |
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| The Dubois County Bombers completed a sweep of the 3-game series at Galesburg this afternooon on a 2-run homer in the 9th from Josh Irvin to break a 4-4 tie. The homer came off of Davy Fields who had not allowed a run in 6 previous relief appearances.
The Bombers struck fast with a leadoff home run in the 1st inning from Danny Bomback and led 3-0 after batting in the 4th when Kasey Wahl also homered and David Burns drove in a run with a single. The Pioneers struck back in their half of the 4th inning on a 2-run homer by Frankie Meade to make the score 3-2. Dubois added a 4th run in the 6th on a Ryan Campbell RBI single to lead by 2 runs again. The Pioneers scored a run in the bottom of the 7th on a hit batsmen with the bases loaded and tied the game in the 8th on a bases-loaded walk by Austin Markel. Chris Vaculik earned the victory for Dubois with 2 innings of scoreless relief after entering the game in the bottom of the 8th with the bases loaded and none out and wiggling out of the jamb with only 1 runner crossing the plate. Kasey Wahl, Justin Ferreira and Josh Irvin had 2 hits for the Bombers while Brian Harris, Mitch Bialosky and Frankie Meade had 2 hits for the Pioneers. |
Saturday, June 17, 2006Saturday's Results |
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| The Danville Dans snapped their two-game losing streak with a 12-7 victory over the Quincy Gems on Saturday night.
Third baseman Devin Hicks broke out of his 0-for-7 slump with with three hits, including a run-scoring single in the Danville four-run second inning and a two-run double in a four-run sixth inning for the Dans (3-3). Quincy (5-4) has lost two straight and the Gems were their own worst enemy with three errors during Danville's four-run second inning. All four runs were unearned. Danville's first baseman Wyn Diggs and designated hitter Garrett Gipe each scored three runs. For the second night a row, a Danville Dan tied a CICL record and it happened to be the same record for the second straight night. Gipe was hit by a pitch in the second, third and eight innings, a night earlier Danville's Billy Alvino was hit by three pitches. The lone bright spot for the Gems was leadoff batter Pat Minogue, who was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Danville's Louis Coleman earned the victory in his CICL debut. The Louisiana State University right-hander went six innings, allowing two runs - only one earned - while walking two and striking out eight. =============================================== In other action, "wild" was a perfect description of the game in Galesburg between the Pioneers and the Dubois County Bombers in which the Bombers escaped with a 15-10 victory. Pioneer pitcher Sean Radke tied a league record with 6 wild pitches in a game that featured 26 hits, 19 walks, 12 wild pitches, 6 hit batsmen, 4 errors and the Pioneers one batter away from bringing the tying run to the plate in the 9th after spotting the Bombers an early 11-2 lead. The Bombers' David Burns had 4 hits and 3 RBI, Daniel Bomback had 2 doubles and Wes Fink had 2 hits. For the Pioneers, Tony Vercelli and John Walsh each had a pair of homers, Vercelli a 3-run shot and a solo homer for 4 RBI total, and he didn't enter the game until pinch-hitting in the bottom of the 7th. Walsh's homers were both solo shots. Mitch Bialosky had 3 hits, and other Pioneers getting 2 hits apiece included Matt Smedberg, Bo Irons and Ben Carruthers. |
Saturday, June 17, 2006Game suspended in Lisle |
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| The game between the DuPage Dragons and Twin City Stars was suspended (league rule) due to rain Saturday night at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex. The Stars were leading 8-0 heading to the bottom of the fourth when the rain started to fall. Play never resumed and the game was eventually called after a 25-minute rain delay.
The game will be made up as a doubleheader on July 23rd when the Stars make their next trip to Lisle. The first game will begin at 5:00 p.m. with game two starting approximately 25 minutes after the conclusion of game one. Statistics for this game will not be posted until its completion. |
Saturday, June 17, 2006Time Changes Again |
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| The Sunday, June 18 Twin City game time has changed again - this time to 6:00 PM at Illlinois Wesleyan University. |
Saturday, June 17, 2006Sunday Schedule Change in Twin Cities |
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| Sunday's game between the Springfield Rifles and Twin City Stars at Horenberger Field on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University has tentatively been change to a 6:30 start time. |
Friday, June 16, 2006Friday's Results |
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| The Twin City Stars extended their winning streak to five with a 9-5 victory over the Danville Dans on Friday night at Danville Stadium.
