Clinton Lumber Kings

CLINTON, Iowa — The Clinton LumberKings (26-10, 8-3) swept a doubleheader against the Quincy Doggy Paddlers (14-20, 5-6) on Tuesday night at NelsonCorp Field, taking Game 1 in dominant fashion, 11-0, before walking off Game 2, 3-2, to improve to 26-10 on the season.

In the opener, Clinton jumped ahead early and never looked back. Jamie Rasmussen drove in the game's first run with a groundout in the first inning, and Brett White scored moments later on a stolen base and error to give the LumberKings a 2-0 lead.

Clinton extended its lead in the third as Sam Wiese doubled to right to score White, and Kaden Frommelt followed with an RBI single to make it 4-0. In the fourth, Brytton Clements drove in Colin Coonradt with a single to center. Frommelt added his second RBI of the game in the fifth, plating Rasmussen with a base hit to left.

The LumberKings erupted for five more runs in the sixth. Chase Womack doubled in a run, White blasted a two-run homer to right, and Coonradt capped the scoring with a two-run infield single to second.

Brody Meyers (4-0) tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out five. Hunter Dierksen pitched the final 1 1/3 innings to complete the four-hit shutout. Quincy starter Noah Wilder (1-1) was tagged for six runs on eight hits and three walks across 4 1/3 innings. Jordan Sfyndillis gave up five runs on six hits in relief.

The victory would tally their fifth shutout victory, leading the Prospect League. 

In Game 2, Quincy scored twice in the first inning. Wandel Campana drove in Jimmy Koza with a single to center, and Tommy Harrison later scored on a wild pitch to give the Paddlers an early 2-0 lead.

Clinton responded in the fourth. James Hackett led off with a double, moved up on a groundout and scored on Danny Gavin's RBI groundout. In the fifth, Jaylen Ziegler doubled, stole third and scored on a sacrifice fly by Nick Venteicher to tie the game at 2-2.

In the seventh, Cooke reached base with one out and stole second before Venteicher delivered the walk-off single to center.

Luke Kehrli (2-0) earned the win in relief with two hitless innings and three strikeouts. Jaqson Tejada allowed two runs on six hits with seven strikeouts over five innings in the start. Quincy reliever Christopher Suchoski (0-1) took the loss after allowing the winning run in the seventh without recording an out.

The LumberKings will host Quincy on Thursday at NelsonCorp Field for the third of five games against the Doggy Paddlers before they play another doubleheader at QU Stadium on July 11. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. 

Fans can watch the gam live on prospectleaguenetwork.com or listen for free at wcciradio.com or tune into 100.3 WCCI-FM.