Ray's slam caps Beloit Snappers' rally
DAYTON, Ohio Lance Ray came through in a pinch Tuesday night for the Beloit Snappers.
Ray’s pinch-hit grand slam in the top of the ninth inning capped a six-run rally for Beloit as it outlasted Dayton, 11-10, in a Midwest League game.
Beloit led 5-2 in the third but saw Dayton score eight straight runs to take a 10-5 lead.
Ben Tootle (1-1) picked up the win in relief, while Clinton Dempster notched his third save with a scoreless ninth.
SNAPPERS 11, DAYTON 10
Beloit (ab-r-h-rbi)—Hawkins, 2b, 3-1-0-0; Lin, cf, 2-2-1-0; Roberts, lf, 3-2-0-0; Gonzales, 1b, 5-2-2-5; Ortiz, rf, 5-0-2-1; Knudson, c, 5-1-2-0; Leer, 3b, 4-0-1-0; Ray, ph, 1-1-1-4; Choi, 3b, 0-0-0-0; Glad, dh, 5-0-1-0; Santana, ss, 4-2-3-1. Totals: 37-11-13-11.
Dayton (ab-r-h-rbi)—Bowe, lf, 5-2-2-0; Hamilton, ss, 5-1-3-3; Rodriguez, cf, 4-0-1-1; D’Anna, dh, 4-2-1-0; Lutz, 1b, 4-1-1-0; Vidal, 3b, 5-0-3-4; Poulk, rf, 4-2-2-1; Barnhart, c, 5-1-2-0; Lohman, 2b, 3-1-1-0. Totals: 39-10-16-9.
Beloit 005 000 006—11
Dayton 112 103 200—10
E—Hawkins, Leer, Hamilton. DP—DAY 1. LOB—BEL 7, DAY 10. 2B—Gonzales, Ortiz 2, Lin, Bowe, vidal, Hamilton. HR—Santana, Ray, Poulk. S—Linn, Lohman, Bowe. SF—Hamilton. SB—Hawkins, Ortiz, Hamilton. CS—Hawkins, Hamilton.
Beloit IP H R ER BB SO
Dean 4 2/3 11 5 5 1 3
Weller 1 1/3 4 3 3 2 0
Tootle (W 1-1) 2 1 2 2 2 2
Dempster (S 3) 1 0 0 0 0 1
Dayton IP H R ER BB SO
Robles 5 5 5 5 4 6
Walczak 2 1 0 0 2 0
Rogers (L 0-2) 1 2/3 7 6 6 1 1
Wolford 1/3 0 0 0 0 1
WP—Dean. Tootle, Robles, Walczak.
Time—3:08. Attendance—8,170.


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