Twin City took advantage of seven Danville fielding miscues to score four unearned runs en route to building a 6-0 lead. Kyle Cherney went 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Stars, while Kevin Diete went 2-for-6 with a pair of RBIs. Scott Kuhns Tristan Facer Twin City starter Scott Kuhns, who improved to 2-0, allowed just one hit over five innings while walking two and striking out six. Danville came back with one run in the sixth and four in the seventh, two scoring on a Denny Duron single and two on a double to right-center by Garrett Gipe. But Tristan Facer came in for the Stars to retire seven of the final eight batters to earn his second save of the season. Danville catcher Billy Alvino tied a league record when he was hit by three pitches, two from Kuhns and one from Twin City reliever Trevor Feeney. =========================================== The DuPage Dragons won their first game at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex in dramatic fashion on Friday night. Ryne White hit a three-run walk off home run to power the Dragons past the Springfield Rifles 5-2. The Dragons (3-5) scored a couple of unearned runs in the sixth inning to tie the game at two. Sean Osborne and Ryne White walked to lead off the inning. Adam Buschini laid down a sacrifice bunt that was thrown into right field for an error. Osborne would come around to score and White would follow on a second throwing error on the play. The score would remain tied at two until the tenth. Adam Klein walked with one out and Osborne followed with a single to left to set the stage for White. White would crush a three-run blast over the right field wall to end the game. Scott Boleski (1-0) picked up his first win this season with two solid innings of relief. Boleski struck out three and didn’t allow a hit. Ian Berger threw seven strong innings in his second start for the Dragons. Berger allowed two runs, seven hits, and struck out seven picking up his second no-decision. The Rifles (0-7) took the lead against Berger with two runs in the fifth. Marcus Artner singled to score Kody McManis and Colby Luttrell followed with another RBI single to plate Marcus Brumleve. Chris Wright threw well in relief for the Rifles, but picked up his second loss of the season. Wright went 4.1 innings allowing two hits and striking out eight Dragon hitters, but allowed the big blow to White. Ryne White finished the game two for three with three RBI, two runs scored, and two walks. Marcus Artner was the offensive star for the Rifles. Artner was two for five with two singles, an RBI, and a stolen base. ============================================ In Galesburg, a marathon 13 inning game ended with Dubois County capturing a 7-5 win over the host Pioneers. The winning runs were scored on a wild pitch and sacrifice fly after the last of 3 Pioneer errors on the night. Dubois was led by Ryan Campbell who had 2 hits including a bases-clearing double in the first inning to stake the Bombers to an early 3-run lead. The Bombers had only 3 other hits and 1 RBI, that being the sac fly by Danny Bomback in the 13th. Bo Irons had 3 of Galesburg's 7 hits and Austin Markel had 2 RBI. Brendt Wendholt pitched the final 3 innings for the Bombers allowing only 2 hits, 0 runs and 5 strikeouts in picking up the win. |
Thursday, June 15, 2006Thursday's Results |
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| There were only two games on the CICL slate on Thursday. In Galesburg, the Pioneers defeated the visiting DuPage County Dragons 7-3 sending the Dragons to its third straight loss.
