BANDITS GET BY KERNELS WITH 9TH-INNING RUN

Quad Cities bumps its division lead to 6 ½ games over Cedar Rapids and improves to a baseball-best 29-8

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (May 17, 2015) - Quad Cities River Bandits center fielder Bobby Boyd hit three doubles Sunday afternoon, right fielder Sean McMullen homered, and catcher Jacob Nottingham went 3-for-4 with a tie-breaking RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning of a 6-5 rubber match road victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The River Bandits (29-8) clinched a sixth straight road series victory to open the season and extended their lead in the Midwest League Western Division standings to 6 ½ games over second-place Cedar Rapids (22-14), which left 14 runners on base in Sunday's game. Quad Cities also earned its 16th comeback win of the season to keep its hold of the best record in professional baseball for a 12th straight day.

The game was scoreless through the first two innings, but the River Bandits took the lead against Kernels right-hander Jared Wilson in the top of the third inning. Second baseman Mott Hyde and designated hitter Derek Fisher hit consecutive one-out singles to right field, and Nottingham walked to load the bases. Third baseman Nick Tanielu lifted a sacrifice fly to left field for a 1-0 Quad Cities lead.

In the bottom of the third inning, Cedar Rapids rallied against right-hander Joshua James. Second baseman Pat Kelly hit a leadoff triple down the right-field line, and James hit center fielder Tanner English with a pitch before shortstop Blake Schmit hit a game-tying single to center field. James then hit left fielder Trey Vavra with a pitch to load the bases with no outs. James got a lineout and popout but hit third baseman T.J. White with a pitch to force in a run. James also hit Schmit in the fourth inning, coming within one of the league single-game record of five hit batters. In the fifth inning, James allowed White's two-out infield single and a single by catcher Brett Doe before throwing a wild pitch to bring in a run. James lasted five innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Wilson kept the 3-1 Kernels lead until the sixth inning, when Tanielu drew a leadoff walk and right fielder Sean McMullen drove a 3-1 pitch over the right-field fence to tie the game with his third home run of the season. It was the first of the year allowed by Wilson, who went six innings Sunday, allowing three earned runs on seven hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

In a 3-3 tie, River Bandits right-hander Ryan Thompson (1-0) began the bottom of the sixth inning. Schmit reached on a one-out error by Hyde, and right fielder Max Murphy reached on a two-out error by shortstop Kristian Trompiz. Designated hitter Zack Larson finished a 10-pitch at-bat with a go-ahead RBI single to center field.

With a 4-3 lead, the Kernels brought in right-hander Zack Tillery to begin the seventh inning. Boyd, who led off an inning with each of his five at-bats Sunday, doubled down the left-field line. Hyde was hit by a pitch, and Fisher grounded into a fielder's choice that retired Hyde at second base. Fisher stole second base - his second steal of the game - and Nottingham lined a game-tying single to right-center field, before Tanielu's sacrifice fly to right field gave Quad Cities a 5-4 edge.

Thompson held the one-run lead until the bottom of the eighth inning, when Vavra led off with his fourth home run of the season over the left-field fence. Thompson finished the eighth inning to match his season high of three innings in relief, allowing two runs - one earned - on four hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

In the ninth inning, Boyd led off with a double to right field and went to third base on Hyde's sacrifice. Tillery struck out Fisher, but Nottingham lined the very next pitch to left field for an RBI single. With a 6-5 lead in the bottom of the inning, right-hander Eric Peterson allowed first baseman Tyler Kuresa's one-out double before fanning Kelly and getting English to ground out to earn his fourth save.

With a 15-3 record on the road this season, the River Bandits open their first four-game road series in Clinton at 6:30 p.m. Monday, when River Bandits right-hander Brock Dykxhoorn (2-2) is scheduled to face LumberKings right-hander Tyler Herb (1-1).

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ABOUT THE BANDITS: The River Bandits ownership in 2014 made one of the biggest improvements to Modern Woodmen Park since the ballpark was first built back in 1931! A new Ferris wheel, standing 105 feet over the playing field, opened May 24, Space Camp opened June 20; the new Drop'N Twist debuted in July; and the newly expanded 300-foot long zip line also reopened.

