Reaching Rockford

 
Today will be a single 10-inning contest rather than a doubleheader...First pitch is at 1:00 p.m. No broadcast from either side today so you get to rely on me!!!! First of two with Rockford as the Riverhawks come to Boomers Stadium tomorrow...We are at Riverhawks Stadium, which is not actually in Rockford...Its in Loves Park...

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS (1-2)
Brandon Anderson - CF
Danny Gonzalez - 2B
Evan Button - SS
Devin Shepherd - DH
Michael Hur - LF
Jet Butler - 1B
Matt Greener - 3B
Elvin Millan, Jr. - C
Jeremy Richter - RF
R.J. Harris - DH

Alex Szymanski - LHP (Four Innings)
Cody Hallahan - RHP (Three Innings)
Garrett Granitz - RHP (One Inning)
Brad Allen - RHP (One Inning)
Mike Lee - RHP (One Inning)

SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS (2-2-1)
Raphael Turner - LF
Pat Biserta - DH
Gerard Hall - SS
Frank Pfister - 3B
Nick Kuroczko - 2B
Mike Valadez - C
Jordan Castaldo - 1B
Nate Baumann - RF
Cody McMorris - CF
Drew Heithoff - DH
Chad Mozingo - DH

Robby Donovan - RHP
Joe Parsons - RHP
Matt Collins - RHP
Jason Braun - RHP
Thomas Nelson - LHP

TOP 1st
First pitch at 1:04 p.m. - Raphael Turner with a single to right to open the game...Turner steals second...Pat Biserta struck out swinging...And Turner impresses...Stealing third...Gerard Hall flies out to short right...Not deep enough to score Turner...Frank Pfister singled to left, scoring Turner...Nick Kuroczko flew out to center...
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

BOT 1st
Brandon Anderson bounced out to short on a nice play by Gerard Hall...It was a broken bat...Danny Gonzalez struck out swinging...Evan Button lined out to center...Had a nice brief conversation with Bryan Wickline, the President of Rock River Valley Baseball, the ownership group of the Riverhawks...Wickline was the GM in Chillicothe back when the Paints were in the Frontier League and still serves as the GM of the now Prospect League team...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

TOP 2nd
Mike Valadez lines a double off the wall in left-center...Jordan Castaldo struck out swinging...That is twice where the Boomers have failed to move a runner to third...Nate Baumann struck out swinging...Rumor mill in the press box is that Szymanski has been working on his curve, which he just struck Baumann out on...Cody McMorris popped out to second...Valadez stranded at second...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

BOT 2nd
Devin Shepherd with a lineout to right...Michael Hur struck out swinging...Jet Butler almost took the head off of Donovan with a smash right up the gut for the first Rockford hit...Matt Greener flew out to left...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

TOP 3rd
Drew Heithoff struck out swinging...Chad Mozingo tried to bunt his way on...Good bunt but stumbled a bit on his way up the line...Out at first base unassisted...Turner walked, or thought he did...It was ball three and he was 3/4 of the way up the line...Now he walks...It was elementary...Turner caught stealing...Tried to get a jump on Szymanski who threw to first...Turner made it close at second but is out...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

BOT 3rd
Elvin Millan, Jr. with a single just out of the reach of Hall at short and into short left...Jeremy Richter lined out to short...Tremendous diving catch by Hall no chance to double off Millan though...R.J. Harris struck out swinging...Donovan has struck out at least one batter in each inning...Anderson with a bouncer to first handled by Castaldo...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

TOP 4th
Biserta was at the plate when Turner was caught stealing and will lead off...Biserta singles through the right side on the first pitch...Bullpen is busy for Rockford...Szymanski is in consideration to be Rockford's opening night starter as well...Four innings is his target for today...Rockford opens at River City...Hall bounces into a fielder's choice...Biserta out at second...Turner has been busy...I wouldn't mind seeing Hall try and move here...Instead, Hall is picked off...And not happy about it...Pfister lined out center...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

BOT 4th
Gonzalez grounded out to short...Button struck out swinging...Four strikeouts for Donovan...Shepherd walked...Bullpen starts to stir for the Boomers...Hur lined out to short...Sliding stab by Hall...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

TOP 5th
Cody Hallahan takes over on the mound...Four strong for Szymanski, allowing a run on four hits with a walk and four strikeouts...FYI the bullpen activity for the Boomers was Andrew Cohn, potentially for an appearance in the field...Home plate ump just appealed to first and Mike Kashirsky did a nice job of helping Tony Corbo...Kuroczko draws a walk...Hallahan is a true rookie from Bethany Lutheran, a Division III school...Valadez tried to bunt but rolled it foul and then grounded into a 4-6-3 double play...Castaldo with a single through the right side...Baumann grounds out to second...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 0

BOT 5th
Still Donovan on the hill...Thomas Nelson is standing in the bullpen and Joe Parsons is doing some running in the outfield to prepare...Parsons now throwing...Nelson is his protector as I like to call it, standing guard...Butler with a tremendous battle at the plate...And draws a walk...Greener drives a double down the line in left, touching the chalk (A chalk duster as I call it) on the first pitch...Butler scores from first to tie the game...Millan grounds out to second...Kuroczko has some problems but stays with it to notch the out...Infield in with Butler now at third and one out...Donovan takes matters into his own hands with a strikeout of Richter...Infield relaxes a bit...Five strikeouts for Donovan...Harris grounds out to second...Donovan leaves to go ahead run on base...
1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 1, RIVERHAWKS 1