Matt Smedberg led the Pioneers with 3 hits and 4 RBI, the big blow a bases loaded triple in the second inning to stake the Pioneers to a 3-0 early lead. Scott Gracey also had 3 hits and 2 RBI and Nate Marquardt had 3 hits for Galesburg. Bret Harvel started and pitched 6 innings for the victory. Ruairi O'Connor had 2 hits for DuPage County and Adam Buschini had the only RBI. DuPage player Dan Brewer, Field Manager Mark Viramontes and Coach Ramon Orozco were all ejected during tonight's game. In Huntingburg, Indiana, after two straight losses the Bombers got back on the winning side with a convincing 9-1 victory against the Quincy Gems. After Brett Reilly retired the side in the top of the first, the Bombers jumped out with 4 runs in their half of the first inning. With two outs in the first Danny Bomback drew a walk, advanced to second on a wild pitch and stole third base. Justin Ferreira recorded the first RBI on the night with a single. David Burns followed with another single and advanced on a misplayed ball by the left fielder, allowing Ferreira to move to third. With two runners in scoring position Josh Irvin reached on a catching error by the first baseman scoring Ferriera and moving Burns to third. Ryan Campbell came through with the big hit scorching a two run double to complete the scoring for the Bombers in the first. The Bombers completed their scoring with 4 more runs in the fifth and one in the eighth. Their offense was led by Ryan Campbell as he went 3-4 with 4 RBI's. On the mound, Brett Reilley kept the Gems bats quiet as he held them to four hits and one run over seven solid innings while improving his record to 2-0 on the year. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Gems Win Again in Huntingburg |
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| For the second night in a row, the visiting Quincy Gems scored 12 runs in defeating the host Dubois County Bombers by a final score of 12-3.
The Gems pounded out 14 hits with Dan Quinn hitting safely 3 times including a triple, and Jake Owens, Colin O'Neal and Andrew Benett each collecting 2 hits. Bennett led the Gems with 3 RBI, all on a 3-run bomb in the 2nd inning to give the Gems a 5-1 cushion. O'Neal and Pat Tumilty each knocked in 2 runs for the Gems. The Bombers had only 4 hits, one a double by Cam Howell. Brady Decker pitched 6 innings for the Gems for the win and evened his record at 1-1. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Wednesday's Results - Game #2 in Normal |
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| Twin City completed the sweep of the Springfield Rifles with a 3-2 win in the nitecap.
The Stars got on the scoreboard first again in the nitecap, once again plating a run without the benefit of a hit. Kyle Cherney was hit by a pitch and later scored on 3 base throwing error by Springfield.  Jeffrey Gordon The Rifles got their offense going in the third, with 2 outs Justin Carr walked, followed by a single off the bat of Marcus Artner. Colby Luttrell worked the count for a walk, loading the bases. Cory Coquillard then smacked a clutch 2 run single, giving the Rifles their first lead of the night, a lead they held until the bottom of the 4th when David Brumagin led off the frame for the Stars with a single. Kevin Diete followed with a single; advancing Brumagin to second. A double steal by the Stars put runners on 2nd and 3rd, allowing Ryan Eigsti fly ball to score Brumagin and tie the game at 2. The Stars plated what proved to be the winning run in the fifth when Joey Railey cracked a 1 out triple. Bobby Stevens promptly singled, scoring Railey giving the Stars the lead for good. Jeff Gordon picked up the win with help from Adam Guttosch and Rob Brockel who kept the Rifles from scoring. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Wednesday's Results - Game #1 in Normal |
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| On a beautiful night for baseball at Redbird Field, the Twin City Stars combined good pitching and timely hitting as they prevailed over the Springfield Rifles 7 to 2. Twin City got on the scoreboard in the first frame when Joey Railey. let off the game with a walk and promptly stole his 3 base of the season. Michael Stalowy doubled but was out at third trying to stretch out a triple Railey scored on the play.
David Brumagin got things going again with a infield single, and reached second with his 3rd stolen base. Kevin Diete cracked a line drive over the center fielders head and when the dust settled, Diete was on third and Brumagin had scored the Stars 2nd run.  Joey Railey Springfield got on the board in the third when Kyle Dudley singled and advanced to second on a Michael Brumleve sacrifice. One out later Casey Spears singled, scoring Dudley. Hits by Kevin Diete and Rickey Angel produced another Twin City run in the 4th, making the score 3 to 1 after four. Springfield made a ballgame of it in the sixth, pulling within 1 run when on back to back doubles by Cory Coquillard and Marcus Artner. But Twin City put the ballgame away in the bottom of the frame, plating 4 runs, the big hit being a 2 run single off the bat of Joey Railey.  Adam Buehne Adam Buehne picked up his first win of the season, pitching 5.1 innings and allowing only 2 runs. Tristan Facer wrapped things up for the Stars, pitching the final 1.2 innings and picking up his first save. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Lights out in Danville |
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| A large part of Danville lost power this evening including Danville Stadium. Four innings had been played with the Dans leading the Pioneers 4-0. After more than an hour waiting for power to be restored, the game was suspended.
