26 Aug 2019

Veto League Baseball All-Star Showcase

By Josh Paul

BETTENDORF, IOWA (August 26, 2019) — Over the last ten years, Veto League Baseball (or “The VLB”) has collected 7,353 pounds of food for the River Bend Foodbank during the sandlot baseball league’s annual night game. On Saturday, August 31, 2019, the most-organized pick-up baseball-league in the Quad City area will again reward its 22 most consistent regular-season players with a night game at Bettendorf’s Saldivar Field. And The VLB will again collect food for the River Bend Foodbank.

26 Aug 2019

Cougars Turn Tables on Bandits with 8-2 Win

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 25, 2019) — The Kane County Cougars turned the tables on the Quad Cities River Bandits by rolling to an 8-2 win on Sunday evening at Modern Woodmen Park. The River Bandits won the opening game of the series on Saturday by the same score.

26 Aug 2019

Five-Run Fifth Helps Bandits Open Series with 8-2 Win

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 24, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits took advantage of a five-run outburst in the fifth inning to run away with an 8-2 win over the Kane County Cougars in front of 6,049 fans on Saturday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Austin Dennis, Trey Dawson, and CJ Stubbs each drove in two runs to spark the offense.

26 Aug 2019

CJ Stubbs Homers Twice as Bandits Win Wild One in Peoria

By Jason Kempf

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (August 23, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits emerged from a wild game with a 9-7 victory over the Peoria Chiefs in the final meeting of the season between the two teams on Friday night. Catcher CJ Stubbs became the first River Bandits player to hit multiple home-runs in a game by going 4-4 with two long-balls and four runs batted in.

23 Aug 2019

Missed Opportunities Haunt Bandits in 2-1 Loss

By Jason Kempf

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (August 22, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits went 1-11 with runners in scoring-position as they dropped game two of a series to the Peoria Chiefs 2-1 on Thursday night at Dozer Park. Imeldo Diaz provided a pair of run-scoring hits including a two-out single in the bottom of the eighth that drove in the winning run.

22 Aug 2019

Bandits Blanked 2-0 in First Game of Series at Peoria

By Jason Kempf

PEORIA, ILLINOIS (August 21, 2019) — Mike Brettell tossed a season-high 8.0 scoreless-innings as the Peoria Chiefs blanked the Quad Cities River Bandits 2-0 on Wednesday night at Dozer Park. The Bandits did not score in a game for the first time since August 5.

21 Aug 2019

Bandits Finish Homestand with Impressive 9-3 Win

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 21, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits closed out a winning homestand with an impressive 9-3 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Tuesday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Matt Ruppenthal worked 7.0 scoreless innings on the mound and Freudis Nova went 4-4 at the plate with a double and a walk.

20 Aug 2019

Four-Run Fifth Catapults Kernels Over River Bandits

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 19, 2019) — A four-run fifth inning propelled the Cedar Rapids Kernels to their first win in a series against the Quad Cities River Bandits on Monday night at Modern Woodmen Park. Josh Winder matched his career-high with nine strikeouts on the mound while Tyler Webb went 4-5 with two runs batted in to lead the Kernels offensive attack.

19 Aug 2019

River Bandits Hold Off Kernels Late Charge in 5-4 Win

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 18, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits built a solid lead in the middle innings and then hung on late to hold off the Cedar Rapids Kernels 5-4 on Sunday evening at Modern Woodmen Park. Cedar Rapids put the tying run in scoring position in each of the last two innings.

18 Aug 2019

Newcomers CJ Stubbs and Valente Bellozo Play Large Part in 4-1 Win

By Jason Kempf

DAVENPORT, IOWA (August 17, 2019) — The Quad Cities River Bandits fell behind in the first at-bat of their game with the Cedar Rapids Kernels on Saturday night at Modern Woodmen Park. However, from that point forward, Jose Bravo and Valente Bellozo did not allow another run and CJ Stubbs hit a three-run home run to lead the Bandits to a 4-1 victory in the opening game of the series.

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