Battle Creek, Mich. – With a fresh start to a “new season” the Battle Creek Bombers (21-15, 1-0) won their seventh one-run game Wednesday night 3-2 against Kenosha (22-14, 0-1).

Down 1-0 in the bottom of the second, Alex Howard (Arkansas State) blasted a two-run home run to left to give the Bombers their first lead of the night. It was Howard’s third home run of the season. Battle Creek tagged on another run in the fourth on Nikola Vasic’s (Southern Illinois) RBI single that scored Cale Hennemann (University of Memphis).

Kenosha scored their second and only run of the game in the sixth on Battle Creek starter Taylor Horn (Wayne State) off an RBI single with runners on second and third. Horn gave Battle Creek one of their best starts against Kenosha all year, he concluded the night with six innings of work, just two runs allowed with six strikeouts. Tim Nelson (UC San Diego) relieved Horn in the sixth and closed the inning.

Kenosha would get the tying run of base in the eighth inning, but Mark Quinby (UC San Diego) proving he’s well deserved for an All-Star appearance, entered the game for Nelson and cleaned up the inning as well as garnering the last three outs of the game for Battle Creek. Quinby earned his fifth save of the year.

 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

He’s HAWT!

Nick Walker (Austin Peay) extended his hit streak to 11 games tonight going 16-39 (.410) with five extra base hits, nine RBI, six runs score and seven walks

#HowieWowie

Howard only has three hitless games in his 25 games played. He’s 21-51 (.412) in his last thirteen games. The Albuquerque, New Mexico native recently ended an eleven-game hit streak, his longest of the year

Va-Smooth!

Vasic recorded his fifth multi-hit game of the summer

Silent but Deadly

Quinby has not allowed a run through eleven innings of work. He’s struck out eleven batters and only allowed three hits

The Bombers will look for their first sweep since June 25/26^th Thursday night against Kenosha. Christian Griffin is slated to throw the first pitch at 7:05. It is Thirsty Thursday and that means $2 LaBatt Beer all night long at C.O. Brown Stadium. Fans who can’t make it can catch Neil Doyle and Jake Hromada on Northwoods League TV and the Bombers Radio Network ten minutes prior to first pitch.

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The Battle Creek Bombers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including two-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champion Ben Zobrist (CHC) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM) and Lucas Duda (NYM).  All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.battlecreekbombers.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bombers as your favorite team.