Slammers Tame Wild Things

The Slammers scored six runs in the first inning and that was all they needed in a 6-3 victory over the Washington Wild Things Friday night.

Tobi Adeyemi crushed a triple to start the first against Chris Smith and Brad Netzel immediately singled him home. For Netzel it marked the 25th game out of the past 27 that he’d recorded at least one hit.

After Hector Pellot was hit by a pitch, Erik Lis singled Netzel in and advanced Pellot to third.

A wild pitch scored Pellot and Kyle Maunus drew a walk. Reid Chenworth walked as well and Sean Estand singled in Lis and Maunus to extend the lead to 5-0. A Brandon Peters RBI grounder completed the scoring in the inning for Joliet.

Washington threatened in every inning against Slammers starter Kevin Crimmel. They got the first batter on for the first four innings of the game. But the Wild Things came away empty handed every time as Crimmel walked the tightrope perfectly.

In the bottom of the first he got some help from Brandon Peters who gunned down Chris Sidick trying to score to complete a 7-2 double play.

Crimmel finally got the lead-off man out in the fifth but a hit by pitch and a single put him in more trouble. Kyle Maunus started a nice 3-6-1 double play though to get him out of the inning.

Crimmel picked up the victory as he went six innings, scattering eight hits, giving up two runs, neither of which were earned, walking one and striking out four. Meanwhile Smith was brilliant after the rough first inning as he retired the final 16 batters he faced but took the loss nonetheless.

Billy Petrick pitched two scoreless innings out of the bullpen and Joliet native Ryan Quigley gave up a run but finished the game off in the ninth.