Dayton Dragons at Cedar Rapids Kernels
May 27th, 2004
| Dayton |
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0 |
1 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
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1 |
6 |
1 |
| Cedar Rapids |
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0 |
4 |
0 |
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4 |
0 |
3 |
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0 |
0 |
X |
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11 |
14 |
1 |
E-Bolivar, Balkcom, LOB DAY-9, CR-4, 2B-Cosby, Kimpton 2, HR-Kendrick, Brown, SACF-Rodriguez, SB-Bolivar, Cosby, CS-Dickerson, Rodriguez
BB-Rodriguez, Kimpton
HP-Redwin, BS-Monaco
T-2:30, A-3,433
How They Scored
Top 2nd
Jeremiah Piepkorn singled and later scored on a Chris Dickerson single.
Bottom 2nd
Sean Rodriguez walked leading off, then Caleb Maher reached on Dayton second baseman Luis Bolivar's fielding error. A Blake Balkcom single loaded the bases with none out. Nick Kimpton hit a two run double, scoring Maher and Balkcom. A Quad Cosby groundout scored Matt Abram. Nick Kimpton scored on Howie Kendrick's infield single.
Bottom 4th
Kimpton walked and scored on Kendrick's two run home run to center. Bobby Wilson followed with a single, then Matt Brown followed with a two run home run to left.
Bottom 6th
Kimpton doubled and scored on Cosby's double. Wilson singled to score Cosby. Kendrick scored on a sacrifice fly by Rodriguez.
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Jeff Johnson
It wasn't cause for popping open any champaign bottles. Or beer bottles in the case, since it is the minor league. It was the same old Cedar Rapids Kernels clubhouse after a victory. There was loud music playing, guys watching TV while lounging around on couches, and pitcher Micah Posey being his usual prankster self.
Yet Thursday afternoon's 11-1 smashing of the Dayton Dragons was significant, and not just because a season high crowd of 3,433 showed up at Memorial Stadium. It marked an honest to goodness series victory for the Kernels.
"We've been waiting for this for awhile," Kernels manager Bobby Magallanes said. Cedar Rapids (27-19) took three of four games from Dayton to remain in second place in the Midwest League's Western Divison. The Kernels also took a little forward momentum into their final four games of a season high 11 game homestand.
Prior to this series, it had pretty much been splitsville for the Kernels: five series played and five splits. If you want to go back a little but more, eight series played and seven splits. Technically, the Kernels did win a rain shortended one game series with Quad City last weekend. But you get the picture.
"That's what everyone said when we came in here (after the game). We finally won a series." Kernels reliever Scott Hindman said, "We know we've got a better team than how we've been playing. We've just been off with the pitching and the hitting. One game we'll hit, and then the bullpen will come in and give up a whole bunch of runs. Once all of us guys out there can get some confidence, I think you'll see us start to put away games, because our starters have been pretty damn good."