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Wild pitch dooms Beloit Snappers

EASTLAKE, OHIO — The Lake County Captains scored the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth inning Monday to gain a 9-8 victory over the Beloit Snappers and a series sweep in Midwest League baseball.

Beloit reliever Corey Williams (2-4) was his own worst enemy, putting the winning run on base with a throwing error and uncorking a two-out wild pitch to allow Lake County’s Leonardo Castillo to score from third after he advanced on a pop foul and an outfield fly.

Miguel Sano smacked a solo home run, and Steve Liddle hit a two-run shot as part of the Snappers’ eight-hit attack.

Beloit trailed 8-5 after five innings, but tied it with three runs in the sixth on Drew Leachman’s three-run double.

LAKE COUNTY 9, SNAPPERS 8

Beloit (ab-r-h-rbi)—Roberts, lf, 5-2-1-0; Lin, dh, 4-1-1-0; ssano, 3b, 3-2-1-1; Leachman, rf, 4-1-1-3; Liddle, 1b, 4-1-1-2; Goncalves, cf, 3-1-1-0; Koch, c, 4-0-1-0; Wickens, ss, 4-0-0-1; Grimes, 2b, 4-0-1-0. Totals: 35-8-8-7.

Lake County (ab-r-h-rbi)—Ramirez, 2b, 5-1-0-0; Lindor, ss, 2-1-1-0; Smith, rf, 4-2-1-0; Sabourin, 1b, 3-2-1-0; Rodriguez, cfr, 5-2-3-3; Myles, dh, 3-0-1-3; Lowery, c, 4-0-0-1; Castillo, 3b, 5-0-0-0; hankins, pr, 0-1-0-0; Casas, lf, 3-0-0-1. Totals: 34-9-7-8.

Beloit 110 033 000—8

Lake County 302 030 001—9

E—Wickens, Williams, Castillo, Sabourin. DP—LC 1. LOB—BEL 11, LC 13. 2B—Leachman, Lindor. 3B—Lin. HR—Sano, Liddle, Rodriguez. S—Koch. SF—Casas. SB—Leachman, Roberts, Grimes, Casas.

Beloit IP H R ER BB SO

Jones 4 4 5 4 3 4

Evans 1.1 3 3 3 3 1

Atherton 1.2 0 0 0 3 1

Williams (L 2-4) 1.2 0 1 0 3 1

Lake County IP H R ER BB SO

Anderson 3 4 2 2 1 1

Valera 2 2 3 3 1 3

Petter 2 1 3 3 4 3

Tejeda (W. 1-1) 2 1 0 0 2 2

WP—Williams 2, Anderson, Valera. PB—Lowery. HBP—by Valera (Leachman), by Petter (Roberts), by Evans (Sabourin).

Time—3:31. Attendance—4,188.