4/28/99 Hanover Park @Away



 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   R  H   E  LOB
Summit 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 7 11 1 6
Hanover Park 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 6

Summit snapped a three game losing streak with this win. Ben Wheeless Pitched a complete game. After a shakey start Wheeless allowed only 4 hits and no runs over the final six innings. Hanover Park scored two runs in the first inning and things looked a little grim. Summit was held scoreless through four innings, getting only 2 balls out of the infield. But starting in the top of the 5th Summit finally broke out the bats. With one out Ryan Carey singled. Then, on a 2-0 pitch, Josh Lipsey lofted a home run to dead center field to tie the ballgame at 2-2. Wheeless then stroked a double, but was left stranded when the inning ended. In the sixth Emlen Fischer singled to right and went to second when the right fielder bobbled the ball. Matt Benedetti followed with a single to center, scoring Fischer and going to second when the center fielder let the ball get past him. After two strike outs, Ryan Carey singled to drive in Benedetti. Carey was later picked off second, but he delivered the RBI that put Summit ahead 4-2. Summit opened a 5 run lead in the 7th. Lipsey singled to lead off and Mike Nelson tripled scoring Lipsey. Wheeless then singled (his 3rd hit of the game) scoring Nelson. Jon Campagna was walked and Wheeless and Campagna moved to 2nd and 3rd on a well executed sacrifice bunt by Fischer. From there Wheeless scored on a wild pitch for the final run of the game.

In the HP seventh, the leadoff hitter worked Wheeless for a walk and the next batter singled to raise some fear in the minds of the fans. But Wheeless rose to the occasion and struck out the next three batters to seal the victory. In fact Wheeless got strikeouts in six of the final seven outs. It was a very strong perfomance by Summit's ace.
PLAYER POS AB   R   H  RBI  E 
Lipsey SS 4 2 2 2 0
Nelson DH 4 1 1 1 0
Wheeless P 4 1 3 1 1
Campagna 1B 2 0 0 0 0
Fischer RF 3 1 1 0 0
Benedetti RF 4 1 2 1 0
Donaldson LF 3 0 0 0 0
Monaco 3B 2 0 0 0 0
Carey 2B 3 1 2 1 0
Breene C 0 0 0 0 0
Dunnder LF 1 0 0 0 0
TOTALS   30 7 11 6 1
Pitcher W/L IP   H   R  ER  BB  HB  WP   K 
Wheeless W 7 6 2 2 2 1 4 7