@ Burlington Bees (41-19 Overall)
@ Coveleski Stadium: 0-0 Tie
@ Community Field: 2-0 Bees
Silver Hawks Team Hitting: .258 – T-2nd
Silver Hawks Team Pitching: 3.69 ERA – 6th
Bees Team Hitting: .237 – 13th
Bees Team Pitching: 2.70 ERA – 1st
LAST GAME: A slugfest on Wednesday night saw the Burlington Bees out-homer and outlast the South Bend Silver Hawks 9-7 at Community Field. Douglas Landaeta, Josh Whitaker, and A.J. Kirby-Jones all homered for Burlington, with Kirby-Jones picking up a two run single later in the game to finish with four RBIs in the offensive explosion. The Hawks had homers from Yazy Arbelo and Zach Walters, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Bees offense. J.R. Bradley (LP, 2-8) suffered the loss, allowing six runs over 3.1 innings. Tyler Vail (WP, 1-2) earned the win despite allowing five runs over 5.0 innings. Daniel Tenholder (SV, 8) pitched a perfect 9th for the save.
TEAM NOTES:
· Playoff Chase: The Hawks are 3.0 games out of first and 2.0 out of the wild card with 10 to play in the first half.
· By losing the first two games to Burlington, the Hawks streak of six straight series wins has come to a close.
· South Bend has committed the second fewest errors in the league and turned the third most double plays.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES:
· Yazy Arbelo ranks 1st in the MWL with 16 home runs, 50 RBIs, .619 Slugging PCT, 35 XBH, and 125 Total Bases.
· Ender Inciarte and Mike Freeman are currently on 11 game hitting streaks. Inciarte’s streak is his career high.
· Freeman has hits in 22 of his last 24 games to raise his average from .209 to .277.
· Dan Taylor has the lowest batting average against for all MWL relievers with a .106 mark. He tossed a 1-2-3 inning on Tuesday.
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