KERNELS WALK OFF RIVER BANDITS, 4-3 IN 13 INNINGS

Quad Cities loses first road game since April 17 but keeps the best record in professional baseball at 28-8

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (May 16, 2015) - Cedar Rapids Kernels third baseman T.J. White hit a walk-off RBI single to right field to score designated hitter Max Murphy from second base with one out in the bottom of the 13th inning to lift the home team to a 4-3 victory and snap the Quad Cities River Bandits' 10-game road winning streak on Saturday night at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The River Bandits (28-8) lost their first road game since April 17 in what was their longest game since a 6-3, 14-inning win in Beloit on May 31, 2013. Despite its first walk-off loss since a 4-3 loss at Kane County last Aug. 12, Quad Cities still holds the best record in professional baseball and a 5 ½ game lead over second-place Cedar Rapids (22-13) in the Midwest League Western Division standings.

After Kernels right-hander Felix Jorge pitched a perfect top of the first inning, the Kernels posted their first run in the bottom of the inning against right-hander Austin Chrismon. Center fielder Tanner English beat out an infield single to third baseman Kristian Trompiz, stole second base before shortstop Nick Gordon walked, and went to third base when left fielder Trey Vavra singled to center field, loading the bases. Murphy then grounded to Trompiz, who began a double play, but a run scored for a 1-0 Kernels lead.

Jorge kept the lead by retiring the first seven River Bandits batters, until River Bandits right fielder Bobby Boyd reached with one out in the third inning on an error charged to Jorge for being late to cover first base. Shortstop Thomas Lindauer singled to center field to put Boyd at third base, and catcher Jamie Ritchie hit a two-out double down the right-field line to score both runners for a 2-1 Quad Cities lead.

The Kernels tied the game in the second inning. Second baseman Pat Kelly hit an infield single, went to second base on English's sacrifice, to third base on Gordon's groundout and scored on Vavra's single to right-center field. In the third inning, right fielder Zack Larson hit an infield single, went to second base on White's single, and scored after ground balls by first baseman Tyler Kuresa and catcher Rainis Silva for a 3-2 Kernels lead. Chrismon worked five innings for a fifth straight start, allowing three earned runs on six hits and one walk.

Jorge maintained the one-run lead for the Kernels until the seventh inning, when Quad Cities first baseman Jacob Nottingham led off with a double off the left-field wall, went to third base on a groundout by designated hitter Ryan Bottger and scored when Trompiz hit a first-pitch, one-out RBI triple high off the angled part of the left-field wall. Jorge walked Boyd before being removed after 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs - one earned - on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts. Right-hander Trevor Hildenberger came in to strike out Lindauer before walking Martin to load the bases. Ritchie flied out to end the inning with a 3-3 tie. Hildenberger went on to work 2 2/3 scoreless innings, while left-hander Cam Booser shut out Quad Cities for the 10th and 11th innings, and right-hander Randy LeBlanc did the same in the 12th and 13th. The closest Quad Cities came to taking the lead was when center fielder Derek Fisher led off the eighth inning with a double and went to third base on a sacrifice, but he was thrown out at home plate when Nottingham grounded to third base.

For Quad Cities, right-hander Daniel Mengden started the sixth inning and stranded runners at third base with inning-ending strikeouts in both the sixth and seventh innings. His four shutout relief innings extended his scoreless streak - begun April 23 - to 25 innings. The streak is the longest by a River Bandit since Nick Additon pitched 32 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings in from May 10 to June 19, 2008. Left-hander Reymin Guduan followed with a season-high three innings of one-hit, one-walk, shutout relief for the 10th through 12th innings.

The two teams' bullpens combined for 13 2/3 scoreless innings until the bottom of the 13th inning, when Murphy greeted left-hander Jordan Mills (0-1) with a ground-ball double down the third-base line, and after Larson grounded out to shortstop, White hit a 1-1 pitch to right field, and Murphy slid across home plate as Ritchie dropped Boyd's throw just to the first-base side of home plate.

