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Bats bid farewell to star shortstop
By Ryan Sibinski
Ryan Sibinski
Staff Writer
The St. Cloud River Bats broke a three game losing streak with a victory against the Rochester Honkers on Tuesday night.
The Bats routed the Honkers 9-1 in front of 1,702 fans gathered at Dick Putz Memorial Field.
The win may have been fueled by a farewell speech from St. Cloud all-star short stop Ben Quinto, who was placed on the inactive list due to a season-ending shoulder injury.
"We might be having a tough season, but you fans stick with us because we are going to pull something off," Quinto said in his farewell speech to the fans.
Quinto has been with the River Bats for two consecutive summers but will be cutting his second summer short to return to San Diego for shoulder surgery.
St. Cloud starting pitcher J.D. Segar had an outstanding game allowing only four hits and one run in eight complete innings. Thomas Diamond threw a scoreless ninth inning to get the save.
St. Cloud first baseman Chris Kinsey had a big game at the plate going three for four, with three RBI's and a run scored.
All-star third baseman Wes Long also had a stand out performance going one for three with three runs scored.
With the win the Bats improved their record to 8-9.
They are two and a half games out of first place with fourteen games remaining before the playoffs.
An RBI single by Toby Gardenhire, son of Twins manager Ron Gardenhire, in the third inning provided the Honkers with their only point. Dave Para, th4e manager of the Honkers was ejected in the middle of the sixth inning after arguing with the plate umpire. Thomas Diamond of the Bats pitched a scoreless ninth inning.
Tuesday pitcher Mike Kunes left for UCLA. According to Schreiner, he returned for "scholastic reasons,"
Kunes was the only player remaining from the 2000 Northwoods championship team. He was 3-4 with a 3.68 earned-run average.
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