
Today: Peoria (Chris Siegfried, 0-1, 4.20) at Great Lakes (Justin Miller, 1-1, 0.63), 3:05 p.m.
Tuesday twinbill: The Loons face Kane County at 7:05 p.m. Tuesday, but the early attraction features a nine-inning college game between Northwood University and Alma College at 3 p.m. One ticket is good for both games.
Streaks: Jovanny Rosario singled to extend his hit streak to 15 games, while Joe Becker doubled to reach eight games. Rosario has 19 hits during his streak.
Shot down: Great Lakes right fielder Travis Vetters saved a run in the fifth inning when he fielded a single and fired a perfect strike to get Peoria runner Nate Samson at the plate.
Two-fer: Loons cleanup hitter Andrew Lambo hit his second and third homers of the season Saturday. The last Loon to hit two homers in a game was Francisco Lizarraga, who hit two against West Michigan on August 22, 2007.
Solo: Great Lakes catcher Kenley Jansen hit his second homer of the season Saturday, a solo shot in the third inning. Jansen’s two homers account for both of his RBIs.
Short outing: Loons starter Daigoro Rondon lasted just 2 1/3 innings Saturday, giving up seven runs, nine hits and two walks. The Chiefs scored the games first nine runs, with the Loons scoring the next seven.
Sellout: Saturday night’s game against Peoria drew 5,567 fans for the first sellout of the season at Dow Diamond. Attendance was aided by the second annual Loons Pennant Race Saturday morning. More than 1,200 runners competed, receiving tickets to Saturday night’s game.
Alumni: Former Loons reliever Francisco Felix is second on the Advanced A Inland Empire team in strikeouts with 16, despite pitching in relief. Starter Cody White leads the team with 17 strikeouts.
Over-aggressive: In the first inning, the Loons had three hits, but did not score. Jovanny Rosario was thrown out trying to steal second and Erik Kanaby was thrown out trying to go from first to third on a single.
Radio: WLUN-FM, 100.9
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