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Saturday, July 31, 2004Saturday Results |
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 Danville Dans At Twin City, the Dans pounded out 19 hits on their way to an easy victory over the league-leading Stars. The big hitter was Chris Coghlan who was 5-6, 3 runs and 5 RBI (season high). The Dans also got plenty of offense from others: Blake Womble was 3-5 with 2 runs and an RBI, Geoff Desmond was 3-6 with 2 runs and 2 RBI including a homer, Danny McCarthy was 2-5 with 2 runs and an RBI, Bryan Cartie was 2-4 with a run, and Jeffrey Rea had a homer and 3 runs. Paul Coleman was the starting and winning pitcher. For Twin City, T.J. Jones was 2-5 with an RBI and Sean Walker was 1-2 with a run and 2 RBI on a homer. In Alton, the Bombers held the Galesburg Pioneers to no runs on 4 hits to  Bluff City Bombers Quincy defeated Springfield 3-2 in Quincy; no other details have yet been made available.. Here is Sunday's schedule: Quincy @ Springfield (2) 1:00 PM Twin City @ Danville (2) 5:00 PM Bluff City @ Galesburg 6:00 PM |
Friday, July 30, 2004Friday Results |
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| The Springfield Rifles game of Friday, July 30, against Quincy was postponed due to wet grounds and will be played as part of a doubleheader on Sunday, August 1st beginning at 1:00 pm.
The Danville Dans doubleheader against Twin City was also postponed due to rain and will also be made up on Sunday, August 1, starting at 5:00 PM. In Galesburg tonight, the Pioneers and Bluff City Bombers split a doubleheader. In the first game, the Pioneers scored a run on an error in the bottom of the 6th to break a 4-4 tie and then held the Bombers at bay in the 7th for the victory. Joe napoli had a 3-run homer for the Pioneers in the 1st inning. Bluff City was led by Scott Peden and Matt Gerst who each had 2 hits and an RBI. Josh Caruso was the winning pitcher in relief and Derek DeClerck earned a save. In the second game, the Bombers broke a 3-3 tie with the winning run in the top of the 7th on an RBI single by Kyle Smith after a Scott Peden double, all after 2 outs. A.J. Van Slyke homered for the only other Bomber RBI as Pioneer pitchers held Bluff City to only 4 hits. Galesburg's Joe Napoli hit a solo homer and had another RBI to lead the Pioneers. Nathan Cupl was the winning pitcher in relief for the Bombers. The split lowered Twin City's magic number to 1 game to clinch a tie. Here is Saturday's schedule: Galesburg @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Springfield @ Quincy 6:30 PM Danville @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM |
Thursday, July 29, 2004Thursday Results |
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| In the only game of the evening, Danville made the race for second place a whole lot closer with a 4-3 win over Bluff City. With the win, Danville is just half a game behind the Bombers for the coveted second position in the upcoming playoffs. A three run eighth inning off Bluff City closer Pat Evers was the deciding factor. For the Bombers, Peden and Milauskus each had two hits, as the RBIs came from O'Brien, Paiml and Smith. For Danville, Danny McCarthy had three hits, two runs and an RBI to lead the Danville six hit attack. Jeffrey Rea and Chris Coghlan also had an RBI in the decisive 3-run 8th for the Dans.
Twin City's "magic number" is now 2 games for clinching a tie (3 for the outright title) for the regular season title. A clinch could occur on Friday as Twin City and Bluff City each have doubleheaders scheduled. Here is Friday's full schedule: Bluff City @ Galesburg (2) 5:00 PM Twin City @ Danville (2) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Springfield 6:30 PM |
Thursday, July 29, 2004Week #7 Player Awards |
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| The CICL Player of the Week for week #7, July 22-28, is Paul Rice of the Galesburg Pioneers. For the week, Rice led the league in average at .550 (11-20), led in on-base percentage at .591, led in slugging percentage at .600 and tied for the lead in hits, and he did it in only 5 games. Rice's excellent week at the plate improved his season average to .360 (45-125) placing him second in the batting race. He is also currently 3rd in on-base percentage at .456, 3rd in slugging percentage at .464, tied for 3rd in hits with 45, and tied for the lead in triples with 3. Rice is an infielder from Beardstown, Illinois, and will be a sophomore this fall at Bradley University.
The Pitcher of the Week award is shared among 3 pitchers, all of whom pitched complete game winning shutouts this week. Springfield's Craig Brookes pitched a 9-inning 6-hit shutout over the Danville Dans on July 23 at Danville, winning the game 3-0. Brookes now has a 3-2 record for the summer with a 3.80 ERA. Brookes, a right-hander, is from Naperville, Illinois, and will be a sophomore this fall at Michigan State. Sharing the award with Brookes is Eric Theisen of the Twin City Stars, who pitched a 7-inning 2-hit complete game shutout over Galesburg at Galesburg on July 24, winning 2-0. The victory improved Theisen's record to 5-1 and lowered his ERA to 2.05, 3rd in the league. A right-hander, Theisen is from Adrian, Michigan, and will be a sophomore this fall at Illinois State. And finally, also sharing the award is Drew Himes of the Twin City Stars, who pitched a 7-inning 2-hit shutout over Bluff City at Alton on July 26, winning 4-0. The victory improved Himes' record to 3-0 on the year and lowered his ERA to 0.87, which would be leading the league if he had enough innings to qualify (equivalent of 1 inning pitched per game played by his team). Himes has made only 2 starts, having pitched most of his innings in relief. Also a right-hander, Himes is from Princeton, Illinois, and will be a junior this fall at Illinois Wesleyan. Special mention must be made for 3 other pitchers who made starts this week and pitched at least 7 innings allowing no runs, but got no decision or didn't pitch a complete game. Twin City's Ned Schauff and Galesburg's Austin Seward hooked up in a pitchers duel on July 25 in which neither pitcher allowed a run in 9 innings but left the game and weren't involved in the decision. Schauff is second in the league with an ERA of 1.72 and has a 4-0 record. And Danville's Josh Johnson pitched 7-1/3 innings of shutout 1-hit baseball against Springfield on July 24 in a game Danville won 7-1. Johnson is 4-1 and leads the league in ERA at 1.67, opposing batting average at .182, and in strikeouts with 53. |
Wednesday, July 28, 2004Wednesday Results |
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| On Wednesday in Alton, the Twin City Stars moved closer to clinching the regular season title with a 10-6 victory over the Bluff City Bombers, the team nearest the Stars in the standings. The victory lowered the Stars "magic number" to 3 games to clinch a tie for the title. This means that any combination of Stars wins and Bombers losses equalling 3 in the teams' remaining games will enable the Stars to clinch the tie. Any combination greater than 3 gives the Stars the outright title. The Stars have a 3-1/2 game lead and have 5 games left to play, and the Bombers have 6 on the schedule.
