Four Extra Innings Games In Frontier League

Four of five games played Sunday in the Frontier League went extra innings. And the one game that didn't go into extra frames was won in the bottom of the 9th.

The Windy City ThunderBolts took 12 innings to beat the Evansville Otters 3-2.

CF Kevin House hit a single with runners on the corners and one out in the bottom of the twelfth inning to score Anthony Seratelli. [more]

The Washington Wild Things won a 10-5 11-inning contest with the Florence Freedom. Things fell apart for Florence in the top of the 11th.

Chris Carter began the inning with a single. The left fielder would be brought in after a double by Peavey, making the score 6-5. Lance Koenig advanced the score 7-5 after a RBI single, bringing in Peavey. The rest of the damage was done by the Florence bullpen, as they allowed six walks in the 11th inning alone with pitcher Patrick Clayton creating most of the damage with four walks. Washington earned three more runs and sealed the victory by a solid defensive performance in the bottom of the 11th.

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It took 12 innings for the Gateway Grizzlies to edge the Traverse City Beach Bums 7-6.

Rob Wirth hit a one-out home run in the bottom of the 12th inning Sunday night to lift the Gateway Grizzlies (31-48) to a 7-6 win over the visiting Traverse City Beach Bums (48-33). The second consecutive exta inning win for the Grizzlies came in front of 3,783 fans at GCS Ballpark.

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The River City Rascals won a 5-4 contest from the Chillicothe Paints in 12 innings.

The Rascals continue to make believers in this late season push for the West Division Wild Card spot as an extra-innings single by Trave Hopkins gave River City a 5-4 dramatic victory over the best team in the Frontier League. Chillicothe led 4-3 with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning when the Rascals’ catcher smacked a single to right off of Eric Teall that scored the tying and winning runs for River City who took three of four games from the first place Paints.

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The lone 9-inning game in the Frontier League almost went extra innings. The Kalamazoo Kings won their game with the Rockford RiverHawks in the bottom of the 9th.

The Rockford RiverHawks had a chance to get their first sweep in Kalamazoo in team history, but the Kalamazoo Kings had different plans.

Mike Russell hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning for a walkoff Kings victory, 4-2.

Rockford was still able to get their first ever series win in Kalamazoo by winning the first two games of the series.

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