A Lot Of Runs, But Few Hits – Baseball at The Hive

By JOHN BOHNENKAMP

The lineup the Burlington Bees had for Tuesday’s Prospect League game against Quincy is one that manager Owen Oreskovich thinks can produce plenty of offense.

The 10-7 loss to the Doggy Paddlers at Community Field came with quite a few runs for the Bees, but not enough hits.

Burlington (7-6), which fell one game behind Clinton in the Northwest Division standings, had just four hits, all singles, getting most of its runs on the wildness of Quincy’s pitchers.

“We couldn’t find some grass with a lot of the balls we hit today,” Oreskovich said. “We got seven runs, but we couldn’t get that key hit.”

Burlington came into the game having scored just nine runs in its last four games.

“It’s kind of been that way in the last week,” Oreskovich said. “So we just need someone to step up. Literally anybody, just step up at the right time.”

The Bees scratched out their runs without a lot of bop in the lineup.

— Jace Figuereo scored on a sacrifice fly to short right field in the first inning.

— Figuereo scored on a wild pitch in the third inning.

— Miles Risley scored on Cole Yearsley’s single in the fourth inning. Yearsley moved to third on a passed ball and a wild pitch and scored on Dylan Shepherd’s grounder to first base. Keanu Spenser scored the third run of the inning on a throwing error by Quincy catcher Brayden Roberts.

— Shepherd scored on a wild pitch in the ninth inning. Nolan Grawe scored on a balk.

The Bees’ roster is rounding into shape as more players arrive. Figuereo, who played at Southeastern Community College this season, and Risley, who played at Iowa, joined the team on Tuesday.

“I was excited about that lineup,” Oreskovich said. “But we’ve got to be better at getting the big hit at the right time.”

Quincy (5-7) got five hits to produce five runs in the second inning. Harry Oden had a two-run single, Jimmy Koza drove in a run with a single, then Wandel Campana had a two-run double.

The Bees fought back to tie the game with the three-run fourth inning, but Quincy took the lead in the sixth on Koza’s single that scored Oden, who reached on a two-out error.

The Doggy Paddlers then scored four runs in the ninth inning, an outburst started by Tommy Harrison’s opposite-field home run.

Cody Shaffer (1-1) was the winning pitcher. Kyle Smith (0-1) took the loss.

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Photo: Burlington’s Jace Figuereo slides into home to score a run in the third inning. (Steve Cirinna/Burlington Bees)