BANDITS WEAR OUT KERNELS IN 10TH STRAIGHT ROAD WIN

Quad Cities draws a season-high 10 walks and goes to center or opposite field for first eight of nine total hits

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (May 15, 2015) - Quad Cities second baseman Mott Hyde had a career-high four hits and became the first River Bandit with a four-hit game this season, while the lineup drew a season-high 10 walks in its 10th straight road win by a 10-3 final over the Cedar Rapids Kernels at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium Friday night.

With their longest road winning streak in at least 12 years and wins in 15 of their last 16 games overall, the River Bandits (28-7) kept the best record in professional baseball and increased their Midwest League Western Division lead to 6 ½ games over Cedar Rapids (21-13).

Quad Cities opened the scoring in the second inning against Kernels right-hander Michael Cederoth (1-3). Hyde led off with a single to right field for the team's first hit and went to third base after designated hitter Alex Hernandez and right fielder Ryan Bottger drew the first two walks of the game in succession with one out. First baseman Bryan Muñiz then grounded a double down the first-base line to score Hyde and Hernandez, and shortstop Thomas Lindauer grounded out to third base to score Bottger for a 3-0 lead.

For the first time in its last 15 games taking a lead, Quad Cities did not hold it until the end. Cedar Rapids tied the game in the bottom of the second inning with three runs off right-hander Brandon McNitt. Kernels right fielder Zack Larson drew a leadoff walk and advanced to second base on a passed ball, before designated hitter Jorge Fernandez singled to center field, and third baseman Blake Schmit launched a two-run triple on a fly ball to left-center field. McNitt struck out catcher Rainis Silva, but second baseman Pat Kelly hit a one-out double to right-center field that scored Schmit to tie the game, 3-3. Center fielder Tanner English then drew a walk, and shortstop Nick Gordon grounded out to first base to put runners at second and third bases, but McNitt struck out first baseman Trey Vavra to end the inning. McNitt went on to strike out a career-high eight batters in four innings and retired the final six batters he faced after a third-inning leadoff double by left fielder Max Murphy. After that, the Kernels never advanced a runner to second base.

Quad Cities quickly retook the lead in the top of the third inning against Cederoth. Leading off the inning, catcher Jamie Ritchie was hit by a pitch, extending his team season-high on-base streak to 15 games. With one out, Hyde singled to right field, and both runners advanced on Cederoth's wild pitch thrown high off the glove of Silva. Third baseman Nick Tanielu walked to load the bases, and Hernandez hit a ground ball that got through Vavra at first base, allowing two runs to score and Tanielu to reach third base. Bottger then lined a single to left field to score Tanielu for a 6-3 Quad Cities lead. Muñiz grounded into an inning-ending double play, but Cederoth was finished after three innings, allowing six runs - five earned - on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

Following Cederoth, Kernels left-hander Sam Clay pitched a scoreless fourth inning but allowed another run in the fifth. Tanielu hit a leadoff single to right field and reached third base after consecutive one-out walks by Bottger and Muñiz, who each drew three walks in the game. Lindauer then hit a sacrifice fly to right field to bring in Tanielu for a 7-3 lead. The River Bandits added two more runs without a hit in the seventh inning. Kernels right-hander C.K. Irby began by walking Hernandez, Bottger, Muñiz and Lindauer in order to force in a run. Left fielder Jason Martin hit a sacrifice fly to center field to bring in the second run for a 9-3 lead. In the ninth inning, Muñiz walked, went to third base when Lindauer doubled down the left- field line - the only one of nine River Bandits hits that was pulled by a batter - and scored on Martin's second sacrifice fly to center field for a 10-3 lead.

River Bandits right-hander Kevin Comer (3-0) tossed a scoreless fifth inning, getting a strikeout, allowing a single and getting Murphy to ground back to the mound for a double play. Right-hander Akeem Bostick began the sixth inning and allowed only two base runners - on a sixth-inning error by Muñiz and ninth-inning single by Silva - to work four shutout innings for his first save since 2013.