For Twin City tonight, J.T. Jones had 4 hits in 5 trips as well as 2 runs scored and an RBI. Jack Nelson had 3 hits in 4 trips, including 3 RBI. Brendan Christy was 2-4 with a home run, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored. For the Bombers, Brent Lacy had 2 hits in 5 trips. He also had an RBI and scored a run. Matt Gerst provided most of the frugal Bluff City offense, as he was 1-4 with a 3-run homer and a run scored. Scott Peden and Eric Barnes rounded out the Bluff City five hit attack. Brian Mitchell got the win, and Gary Calhoon threw three perfect innings for a save in relief. In Danville, the Quincy Gems scored a run in the 8th to tie and 2 in the 10th to defeat the Danville Dans 6-4. Kevin Reynolds was 2-5 with a run scored and 3 RBI, Michael Cowgill was 2-5 with 2 runs and Shawn Roof was 2-4 with a run and an RBI for the Gems. Danville was led by Blake Womble who was 2-4, Brandon Daguio who was 2-5 with 2 runs, Bryan Cartie who was 2-4 with a run and RBI and Jake Tranchant who was 2-4 with 2 RBI. The Gems got the tying RBI on a Reynolds double in the 8th, and the 2 runs in the 10th were driven in by Jeff Fontaine and Jesse Brownell. Drew Wold earned the victory on the hill and Travis Mays picked up the save. Here is Thursday's lean schedule: Danville @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Tuesday, July 27, 2004Tuesday Results |
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| In Danville tonight, the Dans defeated the Quincy Gems 6-2. Four Dans pitchers held the Gems to 5 hits with Nick DeCampli earning the win. The Dans were led by Jake Tranchant who was 2-3 with a run and 2 RBI; Danny McCarthy, 2-3, 1 RBI; Ricky Newman, 2-4, 2 runs, 1 RBI on a homer and Matt Votaw, 2-3 with an RBI.
In Springfield, the Galesburg Pioneers tied Springfield 1-1 with a run in the top of the 9th but the Rifles pushed across the game winner in the bottom half of the frame to eke out a 2-1 victory. Jeff Gerbe went all the way for the Rifles, allowing 1 unearned run and striking out 6. The Rifles scored the winning run after 2 outs. Joey Albsmeyer reached on a wild pitch while striking out, stole second and scored on a single by Grover Benton. Benton was 2-5 with an RBI, Scott Scherer was 2-3, and Alex Blagojevich had an RBI single. Joe Napoli had 2 hits for the Pioneers and Paul Rice extended his hitting streak to 11 games. In Bloomington, Twin City starter Ken Pokryfke was effectively wild has he walked 8 Bluff City batters in 5 innings of work, but 2 Twin City double plays kept him out of serious trouble and gave him his second win of the season (2-3). Bluff City scored in the 3rd inning on A.J. Van Slyke's league leading 7th homer, giving the Bombers a temporary 2-1 lead. Twin City came back to tie it in the 4th inning at 2 on three straight hits by Blake Nelson, Kyle O'Brien and Jeremy Busch. Twin City put the game away in the 5th scoring 4 more runs giving them a 6-2 lead. Not finished yet, the Stars pushed across 2 more runs in the 6th and never looked back as they extend their lead to 2 1/2 games over Bluff City in the standings. Nick Curran had 2 RBI's, Busch, Jack Nelson, Mike Victor, Brian Christy, Blake Nelson and Kyle O'Brien each contributed 1 RBI. Carlos Jackson had 2 hits for the Bombers. Wednesday's Schedule: Quincy @ Danville 6:30 PM Twin City @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Monday, July 26, 2004Monday Results |
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| In Monday action, quincy defeated Danville 5-4; Springfield topped Galesburg 6-4; and Twin City and Bluff City split a doubleheader, the Stars winning the opener 4-0 and the Bombers the nitecap 5-4.
In Quincy, the Gems came out to an early lead, scoring 1 in the 1st inning and 4 runs in the second off singles by Shawn Roof, Jeff Fontaine, Trevor Huisinga and Jay Molina and a double by Adam Rosales to take a 5-0 lead. The Dans came back though in the top of the 5th inning off doubles by Matt Votaw and Geoff Desmond and singles by Jeffrey Rea, Blake Womble, and Chis Coghlan bringing the score to 5-4. Four Gems pitchers held the Dans in check with Travis Mays earning the win and Travis Risser earning a save. Jeff Rea and Chris Coghlan had 2 hits and Geoff Desmond had 3 hits for the Dans. Mollina had 2 hits for the Gems. In Galesburg, the Springfield Rifles broke a 4-4 tie with a run scoring single by Grover Benton in the 8th and another run scoring single by Ryan Meyer in the 9th to defeat the Pioneers 6-4. Benton and Meyer each had 2 hits and P.J. Finigan had 3 hits to pace the Rifles. Jarad Rettberg earned the win in relief with Finigan getting the save. Paul Rice and Jeff Engele each had 2 hits for the Pioneers; Engel had 2 RBI. In Alton, Twin City's Drew Himes held the Bluff City Bombers to 2 singles enroute to a complete game 4-0 victory in game 1 of their doubleheader. Brian Dinkelman, Jack Nelson and Mike Victor each had 2 hits for the Stars; Dinkelman, Victor and Mick Curran each had an RBI. In the 2nd game, Carlos Jackson had a pair of hits including a homer and 2 RBI as Bluff City earned the split with a 5-4 win. Newcomer Cody Zippmann had a single that drove in the eventul game winner in the fifth inning. Nathan Culp earned the victory and Pat Evers the save. Tuesday's schedule: Bluff City @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Danville 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Springfield 6:30 PM |
Sunday, July 25, 2004Sunday Results |
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| Two games today - Galesburg defeated Twin City in a real pitchers' duel 1-0 in 11 innings and Danville defeated Springfield 5-2.
At Illinois Wesleyan's field in Bloomington, the bats were napping on a lazy Sunday afternoon at Jack Horenberger Field, as pitching was the name of the game. Austin Seward for Galesburg and Ned Schauff for Twin City each threw 9 shutout innings. Seward walked 6, but 3 Pioneer doubleplays kept him out of serious trouble. With 8 strikeouts Schauff took over the lead in strikeouts for the Stars, but lack of offense prevented him from getting his team leading 5th win. Josh Caruso relieved Seward in the 10th and continued to keep the Stars bats quiet. Nick Calhoon also kept Galesburg quiet in the 10th, but in the 11th, after striking out Cle Hollingsworth, Ryan Graham singled and then stole second. Ryan Schmidgall followed with a bloop single advancing Graham advanced to third. Calhoon then got Court Jackson swinging. But then with 2 outs Paul Rice collected his 4th hit of the game giving the Pioneers a 1-0 lead and Seward made it hold up for the victory. Schmidtgall had 2 hits for Galesburg and in a losing cause, Jack Nelson went 2 for 4. Mike Victor and Mick Curran had the only extra base hits of the game, each had a double. Danville was led by Jeff Rea (2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI), Danny McCarthy (2-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Matt Czimskey (2-3, 2 runs) in handing the Rifles another loss. Paul Coleman picked up the victory and James Johnson picked up his 3rd save. Springfield's Grover Benton had 2 hits. Monday's Schedule: Danville @ Quincy 6:30 PM Twin City @ Bluff City (2) 5:00 PM Springfield @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Saturday, July 24, 2004Saturday Results |
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| In Galesburg tonight, the Twin City Stars swept a doubleheader from the Galesburg Pioneers by scores of 2-0 and 2-1 in 9 innings. In the first game, Stars pitcher Eric Theisen pitched a complete game 2 hitter to improve his record to a league-best 5-1. The Stars runs scored in the top of the 7th on a bases-loaded 2 out single by Jeremy Busch.
