Rascals Report: Hot Week Vaults River City Up in Standings

Looking Back

The Rascals are coming off a very hot week. Sporting a 7-3 record in the last 10 games, the Rascals saw a five-game winning streak end on Thursday. Still, River City went 5-2 last week to shoot up in the Frontier League standings. 

• Sunday, June 12: 8-4 win against the Traverse City Beach Bums
• Monday, June 13: the Evansville Otters
• Tuesday, June 14: 3-2 win against the Evansville Otters
• Wednesday, June 15:  the Evansville Otters
• Thursday, June 16: 7-4 loss to the Southern Illinois Miners
• Friday, June 17: 2-1 loss to the Southern Illinois Miners
• Saturday, June 18: 10-4 win against the Southern Illinois Miners

Looking Ahead

• Sunday, June 19: Rascals at Evansville Otters (4:35 p.m. at Bosse Field)
• Sunday, June 19: Rascals at Evansville Otters (7:05 p.m. at Bosse Field)
• Monday, June 20: Rascals at Evansville Otters
• Wednesday, June 22:  Florence Freedom at Rascals (7:05 p.m. at T.R. Hughes Ballpark)
• Thursday, June 23: Florence Freedom at Rascals (7:05 p.m. at T.R. Hughes Ballpark)
• Friday, June 24: Florence Freedom at Rascals (7:05 p.m. at T.R. Hughes Ballpark)
• Saturday, June 25: Gateway Grizzlies at Rascals (7:05 p.m. at T.R. Hughes Ballpark)

Who’s Hot

Third baseman Chris McClendon has gone 6-for-14 (.429) in the last 10 games. 

Infielder Bobby Burk is 8-for-27 (.296) with two homers and team-best 10 RBIs in the last seven games. 

Outfielder Stephen Holdren has three homers in the last seven games.

Pitcher Josh Lowey has gone 2-0 in his last two starts. He's given up three runs in his last 13.1 innings of work (2.03 ERA). 

Pitcher Don Lisi is 1-1 in his last two starts, but sports a 1.84 ERA in 14.2 innings. He has a team-best 10 strikeouts in the last seven days.

Who’s Not

Second baseman Doug Sanders has just five hits in his last 30 at-bats (.167 batting average).

Designated hitter Nick Farnsworth has seven strikeouts in his 19 at-bats and is hitting just .105 in the last week.

In one appearance in the last week, pitcher Martin Dewald was unable to record an out and gave up two runs and two hits to the only two batters he faced.

Pitcher Sean Toler has given up four runs and six hits in his last 1.2 innings of work. 

Standings

as of Sunday, June 19, at 12 p.m.

East DivisionWLPCTGBSTREAKLAST 10 Windy City ThunderBolts 16 11 0.593 - 2W 6-4 Joliet Slammers 13 13 0.500 2.5 1L 5-5 Traverse City Beach Bums 13 14 0.481 3 1W 6-4 Washington Wild Things 11 15 0.423 4.5 2L 4-6 Rockford RiverHawks 11 16 0.407 5 1L 3-7 Lake Erie Crushers 9 18 0.333 7 1W 2-8 West DivisionWLPCTGBSTREAKLAST 10 Southern Illinois Miners 20 7 0.741 - 1L 8-2 River City Rascals 17 10 0.630 3 1W 7-3 Normal CornBelters 16 11 0.593 4 1L 8-2 Florence Freedom 16 11 0.593 4 2W 5-5 Gateway Grizzlies 13 14 0.481 7 2L 3-7 Evansville Otters 6 21 0.222 14 1W 3-7