The game will be resumed on July 8, prior to the regularly scheduled game between the Dans and Pioneers that evening. Game time will be 6:00 PM. By CICL rule, both the suspended and regularly scheduled games will be 7 inning games. |
Wednesday, June 14, 2006Tuesday's Results |
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In Tuesday action in Lisle, Illinois, the visiting Twin City Stars scored 2 runs in the 3rd and 4 runs in the 4th inning to lead to an 8-4 win over the DuPage County Dragons. The win vaulted the Stars into a tie with Dubois County for the early league lead at 3-1. Kyle Cherney The Stars had 3 hits and 2 RBI from Kyle Cherney and 2 hits and a pair of RBI from both David Brumagin and Joey Railey. Reliever Shawn McElyea pitched 4 innings of shutout 1-hit baseball to earn the win.  Shawn McElyea In other action, The Quincy Gems defeated the Dubois Bombers 12-6 to hand the Bombers their first loss of the season, creating the tie with the Stars for the league lead. The Gems jumped to an early lead in the first and continued to add on through out the game. The Bombers were able to put together a rally in the fourth to tie the game but never took the lead. The Gems got away with a seven error night but overcame their fielding woes with 15 hits on the night. The Bombers defense was solid and offense not to bad as they only comitted 2 errors and compiled 14 hits. No box score or play-by-play was available at bed time. |
Monday, June 12, 2006Stars win Nitecap Over dragons |
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| Game 2 in Normal also saw a pitching gem as two Twin City pitchers blanked DuPage 5-0 on only 1 hit. At one time Stars' pitchers retired 15 Dragons in a row.
Stars' starter and winning pitcher Collin Brennan had some wildness in the first inning walking a man, allowing the only Dragons hit in the game and hitting another batter, but thanks to a timely double play got out of the inning unscathed. Brennan settled down in the second and never looked back, only allowing 3 more baserunners the rest of the way. Shawn McElyea finished up the game with a 1-2-3 outing. The Stars got all the offense they needed in the first scoring 2 runs without the benefit of a hit. Joey Railey led off the frame with a walk and promptly stole second. Bobby Stevens struck out swinging, but reached first on a wild pitch, Railey advancing to third on the play. With 1 out David Brumagin walked, loading the bases. Tristan Facer then got a very painful RBI when he was hit on his left arm by a pitch, scoring Railey. Rickey Angel then grounded out to second whose only play was at first, Stevens scoring on the play. In the fifth Facer got a less painful RBI with a double that scored Kyle Cherney. The Stars put the game out of reach in the 6th with a 2 run single by Brumagin. |
Monday, June 12, 2006Pioneers Top Dans 4-2 |
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| In Galesburg this evening, the home team Pioneers scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to break a 1-1 tie with Danville and held on to win the game 4-2.
Austin Markel led off the inning with a triple and was singled home by Tony Vericelli. After a Scott Gracey sacrifice bunt, Vercelli advanced to second. Tommy Finn singled advancing Vercelli to third. Verecelli then scored on a wild pitch with Finn advancing to second. Matt Smedberg then doubled knocking in Finn to cap the scoring. Pioneer pitcher Davey Fields picked up the win in relief and Bryce Ahrendt earned a save allowing a run in the 9th. Garrett Gipe and Denny Duron had 2 hits apiece for the Dans. Smedberg was the only Pioneer to have a pair of hits. Danville starter Blake Hopkins pitched 7 innings, allowing only 3 hits and a run while striking out 8, but got no decision. Pioneer starter Dan Schwarts pitched 6 innings, also allowing only 1 run on 3 hits. |
Monday, June 12, 2006Dragons win 1st Game of Doubleheader |
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| The first game of a twin bill tonight in Normal had pitching taking center stage. DuPage County Dragons pitcher Andrew Beatty completely shut down the Twin City offense, going the distance and allowing only 3 hits while striking out 5.