The second game went 9 innings and the Stars prevailed again by pushing the winning run across on a sacrifice fly in the top of the 9th by Mick Curran. Dan Frega pitched 8 innings and got the win and Tony Harvot got the save. Galesburg's Paul Rice had 2 hits and Pioneer pitcher Pat Kohorst when the distance and allowed only 1 earned run. In Danville, the Dans prevailed over Springfield 7-1. Josh Johnson went 7 innings and Jon Black 2 innings, holding the Rifles to a total of 2 hits, both by Scott Scherer. Pacing the Dans offensive attact were Jeff Rea, 2-5 with a run and RBI; Blake Womble with 2 RBI; Jordan Abruzzo, 2-4 with a run and 2 RBI and Matt Czimskey who was 2-3. In Alton, Quincy defeated Bluff City 7-5. Quincy did all their scoring a 7 run 5th inning, in which only 2 of the 7 runs were earned. Scott Peden's 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th was not enough to overcome a 4 run deficit for the Bombers. Pat Tumilty had 2 hits and 3 RBI to spark the Gems win. Sunday's Schedule: Danville @ Springfield 4:30 PM Galesburg @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM |
Friday, July 23, 2004Friday Results |
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| A.J. Van Slyke's 2-run homer and RBI single was all the Bluff City Bombers needed to defeat the Quincy Gems tonight by a score of 3-1. Kyle Jones got the win with a save by Pat Evers, who leads the league with 9 saves. The win moved the Bombers to within 1/2 game of league-leading Twin City who lost to Galesburg. Quincy's Jay Molina had 2 hits.
In Normal, the Galesburg Pioneers defeated Twin City 6-1. Casey O'Rourke went 7 innings and Josh Caruso the final two innings in holding the Stars to 4 hits. Joe Napoli had a 2-run single and Keiji Szalo and Chris Smith each had an RBI. Brian Dinkelman had the Stars' RBI. In Danville, Craig Brookes scattered 6 hits and fanned 8 in shutting out the Dans 3-0. Scott Scherer, Nevin Ashley and J.R. Kyes each had an RBI for the Rifles. Danville's Geoff Desmond had 2 hits. Here is Saturday's schedule: Springfield @ Danville 6:30 PM Twin City @ Galesburg (2) 5:00 PM Quincy @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Friday, July 23, 2004Late Thursday Games |
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| In the only action on Thursday, Danville and Springfield split a doubleheader, Danville winning the first game 6-2 and springfield the second game 2-1. The big story of the night was Springfield winning game #2 without a hit and the fact that the Rifles split a doublheader by getting only 2 hits all night.
In the first game, Chris Coghlan, Jordan Abruzzo and Blake Womble each collected 2 hits for the Dans, and Geoff Desmond had a 2-run homer to lead the Dans to victory. Roberto Torres was the starting and winning pitcher. In game #2, Dans' pitchers Nick DeCampli and Ty Davis no-hit the Rifles but the Rifles won on runs that scored on a wild pitch and on a base-loaded walk. Jordan Abruzzo, Brandon Daguio and Matt Votaw each had 2 hits for the Dans. Here is Friday's schedule: Springfield @ Danville 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM Bluff City @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Thursday, July 22, 2004Week #6 Player Awards, Thursday Results |
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| The CICL Player of the Week award is co-owned this week by Chris Smith of the Galesburg Pioneers and Jordan Abruzzo of the Danville Dans.
Smith, who plays third base for the Pioneers, batted .474 for the week (9-19) to lead the league; had a slugging percentage of .684, on-base percentage of .522, scored 5 runs, had 5 RBI and 4 doubles to help the Pioneers go 4-2 for the week. Smith is a hometown product of Galesburg who just finished his sophomore year at John Wood Community College. Abruzzo batted .455 (10-22), had a slugging percentage of .682, on-base percentage of .455, and tied for the league lead in RBI with 6. Abruzzo, a catcher, will be a sophomore at San Diego this fall and is from Lakeside, California. The Pitcher of the Week award goes to Travis Miller of the Quincy Gems. Miller pitched a complete game 1-hit shutout against Bluff City on July 18. Miller, a right-hander, walked 4 and fanned 10 to earn his second victory of the season. Miller will be a junior this fall at James Madison, and is from Harrisburg, PA. Thursday Update Toinght's Galesburg Pioneer game was postponed due to rain. The game is being made up on Saturday, July 24, as part of a doubleheader starting at 5:00pm. Remaining Tuesday Game Posted The remaining "missing" game from Tuesday night's action has now been posted in league stats. In that game, Danville defeated Twin City 7-2 at Twin City. The Dans scored 5 times in the fourth inning and it proved to be the difference. With Danville leading 2-0 after 3, the Dans broke it open in the 4th with a 5 run outburst, the big blow, a 3 run homer off the bat of Matt Czimskey, his first on the year. Pitcher Steve Hammond kept the Stars at bay, throwing 6 shut out innings and striking out 5 while picking up the win. Both Jordan Abruzzo and Czimskey drove in 3, Abruzzo going 3 for 5 with a double. In a losing cause, Mike Victor went 3 for 4 and Jeremy Busch and Mick Curran each had a double; and Kyle O'Brien and Busch drove in the 2 runs for the Stars. |
Wednesday, July 21, 2004Wednesday Results, Tuesday Game Update |
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| Wednesday Results
