Bandits Close Road Trip with Sixth Straight Win
The Quad Cities River Bandits completed a 6-0 road trip to the Eastern Division with a 4-3 win over the Fort Wayne TinCaps in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field. The Bandits remain alone in first place in the Western Division after sweeping consecutive series. After six scoreless
The Quad Cities River Bandits completed a 6-0 road trip to the Eastern Division with a 4-3 win over the Fort Wayne TinCaps in 11 innings on Sunday afternoon at Parkview Field. The Bandits remain alone in first place in the Western Division after sweeping consecutive series.
After six scoreless innings to start the game, the River Bandits (18-10) finally broke through in the top of the seventh inning.
Fort Wayne (12-17) was able to even the game in their half of the eighth. Valdez misplayed a groundball to third from
Neither team scored in the ninth inning so the game carried into extra-innings. The Bandits came up empty in the top half of the 10th frame, leaving Fort Wayne with a chance to win in the bottom half. The TinCaps put the winning run on third with no outs after a leadoff bunt single, but Garcia wiggled off the hook with two groundballs and a strikeout.
Quad Cities jumped back on top in the 11th. An errant pickoff throw to second from
In the bottom of final inning, Fort Wayne used a fly ball and a groundout to score the runner from second base before
Garcia earned the victory by working 5.0 innings and allowing two runs, one earned, on three hits. He struck out a game-high six batters.
Valdez led the way offensively for the River Bandits with a 3-5 day at the plate including a double and two runs batted in. Pena added two hits of his own to the cause. Little paced Fort Wayne with a pair of hits.
The River Bandits return to the state of Iowa to host the Lansing Lugnuts in the opening game of a three-game set on Monday night at 6:35 p.m. The entire series will be played at Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa. Admission is free, but the River Bandits will be accepting donations to the Genesis Flood Relief Fund. RHP
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