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Starting a new streak
Division-leading Snappers improve to 17-4 at Pohlman
By Rob Lucas
Daily News staff writer
Blake King, starting pitcher for the Swing of the Quad Cities, had a first inning to forget Friday night.
In fact, he didn't even make it out of the first inning.
The Beloit Snappers (30-15) tagged King for four runs in the first inning on their way to a 5-2 victory, a night after having their nine-game winning streak snapped by West Michigan.
“We had some good at-bats,” manager Jeff Smith said. “He (King) struggled with his command a little bit and the guys didn't give in too much and got some big hits when we needed them. We probably could have had a few more, but we had some bad baserunning.”
Starter Adam Hawes pitched well for the Snappers, giving up seven hits and one earned run over eight innings of work. He started the ninth, but Brandon Buckman of the Swing hit a liner that skipped past Chris Parmelee in right for an error that allowed Buckman to circle the bases. He was credited with a single and Parmeee a three-base error.
“I was charging the ball and it hit and went hard left,” Parmelee said. “I tried to get it, but it just didn't happen for me.”
While it was bad news for Hawes as Smith went to his bullpen, it was worse news for Quad Cities (25-22) because Smith went to right hander and Midwest League saves leader Rob Delaney.
“He (Hawes) pitched well and mixed his pitches,” Smith said. “He threw the ball well and we gave him a chance in the ninth, but when you've got Delaney in the pen you don't want to waste him either.”
“The way he's (Delaney) been throwing the baseball you want to put the ball in his hands as much as you can,” Smith added.
Delaney's minuscule ERA of 0.67 is tops on the team for anyone with more than one appearance and after collecting his 16th save on Friday, leads the league by six over Rocky Roquet of Peoria.
Beloit took four walks against King in the first inning, fueling the four-run rally. Smith said his team was made very aware of King's control issues as he has now walked 27 in 37 innings.
“We usually have the starters' statistics up each day for the kids to look at,” Smith said. “There's always something to check on each pitcher and we saw a little command issue. The guys were more patient, but I think it helped them key in a little more on pitches to hit.”
Three relievers combined to give up just one run after King's disaster. Smith was happy with the win, but would like to see his players continue to score after an early outburst.
“We were trying to get at least one or two more an inning,” said Smith. “We came out of our plan just a little bit.”
Garrett Olson jumped started the offense with three hits and two runs scored in the game. Hopefully it was a breakout game for the 22-year old, who has been scuffling a bit after hitting .313 in 49 games for Elizabethton last season.
“He's been struggling a little bit and he's been working his butt off,” Smith said. “It's good for a kid to finally have some success. You see some good things coming and most of his hits today were with two strikes so that's good to see.
“I hope it gives him confidence more than anything.”
The win streak may have been snapped on Thursday night, but that didn't do anything to mute the confidence of the team.
“No, we didn't get down at all (after the loss),” Parmelee said. “It was just one game out of a long season and you just have to take it one game at a time.”
€ NOTES: Beloit and Quad Cities will play again Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. with Jeff Manship and his league-leading 1.56 ERA taking the mound for the Snappers. ...Johnny Woodard had three hits and two RBIs for Beloit while Danny Valencia had two hits and an RBI.
By Rob Lucas
Daily News staff writer
Blake King, starting pitcher for the Swing of the Quad Cities, had a first inning to forget Friday night.
In fact, he didn't even make it out of the first inning.
The Beloit Snappers (30-15) tagged King for four runs in the first inning on their way to a 5-2 victory, a night after having their nine-game winning streak snapped by West Michigan.
“We had some good at-bats,” manager Jeff Smith said. “He (King) struggled with his command a little bit and the guys didn't give in too much and got some big hits when we needed them. We probably could have had a few more, but we had some bad baserunning.”
Starter Adam Hawes pitched well for the Snappers, giving up seven hits and one earned run over eight innings of work. He started the ninth, but Brandon Buckman of the Swing hit a liner that skipped past Chris Parmelee in right for an error that allowed Buckman to circle the bases. He was credited with a single and Parmeee a three-base error.
“I was charging the ball and it hit and went hard left,” Parmelee said. “I tried to get it, but it just didn't happen for me.”
While it was bad news for Hawes as Smith went to his bullpen, it was worse news for Quad Cities (25-22) because Smith went to right hander and Midwest League saves leader Rob Delaney.
“He (Hawes) pitched well and mixed his pitches,” Smith said. “He threw the ball well and we gave him a chance in the ninth, but when you've got Delaney in the pen you don't want to waste him either.”
“The way he's (Delaney) been throwing the baseball you want to put the ball in his hands as much as you can,” Smith added.
Delaney's minuscule ERA of 0.67 is tops on the team for anyone with more than one appearance and after collecting his 16th save on Friday, leads the league by six over Rocky Roquet of Peoria.
Beloit took four walks against King in the first inning, fueling the four-run rally. Smith said his team was made very aware of King's control issues as he has now walked 27 in 37 innings.
“We usually have the starters' statistics up each day for the kids to look at,” Smith said. “There's always something to check on each pitcher and we saw a little command issue. The guys were more patient, but I think it helped them key in a little more on pitches to hit.”
Three relievers combined to give up just one run after King's disaster. Smith was happy with the win, but would like to see his players continue to score after an early outburst.
“We were trying to get at least one or two more an inning,” said Smith. “We came out of our plan just a little bit.”
Garrett Olson jumped started the offense with three hits and two runs scored in the game. Hopefully it was a breakout game for the 22-year old, who has been scuffling a bit after hitting .313 in 49 games for Elizabethton last season.
“He's been struggling a little bit and he's been working his butt off,” Smith said. “It's good for a kid to finally have some success. You see some good things coming and most of his hits today were with two strikes so that's good to see.
“I hope it gives him confidence more than anything.”
The win streak may have been snapped on Thursday night, but that didn't do anything to mute the confidence of the team.
“No, we didn't get down at all (after the loss),” Parmelee said. “It was just one game out of a long season and you just have to take it one game at a time.”
€ NOTES: Beloit and Quad Cities will play again Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. with Jeff Manship and his league-leading 1.56 ERA taking the mound for the Snappers. ...Johnny Woodard had three hits and two RBIs for Beloit while Danny Valencia had two hits and an RBI.
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