Game Recaps

Nation Flirts with No-No in 'Bolts loss

CRESTWOOD, IL— Mike Torres is now the all-time hits leader for the Windy City ThunderBolts, but that milestone would not come until the ninth inning as the ‘Bolts first hit of the night against Miners’ starter Blake Nation. Both teams weren’t able to score until the 9th inning as Southern Illinois (27-20) edged Windy City (19-29) by a score of 2-1 Wednesday night at Standard Bank Stadium.

Travis Tingle had an impressive night of his own for pitching six scoreless, allowing eight hits and stranding seven Miners on the base paths.   

Tingle’s night was overshadowed by Blake Nation who came into the game with a 6-0 record.  Nation allowed just four base runners in the first eight innings with Windy City’s biggest threat coming in the 7th.  The ‘Bolts moved Zach Aakhus over to third base, but with two outs Andrew Brauer struck out to keep the game scoreless.  

The ‘Bolts bullpen kept the game dramatic as both Colin O’Connell and Reese McGraw added goose eggs in the 7th and 8th innings. 

Things got extremely interesting in the 9th inning.

Jake Roberts took the mound in the frame and gave up a leadoff single to Cannon Lester followed by a bunt from Tyler Hall in which he reached on an error.  Carlos Colmenares laid down the second consecutive bunt and reached on Roberts throwing error.  That error allowed Lester to score and put the first run on the board 1-0 Southern Illinois.  Steven Liddle doubled the lead with a sacrifice fly to score Hall.

Nation was two outs away from Frontier League history, but couldn’t retire Mike Torres.  The Windy City second baseman recorded his 369th career hit as a ThunderBolt to end the no-hit bid.   That hit surpassed Gilberto Mejia as the all-time leader for Windy City hits.  Aakhus added more drama with a one-out walk putting Torres in scoring position and chasing Nation out of the game.  Race Parmenter came into the game and gave up an RBI single to Ryan Soares for the first Windy City run.  But the ‘Bolts couldn’t pull off the comeback completely, as the Miners’ evened up the series at one game apiece.

Nation (7-0) remains undefeated on the mound, while Roberts (0-1) picked up the loss, and Parmenter earned his 3rd save of the year.

Game three of this series will begin at 7:05 p.m. Thursday night at Standard Bank Stadium.  Brian Oliver (2-5, 5.81) will take the mound for Windy City against Southern Illinois’ Dayne Quist (4-2, 2.56).  Fans that cannot make it to “Bud Light Thirsty Thursday” can listen in on 88.3 WXAV FM and wxav.com.

Box Score



Search Archive »





Browse by Month »

August 2024
July 2024
June 2024
May 2024
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
September 2022
August 2022
July 2022
June 2022
May 2022
September 2021
August 2021
July 2021
June 2021
May 2021
August 2019
July 2019
June 2019
May 2019
September 2018
August 2018
July 2018
June 2018
May 2018
September 2017
August 2017
July 2017
June 2017
May 2017
September 2016
August 2016
July 2016
June 2016
May 2016
September 2015
August 2015
July 2015
June 2015
May 2015
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
May 2014
September 2013
August 2013
July 2013
June 2013
May 2013
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008