Burlington Bees at Cedar Rapids Kernels
July 18th, 2004
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2 |
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2 |
3 |
1 |
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E-Powell, LOB BUR-4, CR-5, 2B-Lubanski, Pali, Lubanski, HR-Nunez, Lopez, SACF-Groves, SB-Nunez, Pali
HB-Peel (Goodman), Groves (Moreno), Barry(Hindman), PB-Reniking, BK-Hindman, WP-Goodman
T-2:08, A-2,263
Burlington Hawk Eye
August 19th, 2004
by Susan Denk
Abel Moreno retired 19 of the final 20 Burlington batters he faced and worked seven shutout innings of two-hit ball to pitch the Cedar Rapids Kernels past the Bees 7-2, Sunday afternoon in a Midwest League game at Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The win was the third straight for the Kernels (12-11 second half, 54-38 overall) in the four game series with Burlington (11-12, 33-60). The series concludes tonight at Community Field.
Moreno (7-6) had missed his previous scheduled start because of blisters on the fingers of his pitching hand. He had few problems against Bees.
Moreno gave up a triple to Chris Lubanski leading off the game, then hit Brett Groves with a pitch. He struck out Brandon Powell to start his streak of retired batters. Cole Hilt popped out to first baseman Baltazar Lopez in foul territory and Lopez threw a strike to the plate to easily nail Lubanski, who tagged up and tried to score. The only Bees runner to reach base the next six innings was Groves, who singled leading off the fourth and was erased in a double play.
The Kernels meanwhile, bunched together four of their six hits in the third inning and scored five runs off Burlington starter Chirs Goodman (2-10). Felix Nunez belted a two run home run to start the scoring. It was his first home run as a Kernels. Lopez added an RBI single and Matt Pali followed with a run double.
The Kernels pushed across an unearned run in the fourth inning, pushing their lead to 6-0.
Lopez's opposite field home run that bounded off a fan in the first row and back out onto the field gave the Kernels a 7-0 lead in the eighth inning. It was the fifth home run for Lopez, but his first since June 24.
The Bees plated their runs in the ninth. Jeff Barry was hit by a pitch to open the frame. Lubanski then doubled to right, moving Barry to third. Barry scored and Lubanski advanced to third on a balk called on Kernels reliever Scott Hindman. One batter later, Lubanski scored when Groves flied out to right. Hindman got Brandon Powell to ground out to short before walking Hilt and Kila Kaaihue.
David Austen came on for Hindman and got Luis Gonzalez-playing in his first game since an appendectomy June 29- to ground out to second.