RAIN, SNAPPERS CAN'T STOP BANDITS' REIGN - Quad Cities earns 15th comeback win of the season to improve professional baseball's best record to 27-7

DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 14, 2015) - For the second straight day, the visiting Beloit Snappers took a lead before the Quad Cities River Bandits came to bat, but the home team rallied from a 2-0, first-inning deficit for a 6-3 win, with shortstop Kristian Trompiz's three-run home run standing as the difference in front of 1,204 on a rainy Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park.

The River Bandits (27-7) maintained the best record in all of professional baseball and moved 20 games above .500 for the first time since ending the 2013 season 81-57. With second-place Cedar Rapids (21-12) suspended by rain in its game Friday, Quad Cities also increased its Midwest League Western Division lead to 5 ½ games entering a three-game weekend series with the Kernels in Cedar Rapids.

After building a 5-0, first-inning lead on Wednesday, Beloit (14-20) scored twice in the first inning Thursday off left-hander Chris Lee (3-2). Center fielder James Harris led off with a double down the third-base line, and first baseman Max Kuhn singled to right field to put runners at first and third bases. After shortstop Yairo Munoz struck out, designated hitter Sandber Pimentel lined a sacrifice fly to left fielder Derek Fisher, and left fielder Joe Bennie grounded an RBI double down the third-base line for a 2-0 Snappers lead. With Bennie at third base, Lee struck out second baseman Trent Gilbert to end the inning.

Snappers right-hander Kevin Johnson (1-3) retired the first four batters of the game, including three on strikeouts, before the River Bandits offense awoke with one out in the second inning. Second baseman Mott Hyde singled to right field, and third baseman Nick Tanielu placed a fly ball down the right-field line for a double. Designated hitter Jason Martin brought in one run with a groundout, and right fielder Ryan Bottger tied the game with a double into right field.

In the bottom of the third inning, the go-ahead rally began when River Bandits first baseman Jamie Ritchie and Fisher drew consecutive one-out walks, before Johnson hit catcher Jacob Nottingham with a pitch to load the bases. Hyde flied out to center field to score Ritchie for the go-ahead run. Johnson got Tanielu to fly out and end the inning but was removed after three innings, allowing three earned runs on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

For a 14th consecutive game in which they took a lead, the River Bandits never lost it. Lee dodged the closest threat in the fourth inning, as Bennie drew a leadoff walk, second baseman Trent Gilbert singled, and catcher Jose Chavez grounded out to advance both runners. With the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, Lee struck out right fielder Shawn Duinkerk and third baseman Edwin Diaz to end the inning. Lee won his third straight start by going five innings, yielding two earned runs on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Following Johnson, right-hander Carlos Navas tossed two scoreless innings, but Quad Cities widened its lead against left-hander Jose Torres in the sixth inning. With two outs and the bases empty, Martin and Bottger each fouled off multiple pitches to draw consecutive full-count walks. Trompiz then hit a 1-0 pitch to the Modern Woodmen Berm in left field for his third home run of the season and a 6-2 lead.

The Quad Cities bullpen held the lead for the final four innings, as left-hander Jordan Mills made his season debut by working around two hit batters and a single in two scoreless innings. Right-hander Eric Peterson began the eighth inning and issued three straight one-out walks to load the bases and bring the tying run to the plate before striking out Duinkerk and pinch hitter Robert Martinez to end the inning.

In the ninth inning, Peterson allowed Kuhn's one-out single and new designated hitter Jose Brizuela's two-out RBI single before being removed for right-hander Ryan Thompson, who struck out Bennie with Brizuela at first base to end the game and earn his second save.

Winners of 14 of their last 15 games and 10 of 11 series this season, the River Bandits begin a seven-game road stretch at 6:35 p.m. Friday in Cedar Rapids. River Bandits right-hander Brandon McNitt (0-0) is scheduled to face Kernels right-hander Michael Cederoth (1-2).

