WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS 2011 GAMEDAY BASEBALL NOTES
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TODAY’S GAME
Will County CrackerJacks (0-0) at Chicago Zephyrs (0-1)
June 3, 2011 • 6:00 p.m. • Sugar Grove, Ill.
GAME
1
2011 GAMEDAY NEWS AND NOTES Historic Opening Night: Tonight’s ballgame marks the first in Will County CrackerJacks franchise history. Founded in late 2010 by former Joliet JackHammers General Manager Jamie Toole, the CrackerJacks are the Midwest Collegiate League’s newest franchise. Will County’s home games will be played at Wayne King, Jr. Field on the campus of Joliet Junior College. Tonight’s Ballgame: While the CrackerJacks are playing its
franchise opener, the Zephyrs began its 2011 season yesterday with a loss to the Southland Vikings.
Back in the States: CrackerJacks manager Vern Hasty managed
Slovakia’s Trnava Angels during the 2010 season. Hasty’s career with the Angels was highlighted by a 12-4 win over the Russian National Team in June 2010.
Homecoming: Eight members of the Chicago Zephyrs will be playing on familiar ground tonight at Waubonsee Community College (WCC). Of the 30 active players on Marco Fajardo’s Zephyrs roster, eight of them played at WCC during the 2011 season. The 2011 WCC squad went 35-20 and won the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference for the second straight season. Right Down Broadway: The CrackerJacks have 11 pitchers on
its 2011 roster, all of whom are right-handed. These 11 pitchers include today’s starter, 23-year-old Stephen Taylor, and Wisconsin-Parkside product Ryan Windt, the first player to sign with the CrackerJacks in franchise history.
Midwest Migration: Will County’s roster features 27 players
from eight different states. 16 ballplayers reside in Illinois, but the other 11 come from Florida, Oklahoma, Iowa, Texas, Kansas, Missouri and Georgia.
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 6 p.m. vs. Elgin Aces (DH)^ 1 p.m. 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 • GAME 1 AT CHICAGO ZEPHYRS
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. 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
RBI N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
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
RBI N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
PL TEAM
1. Vikings 2. CrackerJacks 2. Foresters 4. Zephyrs
ZEPHYRS PROBABLE STARTERS... # 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Player Ryan Payne Brandon Lawrence Ryan Richardson Nate Strusz Luke Collins Gabriel Irrizary Zac Copple Nolan Craig
Pos. C 1B 2B SS 3B LF CF RF
College Aurora University Waubonsee CC University of Nebraska Waubonsee CC Elmhurst College Triton Junior College Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC
W-L 0-0
ERA N/A
IP N/A
K N/A
# 00
W-L 0-0
ERA N/A
IP N/A
K N/A
1.000 W1 .000 W0 .000 W0 .000 W0
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BB N/A
OPP N/A
HR N/A
College Southern Poly State
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BB N/A
OPP N/A
HR N/A
College University of Texas
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Kacy Clemens • Chicago Zephyrs PLAYER INFORMATION
-- .5 .5 1
PCT STK
TODAY, June 3: CrackerJacks at Zephyrs, 7 p.m. TODAY, June 3: Vikings at Foresters (DH), 11 a.m. Sat., June 4: Vikings at Foresters, 6 p.m. Sun., June 5: Zephyrs at Foresters, 4 p.m. Tue., 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
Stephen Taylor • Will County CrackerJacks # 21
1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
GB
MCL 2011 • The Week Ahead
TODAY’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS... PLAYER INFORMATION
REC
2011 TEAM LEADERS CRACKERJACKS
ZEPHYRS
HITTING
HITTING
Batting Avg.
TBD
.000
Batting Avg.
TBD
.000
Hits
TBD
0
Hits
TBD
0
RBI
TBD
0
RBI
TBD
0
HR
TBD
0
HR
TBD
0
On Base Pct.
TBD
.000
On Base Pct.
TBD
.000
Doubles
TBD
0
Doubles
TBD
0
Walks
TBD
0
Walks
TBD
0
Stolen Bases
TBD
0
Stolen Bases
TBD
0
PITCHING
PITCHING
ERA
TBD
0
ERA
TBD
0
Wins
TBD
0
Wins
TBD
0
Saves
TBD
0
Saves
TBD
0
Innings
TBD
0
Innings
TBD
0
Opp. BA
TBD
.000
Opp. BA
TBD
.000
Strikeouts
TBD
0
Strikeouts
TBD
0
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2011 WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS BASEBALL GAMEDAY NOTES • GAME 1 AT CHICAGO ZEPHYRS
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
ZEPHYRS MARCO FAJARDO • MANAGER
# Name
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
00 00 00 00 00
Kacy Clemens Connor Nolan Jason Ormond Bill Pullia Liam Pegg George Heller Will Fuentes Luke Gilbertson Kenny Litrenta Mark Belcastro Dan Huenecke Eric Bender Ryan Hudspeth Alci Gonzales Kyle Burger Nolan Craig Zac Copple Gabriel Irrizary Marty Dwar Bobby Bieniek John Wehr K.C. Wright Nate Strusz Kyle Renaud Brandon Lawrence Tony Gaffino Jonathon Erickson Luke Collins Ryan Richardson Ryan Payne
Pos. College P P P/Util. P P P P P P P P P P P P OF OF OF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF IF C
Texas Florida State Grinnell Park Elgin CC Trinity Int’l St. Ambrose Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC Benedictine Belmont Northwestern Coll. Elgin CC Point Park Rockford Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC Triton Loras Simpson Elgin CC Judson Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC Waubonsee CC Illinois Wesleyan Elmhurst Nebraska Aurora
PRONOUNCIATION GUIDE
Dan Huenecke HEW-neck-ee Gabriel Irrizary Ear-iz-AIR-ee Bobby Bieniek BEE-nick Nate Strusz Stroos Kyle Renaud Reh-NOD
2011 WILL COUNTY CRACKERJACKS BASEBALL GAMEDAY NOTES • GAME 1 AT CHICAGO ZEPHYRS
WHEN THE CRACKERJACKS ARE HITTING... Order # Player Pos.
ZEPHYRS IN THE FIELD
Avg.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
WHEN THE ZEPHYRS ARE HITTING... Order # Player Pos. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
CRACKERJACKS IN THE FIELD Avg.