Burlington Pitching Helps Bees To 4-1 Win Over Clinton

July 2, 2022

From the Burlington Bees:

BURLINGTON, Iowa - Three Burlington pitchers combined to hold Clinton to 1 run on 2 hits, as the Bees defeated the LumberKings 4-1.

Ian Landreneau earned his second win, tossing 5 innings. He allowed both hits and the run. The Texas Wesleyan product walked 5 and struck out 4 to put his record at 2-3. It was his longest outing of the year.

Steven Escarcega and Jaxon Ingram both threw 2 frames of scoreless relief. Ingram notched his first save.

Clinton opened the scoring in the top of the first. Rayth Peterson drew a two-out walk. Matt Scherrman drove him in with a double. In the end, that was the highlight for the LumberKings.

In the bottom of the inning, AJ Henkle walked with one out. Kevin Santiago followed with his fifth home run of the year to make it 2-1.

Ryan Grace led off the home second with a line double to the right field gap. Dawson Estep tripled down the left field line to drive him home. After two strikeouts Sam Monroe switched places with a double of his own to right and Estep scored.

Pitching was the story the rest of the way, and the Bees took the win.

Jacob Norris took the loss for Clinton. He is 0-4 on the year.

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From the Clinton LumberKings:

BURLINGTON, Iowa - After two straight victories, the Clinton LumberKings lost the series opener in Burlington, Iowa against the Bees 4-1.

All five combined runs in the ball game came in the first two innings of the game.

In the top half of the first inning the Clinton LumberKings struck first. Matt Scherrman (UW-Oshkosh) blooped a double to right field, scoring Rayth Petersen (University of Illinois Chicago) all the way from first base. The run gave Clinton a 1-0 lead.

The LumberKing advantage didn't last long. In the bottom half of the first the Bees scored two. Kevin Santiago (Texas Wesleyan University) belted a two-run blast, his fifth home run of the year, making it 2-1.

Burlington scored two more in the second and took the game 4-1, as both teams held each other scoreless after inning number two.

In the game both starting pitchers earned decisions. For Burlington, Ian Landreneau (Texas Wesleyan University) earned his second win of the season. Landreneau tossed five innings, allowed just one run and struck out four enroute to the victory.

LumberKings starter Jacob Norris (Des Moines Area CC) suffered the loss. Norris lasted 4.2 innings, allowing four runs and striking out seven.

The save went to Jaxon Ingram (Texas Wesleyan University) who pitched two innings of scoreless baseball for Burlington.

Clinton and Burlington are set to do battle again at Community Field, tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m.