Kent Fans Nine In LumberKings' Victorious Return Home

Kent Fans Nine In LumberKings' Victorious Return Home
Box Score
June 17, 2022

FROM CAPE:

CLINTON, Iowa - LumberKings pitchers scattered six Catfish singles and allowed just one run Friday night enroute to an 8-1 win over the defending 2021 Prospect League champions.

The Catfish scored their lone run in the top of the fourth without the benefit of a hit when Dante Zamudio (West Virginia State University) walked, advanced to second on a wild pitch and scored on a two-base error on an infield grounder hit by J.D. Ortiz (SIU-Carbondale).

Catfish Starter Tanner Mueller (Southeast Missouri State University) started strong, recording seven strikeouts in the first 3 1/3 innings. But in the bottom of the fourth, he walked the bases loaded and was replaced by left-handed reliever and Saxony High School graduate Eli Brown (Lindenwood University) who walked the first batter he faced to force in Clinton's first run to tie the game.

Clinton took advantage of two walks, three hit batsmen and a pair of singles, all with two outs, to score three more runs in the fifth inning which was more than enough to put the game away. The LumberKings sent 10 men to the plate in the sixth, scoring four more runs thanks to five hits, including an RBI double by Matt Scherrman (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh), four singles and a pair of walks.

Mueller (0-1) was the losing pitcher, giving up one earned run, walking two and striking out seven in his 3 1/3 innings on the mound. Clinton starter Jackson Kent (University of Arizona) pitched five innings, allowing two hits and one earned run while striking out nine Catfish to earn his first win of the season (1-0).

Friday night's line score was one run, six hits and two errors for the Catfish while the LumberKings had eight runs on eight hits and one error.

The loss dropped the Catfish record to 7-10 while the LumberKings evened their record at 9-9.

Cape and Clinton will face off again Saturday at NelsonCorp Field in Clinton. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.

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FROM CLINTON:

CLINTON, Iowa - The Clinton LumberKings reeled in the Cape Catfish 8-1 at NelsonCorp Field on Friday night. 
 
After three innings of scoreless ball on both ends, the Catfish struck first in the fourth frame when JD Ortiz (Southern Illinois University) sprinted home after a throwing error by Trevor Burkhart (LSU-Shreveport). 
 
The LumberKings tied the game in the bottom half of the inning on a Casey Sole bases loaded walk before scoring seven more unanswered runs to finish the game.
 
Joe Simpson (Kirkwood CC) led Clinton on offense, after going 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of runs, an RBI and a walk. Matt Scherrman (UW-Oshkosh) went 2-for-5 with a run and a RBI as well. 
 
Ortiz had the lone RBI for Cape, and Dante Zamudio (West Virginia State University) scored the lone run.
 
Jackson Kent (Arizona) got his first win of the season after allowing just two hits, an unearned run and nine strikeouts through five frames. 
 
Clinton (8-9) gets the win and remains in second place in the Great River Division. 
 
The LumberKings will take on the Catfish once again tomorrow night.
 
First pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. The reigning Prospect League Pitcher of the Week, Jared Simpson (University of Iowa), will take the mound.