CRACKERJACKS 2011 Exhibition Game
Will County CrackerJacks at Chicago Bandits
WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS 2011 GAMEDAY BASEBALL NOTES
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TODAY’S GAME
Will County CrackerJacks (2-0) at Chicago Bandits (0-0)
GAME
EXH
June 7, 2011 • 7:35 p.m. • Rosemont, Ill. 2011 GAMEDAY NEWS AND NOTES Battle of the Sexes: Tonight’s ballgame features the 2-0 Will
County CrackerJacks and the 1-0 Chicago Bandits, Chicago’s professional softball team. This exhibition game takes place at the new Rosemont Stadium, the home of the Bandits.
Saturday’s Win: The ‘Jacks improved to 2-0 with a convincing
18-2 win over the Elgin Aces on Saturday (June 4) at Oil City Stadium in Whiting, Ind. Mike Nicks (1-0) pitched five innings to earn the win, and centerfielder Scott Hull hit the first home run in franchise history, a three-run blast over the left field wall in the sixth inning. Leading 6-2 heading into the bottom of the fourth inning, the ‘Jacks used a six-run fourth inning rally to put the game out of reach. They would then tack on three more runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to finish off the Aces.
Rules are Rules: Tonight’s contest will be played according to
professional softball rules. Both teams will pitch underhand and the CrackerJacks will hit with aluminum softball bats.
Hot Starts: The Bandits opened its 2011 season with a 10-0 win in an exhibition game against the Bloomington Lady Hearts. Meanwhile, the ‘Jacks have outscored its opponents 30-8 in its first two ballgames. Further, CrackerJacks’ starting pitchers Stephen Taylor (1-0, 0.00 ERA) and Mike Nicks (1-0, 3.60 ERA) have combined for a 1.80 ERA in 10 innings pitched to begin the year. The two have allowed just four hits combined.
Looking Ahead: Tomorrow, the CrackerJacks return to MCL
play in a 7 p.m. ballgame at Marinelli Field in Rockford, Ill., against the Rockford Foresters. The game will be the first of 15 straight MCL contests for the ‘Jacks. They will not have an off-day until June 22, playing 17 games in 15 days, including today’s ballgame with the Bandits.
JUNE
2011 SCHEDULE
3 4 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 25 26 28 29
at Chicago Zephyrs W, 12-6 vs. Elgin Aces W, 18-2 at Chicago Bandits (Exhibition) 7:35 p.m. at Rockford Foresters 7 p.m. at Chicago Zephyrs 6 p.m. at Southland Vikings 7 p.m. ROCKFORD FORESTERS (DH) 1 p.m. CHICAGO ZEPHYRS (DH) 1 p.m. at Rockford Foresters 7 p.m. at Southland Vikings 7 p.m. ROCKFORD FORESTERS 5:35 p.m. ROCKFORD FORESTERS 5:35 p.m. at Southland Vikings 7 p.m. at Rockford Foresters 6 p.m. at Chicago Zephyrs 6 p.m. SOUTHLAND VIKINGS 5:35 p.m. DES PLAINES PATRIOTS 5:35 p.m. at Southland Vikings 7 p.m. SOUTHLAND VIKINGS (DH) 1 p.m. at Elgin Aces (DH) 1 p.m. at Chicago Zephyrs 6 p.m. CHICAGO ZEPHYRS 5:35 p.m.
1 6 7 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 26-31
at Chicago Zephyrs at Southland Vikings at Southland Vikings at Rockford Foresters SOUTHLAND VIKINGS (DH)# SOUTHLAND VIKINGS MCL All-Star Game^ SOUTHLAND VIKINGS at Rockford Foresters ROCKFORD FORESTERS at Rockford Foresters at Rockford Foresters SOUTHLAND VIKINGS at Lexington Snipes CHICAGO ZEPHYRS% CHICAGO ZEPHYRS at Rockford Foresters at Chicago Zephyrs (DH) MCL Playoffs
JULY
6 p.m. 7 p.m. 7 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 8 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. 6 p.m. 4 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. 5:35 p.m. 7 p.m. 12 p.m. TBD
Home Games in CAPS * Midwest Collegiate League Games ^ at Oil City Stadium; Whiting, Ind. # at Kankakee Community College % at Philip B. Elfstrom Stadium; Kankakee, Ill.
2011 WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS BASEBALL GAMEDAY NOTES • EXH. GAME VS. CHICAGO BANDITS
2011 MCL STANDINGS
CRACKERJACKS PROBABLE STARTERS... # 36 26 10 3 13 33 8 20
Player Brandon Truitt Lendon Ehlmann Conor Szczerba Colt Hankamer Chris Noble Domenic Biagini Scott Hull Derek Thomas
Pos. C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF
College Baker University Kansas City Kansas CC Polk State College Polk State College Polk State College College of DuPage Kansas City Kansas CC Lewis University
Avg. Hits RBI .400 2 4 1.000 5 4 .250 2 0 .400 2 3 .571 4 1 .250 1 3 .625 5 7 .000 0 0
PL TEAM
1. 2. 2. 4.
