Cedar Rapids Kernels at Clinton Lumberkings


April 13th, 2002

Kernels
Name POS AB R H RBI
Ransel Melgarejo CF 4 2 2 1
Jeff Mathis DH 4 1 1 1
Casey Kotchman 1B 3 1 1 0
Mike Napoli C 3 0 1 3
Dallas McPherson 3B 5 0 0 0
Nick Gorneault RF 2 1 1 1
Tommy Murphy SS 4 1 1 0
Ryan Nevins LF 2 0 0 0
Ed Welch PH/LF 2 0 0 0
Jon Cahill 2B 3 0 0 0
Kings
Name POS AB R H RBI
Danny Rombley CF 4 3 3 1
Greg Thissen 2B 4 1 2 1
Josh Labandeira SS 3 0 1 3
Dominick Ambrosini 1B 5 0 3 1
Clyde Williams DH 3 0 1 1
Matt Brown 3B 4 0 0 0
Lorvin Louisa RF 4 1 1 0
Drew McMillan C 4 0 1 0
Craig Kerner LF 4 2 2 0



Cedar Rapids 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 7 1
Clinton 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 14 0

E-McPherson, LOB CR-11, CLI-7, 2B-Melgarejo, Mathis, Napoli, Rombley 2, HR-Gorneault (Walker), SB-Gorneault 2, Murphy, CS-Kerner, HBP-Cahill, SACF-Napoli, Thissen, Labandeira 2, SACB-Mathis

Kernels
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison
David Wolensky 2 8 4 4 1 0 ND
Jaime Steward 4 1 0 0 0 4 ND
Dustin Griffith 2 2 1 0 0 3 ND
Mark O'Sullivan 0.2 3 2 2 1 0 L (0-2)

Kings
Name IP H R ER BB SO Decison
Jason Norderum 4 5 5 5 5 4 ND
Jason Walker 2.1 2 1 1 3 3 ND
Edward Diaz 2.2 0 0 0 1 3 W (1-0)

HB-Norderum, PB-Napoli, McMillan, SO-Mathis, McPherson 4, Murphy 2, Nevins, Welch, Cahill, Thissen, Williams 2, Brown 2, Louisa 2, BB-Melgarejo, Kotchman 2, Napoli, Gorneault 3, Murphy, Nevins, Rombley, Williams
T-3:03, A-961

Cedar Rapids Gazette

The Clinton Lumberkings staged a ninth inning rally to win their home opener Saturday, slipping past the Cedar Rapids Kernels 7-6, at Alliant Energy Field.

The Kernels were nursing a 6-5 lead in the ninth when Craig Kerner singled with one out to start the rally. After a walk and a flyout, Josh Labandeira lined a single to left to score Kerner and tie the game. On the next pitch, Dominick Ambrosini singled to center to drive in Danny Rombley with the winning run.

Mark O'Sullivan (0-2) pitched the ninth and took the loss for the Kernels (6-3)

Cedar Rapids took the lead in the fourth, 5-4 on a Jeff Mathis run scoring single and a two run double by Mike Napoli. Nick Gorneault hit a solo home run in the fifth to make it 6-4.