Burlington Loses Road Contest In Alton

Alton, IL - The Burlington Bees (10-28, 4-5) dropped a road game to the Alton River Dragons (17-19, 4-6) 15-5 at Roy E. Lee Field July 12. The game was concluded after seven innings due to the mercy rule.

Burlington scored the first two runs of the game in the first frame. Cedric Dunnwald (Mt.Mercy University) walked and Jeremy Figueroa (Mt.Mercy University) reached on a fielder's choice, Dunnwald out at second.

Corey Boyette (Heartland CC) doubled to put runners on second and third. Figueroa would score on a wild pitch to get the Bees on the board.

Cooper Donlin (Hawaii-Pacific) flew out to score Boyette and make it 2-0. It was Donlin's team-leading 19th RBI of the year. He finished one for three to extend his on-base streak to 25 games.

Alton answered with six runs in the first inning on five hits. Burlington committed two errors in the stanza and finished with three total.

After a scoreless second, the River Dragons scored five more in the third. The team had one hit in the inning.

David Theriot Jr. (Texas-Wesleyan) made the start and went two innings. The righty allowed 10 runs on eight hits, with five earned runs. He received the loss to move to 2-2.

Jimmy McCarthy (Morton College) tossed the final four frames. He let up four hits and five runs with five walks. The reliever struck out three.

The Bees scored one in the fourth, beginning on a walk from Boyette. Carson Bittner (Phoenix College) singled to put runners on first and second.

Scotty Savage (Milwaukee Area Tech) laced a double to score one. Savage has seven RBI's on the season.

The sixth inning saw the biggest bright spot of the game for Burlington. With a runner on, Bittner launched a two run home run into the Alton sky.

It was his first homer of the season, as he was the only Bee to finish with multiple hits.

Bittner became one of three Burlington hitters to have a single, double, triple and home run on the season. The other two are Donlin and Skyler Agnew (Hawaii-Pacific), who did not appear in this game.

Jackson Rodgers made the start for Alton and tossed four innings. Reliever Adam Galdoni picked up the win.

The Bees stay on the road for the next three games. The team travels to Springfield July 12th to take on the Lucky Horseshoes (14-22, 6-4) at 6:30 p.m.