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BANDITS NOTCH LARGEST COMEBACK WIN SINCE 2011 - Trailing 7-0 in the second inning, Quad Cities scores 15 runs over a five-inning stretch to improve to 26-7

DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 13, 2015) - The Quad Cities River Bandits faced a 7-0 deficit in the second inning Wednesday, but they rallied for their largest comeback win in four seasons, scoring the final 12 runs of the game without an answer from the Beloit Snappers in a 15-8 victory for the home team to improve its record to a professional baseball-best 26-7 in front of 4,568 at Modern Woodmen Park.

Quad Cities erased a seven-run deficit and won for the first time since Aug. 17, 2011, when the team faced a 9-2 deficit in Clinton but came back for a 12-10 win. The team had erased an 8-1 deficit last July 12 at Wisconsin before losing, 9-8. On Wednesday, eight different River Bandits had hits and scored runs, while the two teams amassed 29 hits, 12 extra-base hits, and nine doubles - all season highs for Quad Cities and an opponent. The 23 runs were the most in any game featuring Quad Cities since its 17-6 win over Great Lakes April 30, 2013.

Before the River Bandits began their season-best offensive attack, the Snappers (14-19) jumped on Quad Cities right-hander Kevin Comer. The first four batters collected a hit, as center fielder James Harris doubled, second baseman Trent Gilbert singled, designated hitter Yairo Munoz hit an RBI double, and first baseman Sandber Pimentel added an RBI single. Left fielder Joe Bennie hit into an RBI fielder's choice for the first out and a 3-0 Beloit lead, before Comer walked third baseman Jose Brizuela. Right fielder Robert Martinez flied out to center field, and Comer was removed from the game after recording only two outs. Right-hander Jose Montero entered to get a ground ball by catcher Jose Chavez, but third baseman Nick Tanielu's wild throw to first base allowed two runs to score for a 5-0 deficit. As the ninth batter of the inning, shortstop Edwin Diaz grounded out to Tanielu. All five runs - three earned - were charged to Comer, who allowed four hits and one walk. The last Quad Cities starter who did not complete the first inning was Josh Hader in Clinton on Aug. 14, 2013.

As the River Bandits bullpen combined for the last 8 1/3 innings, Montero and left-hander Reymin Guduan (3-0) each had season-long outings. Montero allowed two runs in the second inning on an RBI single by Bennie and RBI double by Brizuela, but right fielder Bobby Boyd, first baseman Ryan Bottger and catcher Jacob Nottingham combined on a relay to throw out Bennie at home plate to end the inning. Harris' first home run of the season in the fourth inning off Montero was the only Beloit run in the final seven innings. Montero and Guduan each worked 2 2/3 innings, right-hander Keegan Yuhl went two innings, and right-hander Ryan Thompson pitched a perfect ninth.

Right-hander Jordan Schwartz began loosening Beloit's grip on the lead in the second inning, when Tanielu hit a leadoff double and scored on Bottger's RBI double. In the third inning, Boyd hit a leadoff double and scored when center fielder Derek Fisher extended his hitting streak to 12 games with an RBI single to center field. Tanielu brought in Fisher with a double to make it 7-3 after three innings. With an 8-3 lead, Schwartz failed to retire any of the three batters he faced in the fourth inning. Left fielder Jason Martin hit a leadoff triple down the right field line, Bottger hit an RBI single, and second baseman Kristian Trompiz singled. Left-hander Jared Grundy (0-1) entered, and a passed ball by Chavez put Bottger and Trompiz in scoring position. Each later scored on sacrifice flies by Boyd and shortstop Mott Hyde. The first six runs - five earned - were charged to Schwartz, who allowed eight hits and one walk with three strikeouts. With two outs, Fisher grounded to Brizuela at third base, but his errant throw allowed Fisher to reach first base and extended the inning for Nottingham, who hit the first pitch from Grundy for a two-run, game-tying home run to the Built Ford Tough Deck in right field.

In the fifth inning, Quad Cities broke an 8-8 tie with six two-out runs off Grundy and right-hander Rob Huber. Martin hit a one-out single, Trompiz hit a two-out single, and Boyd walked to load the bases. Chavez's second passed ball scored the go-ahead run, and Hyde hit a two-run single. Fisher singled to chase Grundy, before Huber allowed Nottingham's two-run double to left field and Tanielu's RBI single for a 14-8 River Bandits lead. In the sixth inning, Huber allowed Martin's leadoff triple and Boyd's two-out RBI single for the final tally.

