BANDITS WALK OFF TO OPEN HOMESTAND
Daz Cameron’s single in the 10th downs Cougars
DAVENPORT, Iowa – The River Bandits walked off, 5-4, on the Kane County Cougars on Tuesday night at Modern Woodmen Park in front of 5,359 fans. Daz Cameron’s walk-off single won the game in the 10th inning. Salvador Montano earned the win, striking out a season-high six Cougars over three innings.
Bandits’ starter Yohan Ramirez walked three batters in the fourth, leading to three Cougars runs. Ramon Hernandez broke the 0-0 tie with an RBI single. The second run of the inning scored when third baseman Wander Franco booted a ball with the bases loaded. B.J. Lopez’s sacrifice fly made it 3-0 Cougars. The Bandits chipped away in the fourth and fifth. Chuckie Robinson drove in a run on a double. The Bandits made it 3-2 when Mark Karaviotis misplayed a ball at first off the bat of Carmen Benedetti. Benedetti stood at the plate with the bases loaded in the seventh, earning a walk to tie the score at 3-3.
Montano pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth out of the Bandits bullpen. In the tenth, Montano (2-2) walked Manny Jefferson to lead off the inning. Jefferson scored the go-ahead run on Lopez’s RBI up the middle. In the home half of the tenth, Jefferson Mejia (1-1) walked the first two batters before being pulled for Trevor Simms. Simms retired the first two batters before walking the next two to force in the tying run. With the bases loaded and two outs, Cameron’s walk off single ended the game.
Game two of the three game series is Wednesday night at 6:35 p.m. Select lucky ladies will be winners of our Mega Jewelry Giveaway for Ladies Night Out at Modern Woodmen Park on Winning Wednesday.
RHP Carlos Sanabria (3-2, 5.23) toes the rubber for the Bandits against Cougars’ RHP Ryan Atkinson (2-3, 3.71). Jake Levy and Connor Onion have pregame coverage beginning at 6:20 p.m. on riverbandits.com and 1170 AM KBOB.
BENEDETTI’S FIVE-HIT NIGHT PACES BANDITS
Quad Cities earns series win with 8-6 victory
BURLINGTON, Iowa – Powered by Carmen Benedetti’s five-hit night, the River Bandits completed a 6-2 road trip with an 8-6 win over Burlington on Monday night at Community Field. Quad Cities pounded out 16 hits, including four players with multi-hit nights.
The Bandits (8-4, 45-35) scored twice in the first, highlighted by Troy Sieber’s RBI single. The Bees (4-8, 35-44) answered with a first inning run on a delayed steal of home by Jahmai Jones. In the second, Josh Rojas hit a solo homer and Benedetti drove in a run with a double, making it 4-1 Bandits. Quad Cities tacked on three more in the fourth, including Benedetti and Sieber’s second runs driven in.
The Bees mounted a comeback in the bottom of the fourth, scoring three times. RBI doubles from Julian Leon and Sam McDonnell plated the first two runs. Burlington scored another on an error by Bandits second baseman Tyler Wolfe. Trailing 7-4 in the fifth, Burlington got a run closer on an RBI single by Jordan Zimmerman. A Wander Franco sacrifice fly in the sixth extended the Bandits lead to 8-5. Richie Fecteau hit a solo homer in the ninth for the Bees.
Gabriel Valdez took no-decision for the Bandits, tossing 4.2 innings in his start, allowing five runs – three earned – on seven hits. Cesar Rosado made his Bandits debut with two outs in the fifth. With two men on and the potential go-ahead run at the plate he struck out John Schuknecht. Rosado (1-0) tossed 4.1 innings, allowed one run and two hits while striking out six. Joe Gatto took the loss. Gatto (5-7) allowed seven runs – six earned – over 4.1 innings.
The Bandits head back to Modern Woodmen Park for a seven-game homestand, beginning Tuesday night at 6:35 p.m. against Kane County. The Bandits will wear special patriotic jerseys that will be auctioned off after the game, benefitting March of Dimes. Fireworks will follow the game.