BANDITS PROBABLE STARTERS... # 25 00 31 2 00 00 9 19
Player Rachel Folden Dorian Shaw Emily Friedman Tammy Williams Alisa Goler Megan Wiggins Caitlin Lever Vicky Galindo
Pos. C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF
College Marshall University University of Michigan University of California Northwestern University University of Georgia University of Georgia Georgia Tech University University of California
Avg. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Hits N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
W-L 0-0
ERA N/A
IP N/A
# 00
W-L 0-0
ERA N/A
IP N/A
1.000 W1 .500 L1 .500 L1 .333 W1
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K N/A
BB N/A
OPP N/A
HR N/A
College
K N/A
BB N/A
OPP N/A
HR N/A
College
Can’t make the game? There are plenty of ways to keep up with the CrackerJacks:
TBD • Chicago Bandits
PLAYER INFORMATION
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PCT STK
TODAY, June 7: Zephyrs at Foresters, 7 p.m. Wed., June 8: CrackerJacks at Foresters, 7 p.m. Thu., June 9: Foresters at Vikings, 7 p.m. Thu., June 9: CrackerJacks at Zephyrs, TBD Fri., June 10: CrackerJacks at Vikings, 7 p.m. Fri., June 10: Foresters at Zephyrs, TBD Sat., June 11: Vikings at Zephyrs (DH), TBD Sun., June 12: Foresters at CrackerJacks (DH), TBD Mon., June 13: CrackerJacks at Foresters, 7 p.m.
TBD • Will County CrackerJacks # 00
1-0 2-2 2-2 1-2
GB
MCL 2011 • The Week Ahead
RBI N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHERS... PLAYER INFORMATION
CrackerJacks Foresters Vikings Vikings
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2011 TEAM LEADERS CRACKERJACKS
BANDITS
HITTING
HITTING
Batting Avg.
Ehlmann
1.000
Batting Avg.
TBD
.000
Hits
Ehlmann/Hull
5
Hits
TBD
0
RBI
Hull
7
RBI
TBD
0
HR
Hull
1
HR
TBD
0
On Base Pct.
Ehlmann
.875
On Base Pct.
TBD
.000
Doubles
Hull
2
Doubles
TBD
0
Walks
Seven tied with
1
Walks
TBD
0
Stolen Bases
Biagini
4
Stolen Bases
TBD
0
PITCHING
PITCHING
(min. 5 innings pitched)
(min. 5 innings pitched)
ERA
Taylor
0.00
ERA
TBD
0
Wins
Taylor/Nicks
1
Wins
TBD
0
Saves
N/A
N/A
Saves
TBD
0
Innings
Taylor/Nicks
5.0
Innings
TBD
0
Opp. BA
Taylor
.071
Opp. BA
TBD
.000
Strikeouts
Taylor
5
Strikeouts
TBD
0
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2011 WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS BASEBALL GAMEDAY NOTES • EXH. GAME VS. CHICAGO BANDITS
2011 TEAM ROSTERS
CRACKERJACKS VERN HASTY • MANAGER # Name
24 27 29 31 18 16 25 4 22 12 13 21 33 8 20 14 26 11 32 34 3 10 6 9 36 19 35
24 18 33 14 3 10 36 4 12 22
Anthony Buonamici Mike Nicks Ryan Windt Kyle Cahill Benny Collesano Drew Sain Brooks McDowell Mark Zhorne Matt Pruneau Nick Emmole Chris Noble Stephen Taylor Domenic Biagini Scott Hull Derek Thomas Justin Westre Lendon Ehlmann Tagg Spellman Steve Kedroski Jordan Carroll Colt Hankamer Conor Szczerba Pete Les Matt Gustafson Brandon Truitt Dominic Denney Kyle Thomas
Pos. College
RHP Aurora RHP SW Baptist RHP UW-Parkside RHP N. Central RHP Trinity Chr. RHP Kankakee CC RHP Lake County RHP Carl Sandburg RHP Calumet RHP/IF Sauk Valley RHP/Util. Polk State RHP/IF Southern Poly OF DuPage OF KC Kan. CC OF Lewis IF Grinnell IF KC Kan. CC IF Sauk Valley IF W. Illinois IF Cent. Ala. CC IF Polk State IF Polk State Util. St. Ambrose C Baldwin-Wallace C Baker C SW Assem. of God C Lewis
PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE
Anthony Buonamici bone-uh-MEES-ee Benny Collesano call-eh-SAHN-oh Domenic Biagini BEE-uh-JEE-nee Justin Westre Wester Colt Hankamer HAN-kuh-mer Conor Szczerba SHER-buh Brandon Truitt TRUE-it Mark Zhorne Zornee Nick Emmole EMM-oh-lee Matt Pruneau prew-NO
BANDITS DARRICK BROWN • MANAGER
# 14 22 29 44 1 3 9 19 33 2 7 10 12 17 21 23 35 4 11 25
29 35 17 7
Name Monica Abbott Jamee Juarez Taryne Mowatt Nikki Nemitz Amanda Williams Megan Wiggins Caitlin Lever Vicky Galindo Alexis Jager Tammy Williams
Pos. College P Tennessee P Ohio State P Arizona P Michigan OF Marshall OF Georgia OF Georgia Tech OF California OF Western Michigan IF Northwestern
Danielle Zymkowitz IF Kristen Shifflett IF Amber Patton IF Christine Knauer IF Robin Thompson IF Dorian Shaw IF Alisa Goler IF Mariesha Marker C Shannon Doepking C Rachel Folden C
Illinois Radford DePaul North Carolina Northwestern Michigan Georgia Long Island Tennessee Marshall
PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE
Taryne Mowatt TAIR-in MOW-att Alisa Goler uh-LEE-sa GO-ler Christine Knauer NOW-er Danielle Zymkowitz Zim-koh-witz
2011 WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS BASEBALL GAMEDAY NOTES • EXH. GAME VS. CHICAGO BANDITS
WHEN THE CRACKERJACKS ARE HITTING... Order # Player Pos.
BANDITS IN THE FIELD
Avg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
WHEN THE BANDITS ARE HITTING... Order # Player Pos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
CRACKERJACKS IN THE FIELD Avg.