On Wednesday, the Galesburg Pioneers defeated Quincy 8-7 in 10 innings on a bases-loaded, 1 out error. The Gems had sent the game into extra innings with 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning. The game featured a lot of offense as the Gems collected 12 hits and the Pioneers 10. For Galesburg, Court Jackson was 2-4, 4 runs scored and a homer; Paul Rice was 3-3 with a run; Aaron Cheesman was 2-4 with a run and 3 RBI; and Ryan Schmidgall was 2-4. Todd Bowles was the winning pitcher. Quincy was led by Adam Rosales, 2-6, 2 runs, 2 RBI including a homer; Kevin Reynolds was 3-6 with a run and RBI; Jeff Fontaine homered; Dan Pietroburgo had 3 RBI; and Trevor Huisinga was 2-5. In Danville tonight, the Dans game vs. the Twin City Stars was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 30 startin at 6:00 PM. The statistics still do not include the Danville at Twin City or the Galesburg at Quincy game from Tuesday night, but do include the Springfield at Bluff City game won by the Bombers 13-10. In that game, the Bombers A.J. Van Slyke had 2 hits had 2 RBI including a homer; Greg Paiml had 2 hits; Brent Lacy had 3 hits and 2 RBI; Scott Peden had 3 hits and 3 RBI; and Matt Gerst had 3 hits to lead the Bombers 16 hit attack. The Rifles were led by P.J. Finigan, 2 hits including a homer; Jeff Meyer, 2 hits including a homer; J.R. Kyes, 2 hits; Nevin Ashley, 2 hits and 2 RBI; Ryan Kendrick, 2 hits; Joey Albsmeyer 2 hits and 3 RBI; and 3 hits and 2 RBI by Ryan Meyer. Kyle Dison was the tinning pitcher and Pat Evers earned his 8th save. Here is Thursday's schedule: Danville @ Springfield 6:30 PM Twin City @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Tuesday Game The Galesburg at Quincy game from Tuesday night is now in the statistics. In that game, in which the Pioneers won 10-4, Galesburg pounded out 17 hits. Joe Napoli, Chris Smith, Cle Hollingsworth, Jeff Engel, Ryan Graham and Ryan Schmidgall each had 2 hits and 1 RBI; Paul Rice had 3 hits and 3 RBI. Austin Seward was the winning pitcher. Quincy had only one player with more than 1 hit, Michael Cowgill with 2. |
Tuesday, July 20, 2004Tuesday Results |
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| Due to a server problem, Tuesday night's game reports have not yet been received, so only the scores are being published at this time:
Danville 7, Twin City 2 Galesburg 10, Quincy 4 Bluff City 13, Springfield 10 More details will be published later in the day and statistics will be updated at that time as well. I apologize for this snafu. Here is Wednesday's schedule: Twin City @ Danville 6:30 PM Quincy @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Monday, July 19, 2004Monday Results |
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| In Springfield, Bluff City took two from the Springfield Rifles. In the first game, the completion of the July 11 suspended game, the Bombers scored a run in the first inning and made it hold up for a 1-0 win. Justin Clayton and John Sternberg held the Rifles to 4 hits and Scott Peden's RBI groundout in the first was all the scoring. Springfield's Garrett McLeod had 2 hits.
In the second game, the Bombers beat the Rifles 5-1. Nathan Culp pitched 6 innings for the win. The Bombers' A.J. Van Slyke was 2-4 with 3 RBI and Kyle Smith was 2-3. The two wins moved the Bombers to trail 1st place Twin City by 2-1/2 games. In Bloomington at Illinois Wesleyan, the Twin City Stars maintained their lead over Bluff City with a 2-1 win over the Danville Dans. The Stars scored 2 in the bottom of the 7th on RBI by Sean Walker and Blake Nelson and that was all Starter Drew Himes, who got the win, and reliever Tony Harvot needed. Harvot earned a save. The Stars' T.J. Jones was 2-5, Mike Victor was 2-4 and Walker and Nelson each had RBI hits in the 7th inning. Danville's Jordan Abruzzo had 2 hits. In Galesburg, the Quincy Gems beat the Galesburg Pioneers 4-3. The Gems' Pat Tumilty had RBI singles in the 1st and 3rd innings and a solo homer in the 9th to lead the Gems to a win that moved them ahead of Danville in the standings to 3rd place. Galesburg's Chris Smith had 2 hits in 3 at-bats with a run and a 2 RBI double. mark Goodman had the other Pioneer RBI on a single. The Gems' Jeff Niemiec got the win and Travis Risser the save. Tuesday's schedule: Galesburg @ Quincy 6:30 PM Danville @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM Springfield @ Bluff City 7:00 PM |
Sunday, July 18, 2004Sunday Results |
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| Quincy defeated Bluff City 4-0 and Springfield topped Galesburg 2-1 in 10 innings on Sunday.
Quincy Gems pitcher Travis Miller limited the Bombers to only one hit in the game. Three of the Gems runs came in the 4th inning with a single by Kevin Reynolds and an RBI single by Jeff Fontaine. The fourth run was scored by the Gems in the 5th off a solo home run by Adam Rosales. The only Bombers hit came in the 2nd inning, a single by Adam Milauskas. In Springfield, Garrett McLeod got a bases loaded, 2 out single to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning in a pitcher's duel. Ryan Kendrick was the winning pitcher in relief. For Springfield, Garrett McLeod was 1-5, 1 rbi ; and J.R. Kyes was 2-4 with a run. Starting pitcher Adam Tallman of Springfield went 6.2 innings allowing 1 run and Galesburg's Josh Fields started and pitched 7 innings allowing 0 runs. Jerry Vickory drove in Galesburg's only run. Monday's Schedule: Danville @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Bluff City @ Springfield 6:30 PM |
Saturday, July 17, 2004Saturday Results |
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| In Galesburg tonight, the home team Pioneers defeated the Springfield Rifles 5-0. The Rifles were held to only 2 hits by starter Casey O'Rourke, who went 5 innings, and 4 other Pioneers pitchers. Galesburg scored 3 in the first inning, 2 on a homer by Joe Napoli to take a lead they never relinquished. Besides Napoli's homer, Court Jackson was 2-4 with a run and RBI, Keiji Szalo was 2-3 with a run and RBI and Chris Smith was 2-4 with a run.