The Stars managed to get on the board first with a single run in the second when with 1 out Rob Brockel was hit by a pitch. With 2 outs Brett Lancaster singled to left field, advancing Brockel to third. Mike McMillan then cracked a clutch single to left field, scoring Brockel. Twin City held the lead until the 6th when DuPage scored twice when Sean Osborne led off with a walk and advanced to second on a passed ball. Dubler then doubled to left field; Osborne, who had to hold up to see if the ball was going to be caught only got to third. With one out Chad Winkler was hit by a pitch. Kevin Smalley then singled, scoring Osborne. Ruairi O'Connor's patience at the plate earned him an RBI as he was walked with the bases loaded. The Dragons added another run in the 7th on a Dan Brewer double and a RBI single by Kevin Dubler, sealing the 3-1 victory |
Monday, June 12, 2006Gems Top Rifles |
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| The Quincy Gems win tonight 5-1 against the Springfield Rifles bringing their record to 3-2.
The Gems came out to an early 2-0 lead in the first off a single by Jake Owens and a Pat Tumilty double. The Rifles brought the game to within one in the top of the third off a Michael Brumleve RBI single. The Gems padded their lead in the 7th with a Dan Quinn single, a 2-run double by Pat Minogue and an RBI ground out by Jake Owens. Gems Pitcher Ryan Myers received the win with six innings pitched allowing four hits and 5 strikeouts. Springfield starter Lance Rhodes also went six innings allowing seven hits and three strikeouts. Gems Releivers David Merchant and the switch-thower Pat Venditte and closer David Merchant kept the Rifles' bats silent with only one hit in the last three innings. |
Sunday, June 11, 2006Danville Beats Galesburg 10-1 |
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| In Galesburg today, the Danville Dans took advantage of 11 hits, 8 walks, 3 Pioneer errors and 6 Pioneer wild pitches to down Galesburg 10-1.
Wyn Diggs had 3 hits including 2 doubles, Tom Koenig and Ben Wolgamot each had 2 RBI, and Devin Hicks and Wolgamot each had 2 hits. Aaron Weatherford pitched 8 strong innings, allowing just 6 hits and a run to earn the victory. For Galesburg, Matt Smedberg, Brian Harris and Nate Marquardt each had 2 hits; John Walsh the RBI. |
Sunday, June 11, 2006Bombers over Dragons |
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| The Dubois County Bombers kept the DuPage Dragons winless at the Village of Lisle – Benedictine University Sports Complex with an 8-4 victor over the Dragons.
The first seven Bomber batters reached in the fourth inning beginning with a lead off walk to Bradley Goldsmith. Justin Ferreira followed with a single and David Burns singled to tie the game at one. David Burns and Josh Irvin continued the assault with back-to-back RBI singles to give the Bombers the lead for good at 3-1. After a Campbell single loaded the bases, Josh Cummins drew a walk to make the score 4-1. The Bombers (3-0) added two more runs in the inning on an RBI single by Cam Howell and fielder’s choice by Cory Bunner. The Dragons (1-2) responded with two runs in the fifth. Adam Klein led off the inning with a single and stole second base. After a flyout by Dan Brewer, Kevin Dubler hit a two-run home run to right centerfield to cut the deficit to 6-3. Ryne White hit a lead off home run in the eighth to make it 6-4, but that is the closest the Dragons would come. White was two for five in the loss with two runs batted in. Ryan Morrison (1-0) collected the win for the Bombers, working five innings allowing three earned runs and striking out five. Chris Vaculik picked up his first save of the year pitching a scoreless eighth and ninth inning. Ferriera, Irvin, and Howell each had two hits for the Bombers. Seven different Bomber hitters had an RBI in the game. |
Sunday, June 11, 2006Quincy Defeats Springfield |
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| In the first game of Sunday's schedule, the visiting Quincy Gems scored 5 runs in the 8th inning to overcome a 1-0 deficit and defeat the Springfield Rifles 5-1, the Rifles 3rd loss in 3 games.