TOP 6th
So its tied up now...New catcher is Greg Van Horn...Another inning for Hallahan, who is penciled for three...McMorris with a chopper over the mound...Infield single...The shortstop came in front of second and tried to pick on a short hop but would have had a tough play...Sixth hit of the game...McMorris steals second...Man he can fly!!! Throw is into center and McMorris comes all the way around to score...Heithoff strikes out swinging...Mozingo walks...Sean Mahley pinch hitting for Turner...Mahley popped up to second...Biserta with a double down the right field line, scoring Mozingo from first...Both runs now earned...Ellis Lowe in to pinch hit...First pitch attack...Flies out to medium right-center...
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 1

BOT 6th
Donovan finished after five innings...Nice line...5IP, 3H, ER, 2BB, 5K...Parsons taking over...Other changes...Brad Hawn catching...Brandon Hairston at first...Lowe stays at short...Likewise for Mahley in left...Andrew Cohn now at third...Anderson leads off by popping into short right...Tough grab for Kuroczko, who by the way is in his first extended action of the spring...Gonzalez with a single into short right...Fourth Rockford hit...Gonzalez moves up on a wild pitch and doesn't stop, taking third...Button with an RBI single to score Gonzalez...Sheperd bounces to the left side, Cohn with a nice diving play, goes to second for the force, return throw to first is a little low...May have been a double play...Hur grounds into a fielder's choice to end the inning...
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 2

TOP 7th
Cohn leads off with a bunt single...Well placed up the third base line...Kuroczko popped out to second...Hawn walked...Hairston broke his bat not once, but twice...Rolling into an inning ending double play on the second broken bat...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 2

BOT 7th
Another inning for Parsons...Butler struck out looking on three pitches...Greener struck out swinging on a high fastball...Greg Van Horn with his first at bat of the day...Gerard Hall with an impressive ball boy impersonation chasing a foul ball behind the plate...Van Horn reaches on a throwing error by Lowe, the first error of the day for the Boomers...Richter grounds to Cohn at third, who opts to throw to second for the force...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 2

TOP 8th
Carlos Luciano now playing short...Now pitching is Garrett Granitz...Hallahan's line...3IP, 4H, 2R, 2ER, 3BB, K...Granitz is the definition of a submariner...Really gets low on the delivery...Baumann squared it up but Anderson chased down what could have been a gap shot...McMorris with a single through the left side...And caught stealing...Heithoff strikes out swinging...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 2

BOT 8th
New pitcher is Matt Collins...Parsons was strong...2IP, 2H, ER, 2K and a wild pitch...Dave Worthington pinch hitting...Worthington flies out to center...Anderson with a single through the right side...Speed on the bases...Gonzalez with a single...Tremendous play by Lowe kept it in the infield but Lowe couldn't get it out of the glove cleanly...Luciano struck out looking in his first at bat...Andrew Caron pinch hitting...Caron walks to load the bases...And a wild pitch ties the game as Anderson crosses...Hur flies out to short center...
1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors, 2 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 3

TOP 9th
New pitcher is Brad Allen...Another righty...Granitz with an IP, 1H, and a strikeout...Mozingo leads off and fouled out to left...Mahley grounded out to second...Biserta reached on an error by the second baseman...Lowe also reaches on an error by the second baseman...Two on with two outs...Cohn struck out looking...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 2 Errors, 2 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 3

BOT 9th
Ty Nelson is now behind the plate...May have happened last inning but I didn't catch it until just now...Spring training...Collins at least out to start another inning...Butler struck out swinging...Greener flew out to McMorris in center...Van Horn struck out swinging...Much better second inning for Collins...
0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors, 0 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 3

TOP 10th
New pitcher is the top draft choice in the 2012 Frontier League Draft, Mike Lee...Lee was popping the glove at 94 mph in Washington at the tryout...He was in Double-A with the Red Sox (Portland Seadogs) the week before the draft and was released just days before...I have heard a lot of things about this guy...I suspect he will be the closer and may not be in the Frontier League long...Kuroczko leading off and singles through the right side...Ty Nelson with his first at bat and grounds into a 5-4-3 double play...Hairston struck out swinging but reached on a wild pitch...Baumann bounces out to third...I will say this...Lee, who's pitching hit 91 on the gun which is apparently a few mph slow, also has good command and nasty breaking stuff...
0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors, 1 LOB
BOOMERS 3, RIVERHAWKS 3

BOT 10th
Jason Braun on for the 10th...Collins tossed two innings and allowed a run on two hits with a walk, wild pitch, and three strikeouts...The managers just talked about something...Not sure if maybe they want to go another inning after the scheduled 10...Richter lines a single to center...Worthington struck out swinging...Anderson with a single to right...Two on with one out...Sounds like they will play another half inning...Gonzalez rolled to the right side...Troubles...Braun with two errors...Failed to handle the throw from Hairston and then threw it away at third as Rockford scores twice...Nice play by Cohn at third as Luciano bounces out...Caron grounded out to first...
2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors, 1 LOB
RIVERHAWKS 5, BOOMERS 3

TOP 11th
Another half for Lee...McMorris reaches on an E3 and moves to second as well...Heithoff is the tying run at the plate but pops out to second...Mozingo flies out to right...McMorris stole third...Mahley reached on an infield single...McMorris scores...Biserta grounds out to first...Butler was busy over there today...That's the game...10 1/2 innings in 3:03...
1 Run, 1 Hit, 1 Error, 1 LOB
RIVERHAWKS 5, BOOMERS 4

Same two teams at Boomers Stadium tomorrow...Unearned runs hurt in the loss to Joliet on Thursday...Two unearned runs cost Rockford today...