In Alton, the Quincy Gems outlasted the host Bluff City Bombers 9-8 in 12 innings. Quincy scored the winning run in the top of the 12th on a botched attempt to intentionally walk Pat Tumilty. Adam Rosales had led the inning off with a double and advanced to third on a fly ball and scored on the wild pitch. For the Gems, Rosales, Pat Tumilty, Michael Cowgill and Shawn Roof each had 2 hits and Trevor Huisinga had 3 hits. Travis Risser pitched 3 innings for the Gems to pick up the win and Jeff Niemiec pitched the bottom of the 12th for the save. The Bombers had sent the game to extra innings on a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 9th by Richard O'Brien. Adam Milauskas homered twice for 3 RBI, O'Brien was 2-6 with 2 runs and 2 RBI and Brent Lacy and Carlos Jackson each had 2 hits. At Illinois Wesleyan this evening, Twin City swept 2 games from Danville. In the 1st game, Danville got off to a quick start scoring an unearned run in the first. The game stayed that way until the Stars half of the sixth. Jeremy Busch led off with a single followed 2 batters later by a single off the bat of Brian Dinkelman sending Busch to 3rd. Jack Nelson reached on a fielder's choice, and when he was hit in the back by the throw, Busch scored on the play. With the score tied at 1 in the bottom of the 7th. Jack Christy lead off with a walk. Mick Curran reached on a fielder's choice; Christy out on the play. Sancucci grounded out to 1b unassisted; advancing Curran to second. Busch was then intentionally walked. JT. Jones pinch hit for Kyle O'Brien and came through with a clutch 2 out game winning hit. Busch had 2 hits for TC. Matt Votaw had both of Danville's hits off Eric Thiesen, who improved his record to 4-1 with the complete game win. In the second game, under threatening skies and a few rain showers, Twin City had things well in hand going into the 5th, they had a 6-1 lead and Ned Schauff was sailing. Danville got a little closer in the 5th scoring 2 runs, adding one more in the 6th made the score 6-4. The top of the seventh, down by 2, Jordan Abruzzo pulled the Dans to wihtin 1 with his first homer of the season, followed by the first homer for Geoff Desmond to tie the score at 6 and it stayed that way until the 12th. In the bottom of the 12t, with 2 outs, Mike Victor reached on a walk, which was followed by a Sean Walker single. Kyle O'Brien hit a bloop single loading the bases bringing the the plate Eric Sanchucci who was hitless on the night. The first pitch to Sancucci was a wild pitch ending the game. For the Stars, Jeremy Busch had 4 hits and an RBI in the game, Brian Dinkelman and Jack Nelson each had 2 hits, Dinkelman 2 RBI and Nelson 1, and Sean Walker had 3 hits. For the Dans, Jordan Abruzzo had 3 hits and an RBI, Desmond had 3 hits an 2 RBI and Bryan Cartie had 4 hits. Tony Harvot picked up the victory for the Stars in relief. The victories increased Twin City's lead to 2-1/2 games over Bluff City. Sunday's Schedule: Galesburg @ Springfield 4:30 PM Bluff City @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Friday, July 16, 2004Friday Results |
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| In Friday's action, Galesburg defeated Springfield 5-1. Trent Jarvis pitched 8 shutout innings for the victory allowing only 2 hits. Galesburg's Joe Napoli was 3-4, Chris Smith was 3-4 with 2 runs and an RBIbut the big hit was a 3-run homer in the 6th inning by Mark Goodman.
Quincy defeated Bluff City 5-4 to prevent the Bombers from moving into a tie for 1st place with Twin City. The Gems took the initial lead off a three RBI home run from Jeff Fontaine, but the Bombers took the lead in the top of the eighth after an interference call on a play at the plate rundown by Quincy's Adam Rosales. Gems coach Luke Sabers was ejected after the play. The Gems tied it up in the bottom of the 8th on a solo home run from Quincy's Jay Molina. The Gems loaded the bases in the bottom of the ninth and Jesse Brownell was hit by a pitch to win the game. Jay Molina was 2-4 with 2 runs and an RBI, Kevin Reynolds was 2-4, Pat Tumilty was 2-5 with a run and Jeff Fontaine was 1-4 with the 3 run homer. Drew Wold was the winning pitcher. Bluff City had only 4 hits; Matt Kyle, Mark Smith and Adam Milauskas each had an RBI. In Danville, the Dans defeated Twin City easily 14-4. Blake Womble, Chris Coghlan, Zach Rodeghero and Matt Czimskey each had 2 hits. Womble, Coghlan, Czimskey and Matt Votaw each had 3 RBI. Mike Bonura earned the win. J.T Jones and Mike Victor each had 2 hits for Twin City. Saturday's schedule: Quincy @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Springfield @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Danville @ Twin City (IWU) (2) 5:00 PM |
Thursday, July 15, 2004Week #5 Player Awards, Thursday Results |
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| The Player of the Week for July 8-14 is A.J. Van Slyke. The Bluff City outfielder batted a phenomenal .706 (12-17) for the week to lead the league; led the league in hits (12); led in on-base percentage at .792; led in runs with 9; and led in walks with 7. He reached base with a hit or a walk his first 11 plate appearances during the week and led the Bombers to a 5-0 record to move them into second place in the league standings. His surge raised his league-leading average to .477 at the end of play on July 14. Van Slyke, the son of former Major Leaguer Andy Van Slyke, will be a junior this fall at the University of Kansas.
Pitcher of the Week honors go to Quincy's Brad Stone who tossed a 7-inning no-hitter over league-leading Twin City in the Stars' backyard on July 8. Stone walked 3, fanned 9 and faced only 2 batters over the minimum. Stone leads the league with an ERA of 1.02 in 35.1 innings pitched. The right-hander is from St. Louis and will be a sophomore this fall at Quincy University. Thursday Action At Illinois State University this evening, the Springfield Rifles and Twin City Stars split a doubleheader with the Rifles winning the first game 3-2 and the Stars taking the second game 6-4. In the opener, the Rifles' P.J. Finigan was 2-4, Ryan Meyer was 2-2 and Garrett McLeod and Nevin Ashley drove in a run apiece to pace the Rifles attack. Jeff Gerbe started and was the winning pitcher with P.J. Finigan picking up his 4th save. The Stars' Jack Nelson was 2-4 in a losing cause. In the second game, J.T. Jones was 3-4 with a run and RBI, Brian Dinkelman was 2-4, Brendan Christy was 2-3, and Jeremy Busch, Sean Walker and Mick Curran drove in runs to lead the Stars to victory. Gary Calhoon was the winning pitcher and Kyle O'Brien earned a save. Scott Scherer was 3-3 and J.R. Kyes was 1-3 with 2 RBI for the Rifles. The victory kept the Stars in first place, one game ahead of Bluff City. In Danville tonight, Bluff City moved to within 1 game of league-leading Twin City with a 3-2 win over the Dans. Brock Hewitt went 7-1/3 innings, scattering 10 hits while striking out 8. Pat Evers got the final 5 outs for his 7th save. Brandon Patek as 2-4, and A.J. Van Slyke and Kyle Kolb drove home runs for the Bombers. For the Dans, Jordan Abruzzo was 2-4, Brandon Daguio was 3-4, Matt Czimskey was 2-4 and Bryan Cartie had an RBI. Here is Friday's schedule: Bluff City @ Quincy 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Springfield 6:30 PM Twin City @ Danville 6:30 PM |
Wednesday, July 14, 2004Wednesday Results |
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| In Wednesday action, Quincy managed only 2 hits off of Galesburg's Austin Seward in 8 innings but both hits were back-to-back after an error in the 7th inning to give the Gems a 1-0 win over the Pioneers. After Adam Rosales reached on the error, he scored after a hit by Kevin Reynolds and an RBI single by Pat Tumilty. The Gems' Michael Cole pitched 7 shutout innings for the win, and was followed by single shutout innings by Jim Bauer and Travis Risser who picked up the save. The Pioneers had 5 hits.