Prior to the Gems' outburst, the teams were hooked up in a 1-0 pitcher's duel for 7 innings. Springfield scored a run in the bottom of the first inning on 2 singles after a walk, Marcus Artner with the RBI hit. Springfield didn't get another hit until 2 outs in the ninth inning. Each team had just 2 hits thru 7 innings. Quincy's 5 runs in the 8th were plated by a 2-run double by Colin O'Neal, an RBI single by Pat Tumilty and a 2-run homer to left field by Jesse Seykora. Scott Simon had 2 hits for the Gems and Marcus Artner had 2 of the Rifles' 3 hits. Winning pitcher Tiim Clubb pitched 7 innings allowing only 2 hits. |
Saturday, June 10, 2006Galesburg Defeats Quincy 6-3 |
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| In Saturday's only game, the Galesburg Pioneers defeated the visiting Quincy Gems 6-3. The Gems scored a run in the top of the 1st inning on a Scott Simon RBI single, but the Pioneers scored 3 unearned runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead for good. With 2 outs and a runner on base as a result of an error, John Walsh doubled home a run and Frankie Meade followed Walsh with a 2-run homer.
Walsh connected with a homer of his own leading off the 4th inning for Galesburg and later had another RBI double to finish 3-3 with 2 doubles, a homer and 3 RBI on the night. The Gems threatened in the 9th loading the bases with one out still trailing 6-2, but reliever Dan Scwartz came on to retire the final 2 outs allowing only 1 run to score. Scott Simon had 2 RBI for the Gems. |
Saturday, June 10, 2006Saturday Games |
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| Two games scheduled for this today have already been postponed due to inclement weather.
The 1:00 game in Normal, Illinois, between the host Twin City Stars and visiting DuPage County Dragons has been postponed and has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Monday, June 12, beginning at 5:00 PM at ISU's Redbird Field. In Danville, the 6:30 game between Danville and Dubois County game has been rained out and is resechuled for a 6:30 start also on Monday, June 26, at Danville Stadium. The Quincy at Galesburg game is underway. |
Friday, June 9, 2006Dragons Defeat Dans |
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| DuPage's Ryan White went 2-for-4 with four RBIs leading the Dragons to a 8-4 victory over the Danville Dans at Danville Stadium on Friday night. White's three-run double highlighted the Dragons four-run seventh inning and his bases-loaded walk was part of DuPage's two-run sixth.
Chad Winkler had run-scoring hits in the first and third innings to give DuPage and starting pitcher Ethan Hollingsworth a 2-0 lead. Hollingsworth tossed six innings in earning the victory, striking out six. The right-hander allowed just three hits and his only trouble came in the sixth when he walked two and hit a pair of batters. Danville attempted a ninth-inning comeback with a two-run double by David Harris, but that was all the offense the Dans could muster. Tanner Roark suffered the loss for the Dans allowing all eight runs - six of them earned - in 6 2/3 innings. Danville's Garrett Gipe went 2-for-4. DuPage improves to 1-1 on the year, while Danville falls to 1-1. |
Friday, June 9, 2006Friday's Results |
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| In Quincy tonight, the Twin City Stars won their first game played this season 13-1 over the Gems pounding out 17 hits in the process. Eight of the Stars starting players had 2 hits apiece. Kevin Diete and Rob Brockel each had solo homers. The Stars scored multiple runs in the first six innings and winning pitcher Scott Kuhns kept the Gems bats in check with the only Gems run being in the first inning. Pat Vinditte made his first appearence pitching for the Gems striking out two batters in one inning of work.
In Huntingburg, Indiana, the Dubois County Bombers improved to 2-0 with a 9-3 win over the Springfield Rifles. Kasey Wahl and Cory Bunner each had 2 hits for the Bombers; Ryan Gryzwa and Cory Coquillard had 2 hits each for the Rifles. Starter Brett Reilley earned the win for the Bombers. The Bombers jumped off to an early lead in the home half of the first plating just one run. In the second they poured it on scoring 7 runs off of six hits. They were able to add another run in the third which rounded out the scoring for the Bombers. The Rifles didnt score until the sixth and then scored two more in the top half of the seventh. |
Friday, June 9, 2006More Thursday's Results |
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| Quincy defeated Galesburg tonight in a high-scoring 11-8 final in Quincy. Galesburg pitchers hit Gems hitters 6 times in the game and the Pioneers also made 3 errors leading to 5 of the 11 runs being unearned. The Pioneers outhit the Gems 16-11. The Gems made 4 errors themselves leading to 4 unearned Pioneer runs....all in all, a very sloppy opener in Quincy.
