On Tuesday, April 21, the park will play host to NCAA Division I baseball for the first time with a match-up between the University of Iowa and Western Illinois.ĪBOUT THE BANDITS: Under new ownership and management in 2008, the Quad Cities River Bandits topped 207,000 fans for only the sixth time in team history and the first time in 12 years. Bank Family Sundays of the year will take place over the weekend. featuring Rhythm City Casino's Gauranteed Prize WINS-day where everybody is a winner! Peoria comes to town starting Thursday for the Modern Woodmen Park Community Shred and $2 drink specials while the first Fireworks Friday, Rockin' Saturday and U.S. UP NEXT: The River Bandits continue their season-opening homestand with a doubleheader on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. John's University was touched for four runs - three earned - on five hits over four innings of work. The loss went to George Brown (0-1) despite the fact that he tied a career high with six strikeouts.
He allowed just one baserunner and zero hits through the first three frames, but Quad Cities' rallied in the fourth and fifth to score four runs - three earned - on five hits against him. But after pulling to within 10-7, a fly out to left by Cutler ended the late comeback attempt.īrad Tippett (1-0) earned the win for Beloit, fanning seven over five innings. They worked the bases loaded with two walks and a hit batsman before Morales clubbed a three-run double to the wall in right. The lead ballooned to 10-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, but the River Bandits never quit. Domnit Bolivar drove in another run with a groundout, pulling Quad Cities to within 4-3.īut the Snappers answered immediately in the top of the fifth, taking advantage of three walks and three wild pitches by piggyback starter Gary Daley to make it a 7-3 game. Four consecutive singles opened the frame, including run-scoring knocks from Morales and Charlie Cutler. Held hitless through three innings, the River Bandits got back into the ballgame in the fourth. Ramon Santana followed with an RBI-double, and two batters later Alexander Soto chipped in with an RBI-knock of his own to push the advantage to 4-0. After a one-out walk to Sanchez, Jon Waltenbury swatted a run-scoring triple that bounced to the wall in right-center. De La Osa was at second with two outs when Hank Sanchez ripped a laser to left, doubling home the run for a 1-0 lead.īeloit added to the lead in the fourth. The Snappers wasted no time reaching the basepaths as Dominic De La Osa opened the game with a line-drive single up the middle. Beloit (1-3) jumped on the board early and never looked back, leading from wire to wire to snatch their first win of the season. The Quad Cities River Bandits finally opened their home schedule on Tuesday night at Modern Woodmen Park, but the buzz of Opening Night and an exuberant crowd were not enough to overcome a 10-7 loss at the hands of the Beloit Snappers.Īfter a pair of rainouts cancelled an April 5 exhibition game and postponed Monday's scheduled home-opener, Quad Cities (0-4) got four RBI from Osvaldo Morales in their first live game of 2009 at Modern Woodmen Park.
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