Winners in 13 of their last 14 games, the River Bandits conclude their series against Beloit at 7 p.m. Thursday, when River Bandits left-hander Chris Lee (2-2) is scheduled to face Snappers right-hander Kevin Johnson (1-2).

SNAPPERS END BANDITS' 12-GAME WINNING STREAK - Beloit tags Quad Cities pitchers for a season-high 10 runs; but River Bandits are still a pro baseball-best 25-7

DAVENPORT, Iowa (May 12, 2015) - The Beloit Snappers scored a pair of second-inning runs and never trailed for the rest of the game, posting three runs in the third inning and four in the sixth inning to build a 9-1 lead and live up to their nickname with a 10-4 victory Tuesday that snapped the Quad Cities River Bandits' 12-game winning streak in front of a season-high 4,988 at Modern Woodmen Park.

Before it ended on Tuesday, the River Bandits' 12-win streak had been the longest active winning streak in professional baseball. Begun April 29, it was also the longest winning streak in a single regular season for the Quad Cities Midwest League franchise since the 1979 Quad City Cubs finished the regular season with 13 straight wins. (After losing its playoff opener, the 1979 Cubs team went on to win the Midwest League Championship, and the 1980 team won its first four games of the regular season.) The 2015 River Bandits (25-7) still hold the best record in all of professional baseball for at least another day and have the best 32-game start for the franchise in at least 36 years.

Quad Cities put the first runner in scoring position in the game in the bottom of the first inning against Snappers right-hander Brett Graves (2-0). Left fielder Jason Martin hit a leadoff single to right field, and designated hitter Derek Fisher walked with one out. But Graves got third baseman Nick Tanielu to fly out to right field and struck out first baseman Bryan Muñiz to end the inning.

The Snappers (14-18) took the lead for good against right-hander Brock Dykxhoorn (2-2) in the second inning, as left fielder Joe Bennie hit a leadoff single and third baseman Jose Brizuela drew a walk. After right fielder Robert Martinez popped out, catcher Argenis Raga lined an RBI single to left field to score Bennie. With runners at first and second base, second baseman Edwin Diaz hit a one-out fly ball into the gusting wind, and center fielder Jason Martin dropped the ball for an error, though Diaz was credited with a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 Beloit lead. In the bottom of the inning, River Bandits left fielder Sean McMullen doubled on a popup down the left-field line, went to third base on a groundout by second baseman Alex Hernandez and scored on right fielder Ryan Bottger's sacrifice fly. Graves did not allow a run for the rest of his start, going five innings and allowing one earned run on three hits and four walks with five strikeouts.

Snappers shortstop Yairo Munoz led all players with four hits - including two triples and two singles - and led off the third inning with a triple down the third-base line. With one out, Bennie brought home Munoz with a double to right-center field, and two batters later, Martinez hit his first Midwest League home run off the batter's eye above the center-field wall for a 5-1 lead. Dykxhoorn lasted four innings but allowed a season-high five earned runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Following Dykxhoorn, right-hander Joshua James worked a hitless fifth inning but ran into the Snappers' largest outburst in the sixth. Martinez led off with an infield single to the hole at shortstop, and James hit Raga with a pitch. Diaz hit an RBI double to left-center field, and center fielder James Harris had his first hit of the season on a two-run single into center field. Harris later scored after consecutive singles by Munoz and designated hitter Sandber Pimentel. After allowing four earned runs in the inning, James kept Beloit scoreless for the seventh and eighth innings to finish a four-inning relief appearance, allowing six hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Quad Cities' comeback effort was limited to three runs in the seventh inning off left-hander Cody Stull. Bottger hit a leadoff double off the center-field wall, Martin reached on a run-scoring fielding error by first baseman Max Kuhn, and catcher Jamie Ritchie hit his second Midwest League home run to cut the Beloit lead to 9-4. But Stull finished the inning, and right-hander Corey Miller tossed two scoreless innings to snap Beloit's four-game losing streak. The final tally came on Brizuela's first Midwest League home run in the ninth inning off right-hander Ryan Thompson. After allowing 18 total runs in the 12-game winning streak, Quad Cities allowed a season-high 10 Tuesday.

