Alton Ends Clinton's Win Streak

FROM CLINTON:

CLINTON, Iowa - On Monday night the Clinton LumberKings four-game win streak came to an end at the hands of the Alton River Dragons, the final score was 3-2.

In the first inning the River Dragons got out in front, Eddie King Jr. (Louisville) singled in a run giving Alton an early advantage 1-0.

In the fifth, Noah Bush (Howard Lake CC) extended the lead by two, with an RBI groundout making it 2-0.

The score would stay 2-0, until the bottom half of the eighth. Clinton scored two in the frame. The tying run came off the bat of Jeremy Conforti (College of DuPage) who drove in Cade Moss (Iowa) with a sacrifice fly.

The River Dragons responded immediately in the top of the ninth. Gage Mestas (Pima CC) drove in Troy Johnson (Davidson) on a ground ball to second. Mestas reached on the play after an error at second base.

Clinton could not score in the bottom half and lost the ball game 3-2.

The LumberKings on the mound continued to throw the strikeout pitch. Between starter Seth Clausen (Minnesota) and Ben Beutel (Iowa), the LumberKings struck out 15 River Dragons. 

Clinton (10-10) falls back into second place in the Great River Division and Alton (12-7) continues to lead in the Prairie Land Division. 

The LumberKings next game will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday night against the Burlington Bees in Burlington, Iowa.

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FROM ALTON:

CLINTON, Iowa - Gage Mestas's RBI single in the ninth inning plated the go ahead run and the Alton River Dragons defeated the Clinton Lumberkings 3-2 in Iowa on Monday night.

The River Dragons head into Tuesday's off day at 12-7 and sitting one full game up in the Prairie Land Division Standings.

The win was keyed by starting pitcher Colton Huntt who went 5.2 dominate innings allowing zero runs on two hits, two walks while matching a team-record with nine strikeouts.  He was followed by Hunter Callahan who threw a scoreless 1.1 innings and then Carson Richardson who may have gotten the most important out of them all.

Clinton score two runs in the bottom of the eighth to tie the score 2-2 and with two outs had runners at second and third. Richardson induced a flyout to right field to end the threat and set up the ninth.

In the ninth, Blake Guerin led off with a single.  Robby Taul followed with a hit-and-run single that advanced pinch runner Troy Johnson to third and he'd score on Mestas's infield single to second base.

Alton led 2-0 after Eddie King Jr delivered a RBI single in the first inning and Nosh Bush had a RBI ground out in the fifith.

The River Dragons return to action at Lloyd Hopkins Field Wednesday and Thursday night at 6:35pm.