In Springfield, the Twin City Stars maintained their first place lead with an 8-3 win over the Springfield Rifles. The Stars were led by by two homers by Jack Nelson, a 2-run shot and a solo homer. Nelson was 3-4 with 3 runs and 3 RBI; J.T. Jones was 3-4; Jeremy Busch was 2-5 with a run; Brendan Christy was 3-4 with a run and an RBI. The starter and winning pitcher for the Stars was Ken Pokryfke. Springfield's Nevin Ashley had 2 RBI. At Bluff City, the Bombers moved past the Danville Dans into second place with a 4-1 win. Nathan Culp pitched 7.1 innings of 1-hit, 1 run ball for the win and Pat Evers picked up save number 6, still leading the league in that category. The Dans were held to 2 hits by Culp, Evers and Kyle Jones. The Bombers' Matt Gerst was 4-4 with a run and RBI, Eric Barnes was 2-4, and A.J. Van Slyke and Greg Paiml also had RBI hits. Here is Thursday's schedule: Bluff City @ Danville 6:30 PM Springfield @ Twin City (ISU)(2?) 5:00 PM |
Tuesday, July 13, 2004Tuesday Results |
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| In Alton tonight, Bluff City’s A.J. Van Slyke was the man again, as he was 4-4 with one RBI, one run scored, a walk and two doubles in leading the Bombers to an 11-8 win over the Danville Dans. Richard O'Brien was 3-3 with four RBI and two runs scored, including a homer and a double. Brandon Patek and Greg Paiml also homered for Bluff City, who moved into a tie for second place with Danville. Brent Lacy had 2 hits and an RBI. Matt Mammen picked up the win in relief and Pat Evers picked up his league leading fifth save of the season.
For Danville, Jeffrey Rea and Danny McCarthy each had three hits and 2 RBI in five trips, and Matt Votaw also had 3 hits and an RBI in the 13-hit losing effort. Jordan Abruzzo and Geoff Desmond each had 2 hits and an RBI. In Galesburg, the Pioneers defeated the Quincy Gems 11-5. Joe Napoli was 4-5 with 3 runs and 3 RBI, Ryan Graham was 3-5 with a run and RBI, Paul Rice was 2-3 with a run and RBI and Ryan Schmidgall was 2-6. Derek Woloshyn was the winning pitcher and Ryam Schmidgall earned a save. Quincy was led by Shawn Roof who was 3-4 with 3 runs and 3 RBI and Adam Rosales who was 3-5 with a run and 4 RBI. Kevin Reynolds was 2-5 and Michael Cowgill was 2-5. The Springfield at Twin City game was rained out and no makeup date was announced. Here is Wednesday’s schedule: Danville @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Twin City @ Springfield 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Monday, July 12, 2004Monday Results |
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| Only one game in the CICL tonight, and it was a classic example of "Real Baseball," a game you would never see in "alumiball." In a masterful pitching duel, the Springfield Rifles defeated the Twin City Stars 1-0 in 13 innings. Three pitchers for Springfield and two for Twin City held the other scoreless until Scott Scherer tripled with one out in the bottom of the 13th. After a walk, Nevin Ashley singled Scherer home with the winning run. Springfield's Craig Brookes started and pitched 9 innings, P.J. Finigan went 3 and Adam Tallman pitched the final shutout inning and picked up the victory. Twin City's Eric Thiesen started and pitched 6 shutout innings and reliever Tony Harvot went 6.1 innings and was charged with the loss. At the plate, the Rifles were led by Nevin Ashley (2-6, 1 RBI), and 3 players who each went 2-5 at the plate, P.J. Finigan, Travis Scott and Garrett McLeod. Twin City's Jeremy Busch had 3 of the Stars' 5 hits and was 3-5. Twin City still leads the league with a one game lead over Danville.
Rained Out Game Sunday's (July 11) rained out game between Twin City and Quincy will be made up as part of a doubleheader on August 3. Here is Tuesday's schedule: Danville @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Springfield @ Twin City (ISU) 6:00 PM Quincy @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Sunday, July 11, 2004Sunday Results |
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| The CICL game between the Springfield Rifles and the Bluff City Bombers on Sunday July 11th was suspended because of rain. The game was going into the bottom of the 4th inning. It will be resumed as part of a 7 inning doubleheader on July 19th beginning at 5:30 pm. No statistics will be published until the game is completed.
The Danville at Galesburg game was also postponed due to wet grounds. No makeup date has been set. No report on the Twin City at Quincy game, so I will presume it was rained out. Monday's Schedule: Twin City @ Springfield 6:30 PM |
Saturday, July 10, 2004Saturday Results |
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| Quincy at Twin City was rained out today. No makeup date has been set.
In Alton, the Bluff City Bombers outslugged the Springfield Rifles 11-6. Eric Barnes provided much of the offense with 5 RBI on a bases loaded double and 2-run single. Scott Peden was 3-3 with 3 runs and 3 RBI, Matt Gerst was 2-4 with 3 runs and an RBI, Brent ALacy was 2-3 with a run and RBI and Greg Paiml was 2-4 with a run. A.J. Van Slyke saw his consecutive on-base streak stopped walking in the first to extend the streak to 11 at-bats. After fouling out to the third baseman, Van Slyke walked and singled his next 2 times up to reach base safely in 13 of 14 plate appearances. Brock Hewitt picked up his first win of the season on the hill. Springfield's P.J. Finigan was 2-5, J.R. Kyes 3-4, Joey Albsmeyer was 3-5 with 2 RBI, Travis Scott was 2-4 with an RBI, Nevin Ashby was 2-5 with an RBI and Jeff Meyer had a 2-run homer. The Rifles outhit the Bombers 15-11. In Danville, the Galesburg swept a doubleheader from the host Danville Dans by scores of 3-1 and 4-3. In the first game, the Pioneers were led by Keiji Szalo (3-4, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Ryan Graham (2-3, 1 RBI). Derek Woloshyn was the winning pitcher and Derek DeClerck pcked up the first of his 2 saves on the evening. In game 2, the Pioneers were led by Ryan Schmidgall (1-4, 2 RBI), Ryan Graham (3-3, 1 run, 1 RBI), Jerry Vickery (2-2) and Aaron Cheesman (2-3). Austin Seward was the winning pitcher DeClerk picked up his 2nd save of the evening and the year. Danville's Jordan Abruzzo was 2-4 with a run and RBI. The double losses dropped the Dans from a half game back of Twin City to 1-1/2 games back. Sunday's schedule: Bluff City @ Springfield 4:30 PM Danville @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Twin City @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Friday, July 9, 2004Friday Results |
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| Twin City defeated Quincy 4-0, Bluff City defeated Springfield 11-6 and Galesburg at Danville was postponed until Saturday night due to rain.