After losing for the first time in exactly two weeks, the River Bandits continue their series against Beloit at 11 a.m. Wednesday, when River Bandits right-hander Kevin Comer (2-0) is scheduled to face Snappers right-hander Jordan Schwartz (0-4).

Quad Cities uses three-run sixth inning to snap six-game losing streak at Kane County

GENEVA, Ill. (May 4, 2015) - Right-hander Austin Chrismon became the first Quad Cities River Bandits starter to pitch seven innings in a game this season, and left fielder Derek Fisher hit a go-ahead two-run double in a three-run sixth inning that gave the visitors a 3-1 victory over the Kane County Cougars at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark and season-high sixth straight win Monday night.

Eight different River Bandits had a hit in the team's 11^th comeback victory of the year. After losing its last six games at Kane County last season, Quad Cities (19-6) won Monday to remain perfect in five road series openers this season and opened a five-game first-place lead in in the Midwest League Western Division. Quad Cities' six-game winning streak is its longest since six straight wins last May 27-June 1.

Chrismon (3-1) allowed one run on five hits in the first three innings, but after allowing an infield single to start the fourth inning, he set down the next 12 batters in order. He was charged with one earned run on six hits and no walks with one strikeout in seven innings. Right-hander Jose Montero worked around a single in the eighth inning to toss two scoreless innings for his fourth save. In the last seven games, the River Bandits (19-6) have allowed eight total runs, and just five earned runs in 65 innings for a 0.69 team ERA in that span.

Opposite Chrismon, Cougars right-hander Markus Solbach (1-2) held the River Bandits to one hit, one walk and no runs through the first five innings. Kane County (11-14) gave Solbach a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Right fielder Josh Elander hit a one-out single to right field and went to second base on a groundout by center fielder Colin Bray. Shortstop Ryan Gebhardt reached on an infield single to the left side to put runners at first and third bases, and second baseman Cody Regis hit an RBI single through the right side of the infield, before designated hitter Steve McQuail flied out to end the inning.

In the pivotal top of the sixth inning, shortstop Kristian Trompiz hit a leadoff single to center field and on a pitch in the dirt by Solbach, Trompiz ran for second base, where he dodged Gebhardt's tag. Right fielder Bobby Boyd grounded out to Regis to advance Trompiz to third base. First baseman Jamie Ritchie then drew a full-count walk, before Fisher hit the first pitch from Solbach to the warning track in left-center field to score Trompiz and Ritchie with the tying and go-ahead runs, respectively. Second baseman Mott Hyde, the reigning Midwest League Player of the Week, then singled to center field, and after Bray's throw to the plate, Fisher avoided the tag of catcher Jose Queliz to make it 3-1. Third baseman Nick Tanielu followed with a single to chase Solbach, who was charged with three earned runs on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings. Right-hander Jency Solis came in to get catcher Jacob Nottingham to ground into an inning-ending double play.

The Cougars bullpen worked 3 2/3 scoreless innings. In the seventh inning, Solis allowed a leadoff single to designated hitter Sean McMullen but picked him off first base. Left fielder Jason Martin then walked, and Trompiz was hit by a pitch, but a strikeout and fielder's choice ended the inning. In the eighth inning, right-hander Cody Geyer allowed a one-out walk to Hyde and singles by Tanielu and Nottingham to load the bases, before McMullen lined to first baseman Marty Herum for an inning-ending double play. In the ninth inning, right-hander Nick Baker allowed Martin's leadoff single before Queliz threw out Martin at second base on a missed bunt by Trompiz. Boyd added a two-out double, but Baker struck out Ritchie to end the inning.

Winners of seven straight road games with an 11-2 overall record on the road this season, the River Bandits continue their series in Kane County at noon Monday. River Bandits right-hander Daniel Mengden (1-1) is scheduled to face Cougars right-hander Brent Jones (1-2).