Bo Irons had 4 hits for Galesburg, and Quincy's T.J. Kistner had 3 hits. The Gems' Andrew Bennett hit the game's only homer. Quinn Leath earned the win for Quincy pitching 5.2 innings, allowing 14 hits. The Pioneers left 14 runners on base, Quincy 11. Also, the Dubois County Bombers topped the Springfield Rifles 5-4 in 10 innings in Huntingburg, Indiana. More details will be available Friday. |
Thursday, June 8, 2006Thursday's Results |
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| The DuPage Dragons were unable to pull out a victory in front of a large crowd on opening night at the Lisle-Benedictine Sports Complex. The Danville Dans handed the Dragons their first loss of the 2006 campaign with a 5-1 victory Thursday night.
The Dragons (0-1) were unable to capitalize on a strong start from starting pitcher Ian Berger (0-1). After struggling in the early innings with his control, Berger settled down, striking out six Dans over six innings while allowing only one run. The Dans (1-0) struck first in the top of the second with Tom Koening scoring on a David Harris two out RBI single to left. The Dragons answered immediately in the bottom half of the second with Dan Brewer coming home on a Chad Winkler infield single. Brewer singled to lead off the inning, advanced to second on Chad Bisnette’s groundout, and stole third to set up the tying run. The Dans blew the game open with four runs in the top of the seventh thanks to a few costly errors by the Dragons. Tom Koening started off the seventh with a single. Ben Wolgamot then reached on a bunt single. David Harris then attempted to bunt the runners over, but the throw from first went over the head of third baseman Chad Winkler. Koening scored on the error, with Wolgamot moving to third. Chris Newsome followed with a walk to load the bases with nobody out. Peter Wolff entered for the Dragons and immediately struck out Garret Gipe. With one away, Devin Hicks walked, scoring Harris. Steven Watson was then hit on the head with a pitch, scoring Newson for the Dans’ fifth run. Ricardo Pecina (1-0) pitched very well for the Dans, allowing only one run and four hits over six innings to go with eight strikeouts. Zach Zupan finished out the game for the Dans with three scoreless innings to earn his first save of the season. Kenny Smalley added two singles at the plate for the Dragons in addition to pitching a perfect ninth inning with two strikeouts. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2006Another CICL Alum to the Show |
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| A third pitcher from the 1998 Bluff City Bombers starting rotation has now made it to the Big Leagues. Left-hander John Rheinecker made his debut with the Texas Rangers on April 22 and now sports a 2-0 record with 1 1.77 ERA in 20.1 innings pitched over three starting assignments.
Rheinecker played two seasons in the CICL. In 1999, he was 3-2 in 7 starts with 2 complete game shutouts. He pitched 48.1 innings, allowed 41 hits and fanned 41 batters. He also batted .280 with 18 RBI that season. In 1998, he was 3-3 with a 4.73 ERA in 32.1 innings while batting .264. Rheinecker joins Bomber teammates Dennis Tankersley and Aaron Rakers in making it to the big leagues from the 1998 Bombers staff. |
Tuesday, June 6, 2006Dragons Renew Broadcast Agreement with Broadcast Monsters |
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| The DuPage Dragons are proud to announce that they have renewed their deal with broadcastmonsters.com to broadcast all Dragons games on the internet for fans this summer.
“We are thrilled that we can get our broadcasts out there for our fans again this season,” General Manager Mike Thiessen said. “We received great feedback on the broadcasts last year, and our fans can still follow the team when we’re on the road.” Broadcastmonsters.com archives all broadcasts, so after attending a game, fans can listen to that evening’s broadcast. All games will be broadcasted live and will be available to listen through the Dragons’ website at www.dupagedragons.com. |
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