In Quincy, the Twin City Stars' Ned Schauff pitched a 9-inning complete game 2-hitter in a 4-0 win to up his record to 4-0 on the season as the Stars inched back into the lead over Danville who was rained out. Schauff fanned 10 Gems, walked 2 and gave up 2 singles to lower his ERA to 1.64. The Stars were led by J.T. Jones (3-3), Mike Victor (2-4, 2 RBI) and Brian Dinkelman (1-3, 1 run, 1 RBI), scoring 2 in each of the first 2 innings. The Gems' hits were by Jesse Brownell and Jay Molina. In Springfield, the Bluff City Bombers were led by A.J. Van Slyke who was 4-4, scored 3 runs, had 3 RBI and a walk to extend his string of reaching base to 10 straight plate appearances. Van Slyke hasn't been retired since before the All-Star break and his spree has raised his league-leading batting average to .468, 84 percentage points higher than the second highest average. The Bombers also received offensive output from Eric Barnes (2-3, 2 RBI), Matt Gerst (2-3, 1 run, 1 RBI), Richard O'Brien (2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI) and Greg Paiml (3-5, 1 run, 1 RBI). Kyle Jones was credited with the win as starter Nathan Culp had to leave the game early with a blister. Springfield was led by J.R. Kyes (2-4, 2 RBI) and P.J. Finigan (2-5, 1 RBI). Galesburg was rained out early in its game at Danville and the teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 6:00 PM on Saturday. Here is Saturday's complete schedule: Galesburg @ Danville(2) 6:00 PM Springfield @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Quincy @ Twin City (ISU) 1:00 PM |
Thursday, July 8, 2004Thursday Results |
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| The Quincy Gems and Twin City Stars played two games tonight, one a makeup for last Sunday's postponed game. In the first game, Quincy's Brad Stone tossed a no-hitter as the Gems scored 2 in the 6th and 2 in the 7th to defeat the Stars 4-0. Jay Molina, Pat Tumilty and Michael Cowgill each had RBI doubles and Trevor Huisinga had a sacrifice fly to plate all of Quincy's runs. Stone struck out 9 and walked 3 to claim his second victory of the season and lower his league-leading ERA to 1.02 in 35.1 innings pitched.
The second game was one wild pitch away from another no hitter by Twin City's Dan Frega. With a runner on third and 2 outs in the 7th with the Stars clinging to a 1-0 lead, the Gems scored the tying run on a wild pitch. That runner had reached base earlier in the inning on an error. The Stars, however, went on to win the game with a run in the bottom of the 8th on a bases-loaded walk to Jack Nelson. Nelson and Jeremy Busch each had 2 hits for the Stars and reliever Tony Harvot pitched the top of the 8th inning to earn credit for the win to better his record to 3-0. In Alton, Eric Dessau showed why he was the CICL Pitcher of the Month with a dominating eight-inning performance against Springfield. He allowed one unearned run on four hits, he struck out five and walked two in earning his fourth win (4-0) on the season. Pat Evers hung on in the 9th to earn his fourth save of the season. Scott Peden and Milauskas had first inning RBI singles in Bluff City's two run first. A.J. Van Slyke was on base 5 times with 2 hits and 3 walks in 5 plate appearances, scoring 2 runs including what proved to be the gamewinner on wild pitch in the bottom of 8th inning. Matt Gerst drove in the 3rd run on a bases-loaded walk for the Bombers. The Rifles almost came all the way back with 2 runs in the 9th on RBI hits by Travis Scott and Scott Scherer. Phil Laurent was 2-3 with a run scored and Scherer was 2-4 with a run and an RBI. In Galesburg, the Danville Dans moved into a 1st place tie with the Twin City Stars with a hard-fought 10-9 victory over the Pioneers. The Dans were paced by Jordan Abruzzo's 4 RBI on 3 hits, Brian Cartie's 2 run homer, Matt Votaw's 2 hits and 2 runs, Chris Coghlan's 2 hits, 2 runs and an RBI and Brandon Daguio's 2 runs and 2 RBI on 1 hit. Andy Wilson was the winning pitcher and James Johnson earned a save. Galesburg was paced by Paul Rice (2-4, 1 run, 2 RBI), Ryan Graham (2-5, 1 run, 1 RBI), Chris Smith (1 hit, 2 runs, 2 RBI), Joe Napoli (2-5, 2 runs) and Court Jackson (1-4, 2 RBI). The Pioneers were down 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th and scored 2 runs but could not push across the tying run left stranded on second. Friday's Schedule: Bluff City @ Springfield 6:30 PM Galesburg @ Danville 6:30 PM Twin City @ Quincy 6:30 PM |
Wednesday, July 7, 2004Weekly and Monthly Awards |
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| WEEKLY AWARDS
Weekly awards for rain-shortened week #4 of the 2004 season go to the Twin City Stars’ Mike Victor for the Player of the Week award and to Twin City’s Ned Schauff and Quincy’s Chris Otten for a shared Pitcher of the Week award. Victor helped the Stars go 3-0 and remain in first place by leading the league in hitting at .556 (5-9), leading in on-base percentage at .636 and leading in slugging at .738. Victor, an outfielder, is from Mokena, Illinois, and will be a junior this fall at St. Joseph’s College. Ned Schauff of the Stars earned his share of the Pitcher award by tossing a complete game victory over Quincy, allowing 0 earned runs on 3 hits in 7 innings, striking out 9 and walking nobody. The victory raised Schauff’s season record to 3-0 and lowered his ERA to 2.25. Schauff is from Cassville, Wisconsin, and will be a senior at Illinois State. Chris Otten started and pitched 8 innings in a victory over Bluff City, allowing 0 earned runs on 6 hits, striking out 3 and walking nobody. The victory also raised Otten’s record to 3-0 for the season and lowered his ERA to 2.00. Otten is from St. Libory, Illinois, and will be a junior at Quincy University. MONTHLY AWARDS The Player of the Month (up to the All Star break) award goes to A.J. Van Slyke of the Bluff City Bombers. For the month, Van Slyke led the league in batting at .423 (30-71), led in total bases with 49, led in slugging at .690, led in on-base percentage at .523, led in doubles with 8, tied for the lead in hits with 30, tied for the lead in homers with 3, and tied for second in RBI with 17. The outfielder was also 8-11 in stolen bases, good for 3rd place in steals. Van Slyke is from LaDue, Missouri, and will be a junior this fall at Kansas. The Pitcher of the Month award is shared between Erik Dessau of the Bluff City Bombers and Josh Johnson of the Danville Dans. Dessau was 3-0 in 4 starts, pitching 28.0 innings, striking out 25 batters and allowing only 4 earned runs. His ERA was 1.29, second in the league. Batters hit .217 against Dessau. The right-hander from St. Louis will be a senior this fall at Missouri. Josh Johnson was also 3-0 for the month in 5 starts, pitching 26.0 innings, striking out 31 to lead the league, and allowing only 4 earned runs on 16 hits. His ERA was fourth in the league and his opponent batting average of .176 led all pitchers by more than 35 percentage points. Johnson, a right-hander, is from Caledonia, Mississippi, and will be only a sophomore this fall at Mississippi State. |
Tuesday, July 6, 2004All-Star Game Canceled |
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| The 2004 CICL All-Star game had to be canceled today because of extremely wet grounds at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. Unfortunately, because of tight regular-season scheduling and travel arrangements there is no opportunity to play the game on another date.
