Tuesday, May 1, 2012

In front of wet School Kids Day crowd, Great Lakes Loons pound out 13 hits in 6-1 win over Kane County


Rain puts damper on School Kids Day but Loons win at Dow Diamond
The Great Lakes Loons finally came out of their offensive slump Monday, recording 13 hits and six runs in a 6-1 win over Kane County at Dow Diamond. Too bad nobody was there to see it. The game was originally scheduled as a 10:35 a.m. game, one of several School Kids Day Games throughout the year, when kids attend the game as part of a school field trip. But after rain delayed the first pitch by more than two hours, and most of the kids needed to return to class, the bleachers were emptying as the game was just getting started. And by the time the Loons scored all six of their runs in a the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, they were doing so in front of a nearly empty ballpark.

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