Bees Come From Behind to Defeat LumberKings

(Winning pitcher Owen Rice delivers against Clinton)

In his first appearance for the Bees lefty Osvaldo Mendez took a no hitter into the fifth inning, before giving a two run home run to Clinton's Jeremy Conforti.  The blast gave Clinton a brief 2-0 lead.

Burlington answered right back in the bottom of the frame.  Second baseman Brandon Bickford opened with a single to center.  Sam Monroe drove a single to right.  Bickford advanced to third.  Shortstop Trey Adams, who had two RBI in last night's game, followed with a run scoring base hit to right to make it 2-1.

Monroe moved to third on a ground ball double play, and came home on a Clinton error off the bat of AJ Henkle.

Bees' Cauy Massner gave up two tough runs in the sixth.  A leadoff single by Isaiah Thompson led to an unearned run when third baseman Kevin Santiago threw a Nick Fleckenstein ground ball into right field.  Thompson scored.  Fleckenstein wound up on third.

After a fly out, Adam Weed drove in the runner on a sharp single to right.  He was subsequently caught stealing.  A ground out ended the inning with Clinton ahead 4-2.

The LumberKings added run in the seventh on a triple and a wild pitch.

Burlington tied the game in the home half of the inning.  Trey Adams singled to right.  Spencer Nivens did the same.  Henkle stroked a base hit to center to load the bases.  Kevin Santiago dribbled a ball down the first base line for a 3-1 RBI fielders' choice.  Nivens went to third.  Henkle went to second.  A Marcos Sanchez sacrifice fly drove in Nivens.  With catcher Chase Honeycutt at the plate, Henkle stole third and scored on Honeycutt's single up the middle.  That would give Burlington the 7-5 lead.

Owen Rice, who had relieved Massner, struck out the side in order in the eighth, and took the win.  His record goes to 1-1.  Kyle Maurer came on for the save in the ninth.  It was his first.  Nick Scanlon, 0-1, took the loss.