Regular season play resumes Thursday: Danville @ Galesburg 7:00 PM Springfield @ Bluff City 7:00 PM Quincy @ Twin City (IWU) 6:00 PM |
Sunday, July 4, 2004Sunday Update |
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| The Quincy at Twin City Stars game scheduled for this afternoon was postponed due to wet grounds. No makeup date has been set.
The Danville at Springfield game was also postponed due to wet grounds. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on July 22 starting at 5:00 PM. Statistics for the Thursday night Bluff City victory over Quincy have now been posted and are included in season-to-date reports. No games are scheduled for Monday, July 5. The 2004 CICL All Star Game is this Tuesday, July 6, at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois. Gametime is 7:00 PM. |
Saturday, July 3, 2004Saturday Results |
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| Saturday's game at Galesburg between the Pioneers and Bluff City Bombers was postponed due to wet grounds and will be made up as part of a 5:00 PM doubleheader on July 30.
In other action, Twin City moved to sole possession of first place with a doubleheader sweep of the Quincy Gems at Quincy, 3-2 and 6-4. In Danville, the Dans defeated the Springfield Rifles 9-4 to stay a half game back. In the first game at Quincy, the Stars scored three runs in the 6th inning to overcome a 2-0 deficit and made the runs hold up. The runs scored on an RBI double by Mike Victor and then a 2 run homer by Sean Walker. Ned Schauff pitched a complete game for the win. Quincy's runs were driven in by Andrew Farmer. In game 2, Sean Walker again had the key hit, tripling with the bases loaded for 3 RBI and Brian Dinkelman had a double to drive in 2 runs to lead the Stars to victory. Eric Theisen was the winning pitcher with a save by Gary Calhoon. Quincy's Jay Molina had a 2-run homer and Jeff Fontaine had a solo homer and another RBI on a single to account for all the Gems' offense. In Danville, the Dans collected 12 hits to defeat the Rifles 9-4. Jeffrey Rea was 3-5 with 2 RBI; Geoff Desmond was 3-5 with 2 runs and an RBI and Brandon Daguio was 2-4 with 2 runs and an RBI. Josh Johnson was the winning pitcher and James Johnson earned a save. Springfield's J.R. Kyes was 2-4 with a run and RBI; Scott Scherer was 2-4 with 3 RBI and Garrett McLeod was 2-4. Here is Sunday's schedule: Danville @ Springfield 4:30 PM Quincy @ Twin City (ISU) 1:00 PM |
Friday, July 2, 2004Friday Result |
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| Only one game to report this evening. In Springfield, Danville defeated the Springfield Rifles 9-2 to move into a virtual tie with Twin City for the league lead. The Dans were led by Jordan Abruzzo (2-4, 1 run, 2 RBI) and Matt Votaw (3-5, 1 run, 2 RBI). Ricky Newman of Danville got a hit to extend his hitting streak 10 12 games, the longest current streak. Ty Davis was the winning pitcher in relief. Springfield's Travis Scott was 2-4 and P.J. Finigan got a hit to extend his streak to 11 games.
The Twin City at Quincy game was rained out and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday night. Saturday's schedule: Springfield @ Danville 6:30 PM Twin City @ Quincy (2) 5:00 PM Bluff City @ Galesburg 7:00 PM |
Thursday, July 1, 2004Thursday Results, Players of the Week, All-Star Game Rosters |
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| In Thursday;s action, Danville topped Galesburg 9-1, Twin City defeated Springfield for the third straight game 9-6 and Quincy topped Bluff City 10-2.
In Danville, the Dans hammered out 17 hits while holding the Pioneers to only 3 hits in posting an easy 9-1 victory. The Dans were led by Jeffrey Rea (3-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Blake Womble (3-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), Chris Coghlan (3-5, 1 run, 3 RBI), Ricky Newman (3-4, 2 RBI) and Danny McCarthy (2-5, 1 run). Mike Bonura was the starting and winning pitcher. Cle Hollingsworth had an RBI hit for the Pioneers. In Springfield, the Twin City Stars maintained their hold on first place with their 3rd straight win by scoring 4 runs in the 9th inning to come from behind and defeat the Rifles 9-6. The comeback marked the first game that Springfield infielder/closer P.J. Finigan allowed any runs after 5 consecutive 1 inning relief appearances where he allowed no runs, no hits and earned 3 saves. For the game, the Stars were led by Jeremy Busch (2-5, 1 run, 3 RBI), Brendan Christy (2-5, 2 runs, 1 RBI), J.T. Jones (2-5, 1 RBI), Mike Victor (2-3), Jack Nelson (2-5, 1 RBI) and Blake Nelson (1-4, 1 run, 2 RBI). Eric Thiesen pitched 2 innings of relief and picked up the win. Springfield's Joey Albsmeyer was 2-5 with a run scored and P.J. Finigan hit a solo homer. Twin City's Brian Dinkelman was held hitless to end his league-high 15 game hitting streak. More on Quincy's game will be provided as soon as information is received. Here is Friday's schedule: Danville @ Springfield 6:30 PM Twin City @ Quincy 6:30 PM Players of the Week for June 24-30 The Player of the Week award for week #3 of the 2004 season for games played June 24-30 is Twin City Stars' infielder Brian Dinkelman. Dinkelman hit safely in all 5 Stars games during the week to extend his league-leading hitting streak to 15 games. For the week, Dinkelman batted .600 (12-20) to lead the league and also led the league in on-base pct. at .625 and tied for the lead with 8 RBI. He was second in slugging at .850, second in hits with 12 and third in total bases with 17. Dinkelman's streak has helped raise his season average to a league-leading .443 (27-61). The left-handed hitting second baseman will be a starter in the 2004 CICL All Star game in Alton on July 6. Dinkelman is from Irvington, Illinois, and will be a junior this fall at McKendree College in Lebanon, Illinois. The Pitcher of the Week award goes to right-hander Erik Dessau of the Bluff City Bombers. Dessau made one appearance during the week and pitched 8 strong innings in a 4-2 win over Quincy on June 30, allowing only 2 hits and striking out 8. The win improved Dessau's record to 3-0, the best record in the league and the only pitcher with more than 2 wins. Allowing no earned runs in the game, Erik lowered his ERA for the season to 1.29, second only to Brad Stone's (Quincy) 1.27 ERA. Dessau is scheduled to be the starting pitcher for the West squad in the 2004 CICL All Star game this coming July 6. He is from St.Louis, Missouri, and will be a senior this fall at the University of Missouri. All-Star Game Rosters Announced Rosters and starting players for the 2004 All Star Game were announced today and can be found here. This year's game is scheduled for 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 6 at Gordon Moore Park in Alton. Home team will be the West squad made up of players from Bluff City, Galesburg and Quincy. The East is made up of players from Danville, Springfield and Twin City. |
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