00 1 B4 Friday, June 3, 2022 Quad-City timesSPORTS STEVE BATTERSON There was a power surge Thursday night at Modern Woodmen Park, but for the Quad Cities River Bandits it matter. Beloit scored eight runs in the top of the ninth inning to overcome a six-run deficit in the Midwest League game and stun Quad Cities, 13-11. The River Bandits entered the final inning with a seemingly comfortable 11-5 lead but by the time Will Ban- field drove home two runs and Ben- nett Hostetler plated a third, things were getting uncomfortable. The first 11 of 12 batters to come to the plate in the inning for the Sky Carp reached base as relievers Chase Wallace and Anderson Paulino gave up nine hits including seven singles before the final out was recorded. Kyler Costello greeted Paulino with a run-scoring single that was followed by a two-run double by Cody Morissette tied the game at 11-11.
Victor Mesa Jr. then drove home the game-deciding runs with a two- run single up the middle. The collapse the biggest of the season for Quad Cities, which blew a seven-run lead at Wisconsin on April 20. The River Bandits clubbed a sea- son-high 19 hits, a total matched by the Sky Carp with their big ninth inning. Quad Cities brought the winning run to the plate in the ninth after Ty- ler Tolbert collected fourth base hit of the game and Diego Hernandez followed with his third with one out.
Chandler Jozwiak ended the game with a pair of fly outs to hand the River Bandits their fourth straight loss including three straight to open the series against the Sky Carp. Extra-base hits were plentiful for both teams, with Beloit recording six and Quad Cities recording eight including a season high six doubles and two home runs. Dillan Shrum hit the last for Quad Cities, a two-run blast to left that left the bat at 108 miles per hour and gave the River Bandits a 9-5 lead through six innings. His sixth homer of the season fol- lowed a leadoff double by Gonzalez and came after the Sky Carp had pulled within 7-5 with a two-run sixth inning of their own in a back- and-forth battle between two teams holding up the bottom end of the West Division standings. The River Bandits put up a crooked number of their own earlier in the game.
A four-run fourth inning by Quad Cities broke a 3-3 tie and chased Beloit starter Dax Fulton from the game. A leadoff homer by Morgan Mc- Cullough added to the collection of 11 hits the River Bandits piled up during a four-inning start by the 6-foot-7 left-hander, a second-round pick of the Marlins in 2020. Kale Emshoff drove home his sec- ond and third runs of the game with a two-run double and scored when Burle Dixon followed with a double to right. Quad Cities starter Noah Cam- eron scattered five hits over a four-inning start, giving up three runs on two-out hits while striking out five batters in a walk-free outing. The Sky Carp took a 1-0 lead on a Banfield double in the first inning, pulled within 3-2 on a Mesa double in the third and then tied the game at 3-3 when Castillo brought a run home with a single in the top of the fourth.
Beloit rallied after the River Ban- dits had built a 3-1 lead after two innings. Tolbert opened the bottom of the first with a single and with the hit and run on, he scored when Her- nandez doubled. Following a sacrifice bunt by Gon- zalez, Hernandez came home on a single to center by Emshoff to give Quad Cities a 2-1 lead. Gonzalez drove home the River third run an inning later with an single to right. Bandits blow six-run lead in ninth ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER Nazem Kadri had three assists in a 2:04 span in the second period, backup Pavel Francouz stopped 24 shots for his second career playoff shutout and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Edmonton Oilers 4-0 on Thurs- day night to take a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals.
The Avalanche broke through in the second after a scoreless open- ing period that featured something rarely seen so far in this series de- fense. Artturi Lehkonen and Josh Manson scored 15 seconds apart to get things going in the second, with Mikko Rantanen adding another on third assist. Nathan MacKinnon scored late in the third. Game 3 is Saturday in Edmonton. The Avalanche are 5-0 on the road so far in these playoffs, and 15-4 in a best-of-seven series when taking a 2-0 lead.
This game was a departure from a high-scoring Game 1 in which there were 14 goals and 84 shots. Francouz grew stronger with ev- ery save he made as he stepped in for Darcy Kuemper, who left Game 1 with an upper-body injury. Fran- couz was serenaded with chants of from the crowd. Colorado held big three of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl and Evander Kane to seven shots. Draisaitl saw his streak of nine straight games with at least one assist come to an end.
Mike Smith allowed four goals on 40 shots. This after the 40-year- old Smith was pulled in Game 1 after surrendering six goals. Avs grab 2-0 series edge on Oilers STEVE BATTERSON If you think the University of Iowa wrestling season be- gins sometime in November, think again. As far as coach Tom Brands is concerned, the work never stops, and for nine Iowa wrestlers the 2022- 23 season essentially opens this weekend. future is now.
The fu- ture is Brands said as seven current Hawkeyes and two incoming freshmen pre- pare to compete at the U23 and U20 World Team Trials beginning Saturday at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio. is an opportunity to compete and getting on a bus and going on a road trip to Ohio. You beat Champions in each weight class in both the U23 and U20 Trials qualify to represent the United States at the 2022 UWW World Championships, and Brands is anxious to see what Iowa wrestlers can do with the opportunity. Six Hawkeyes Drew Bennett at 65 kilograms, Cobe Siebrecht at 70, Pat- rick Kennedy at 74, Brennan Swafford at 79, Abe Assad at 86 and defending champion Tony Cassioppi at 125 will compete in the U23 division. Caleb Rathjen at 70, Aiden Riggins at 74 and Kolby Franklin at 92 will wrestle in the U20 division.
Competition in both divi- sions begins at 8 a.m. (CDT) on Saturday, with medal rounds and finals in the U20 Trials scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday and U23 quar- terfinals, semifinals, conso- lation and medal matches set to begin at 9 a.m. on Sunday. guys we have com- peting, fired up to see Brands said.
guys have high expectations for themselves. We want to see hustle, attitude, fight. We want to see them go out and do their Patrick Kennedy, posi- tioned to move into the Hawk- eye lineup at 165 pounds next season after spending the past two years as a back-up to Alex Marinelli, welcomes the chance to participate in his first tournament of this size since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. want to prove that a force to be reckoned with in the Kennedy said. want to be ready to go, ready to wrestle, have some fun and score a bunch of Brands, calling Kennedy good as said the Minnesota native has re- mained ready during his role with the Hawkeyes the past two seasons.
next year, go- ing to be dependent on Pat- rick Kennedy and a lot of other younger Brands said. proven himself in international style. proven himself in collegiate style. a Kennedy counts on that happening this weekend. take every opportu- nity to compete seriously any time of Kennedy said.
we go to a tour- nament, we go to With the expected return of three-time NCAA cham- pion Spencer Lee at 125, Max Murin at 149, Assad at 184, NCAA runner-up Jacob War- ner at 197 and Cassioppi at 285, the Hawkeyes still have five lineup spots to fill next season. Nothing will be decided this weekend, but Brands views the Trials as part of the process. For example, Rathjen, Sie- brecht and Riggins are among competitors with an eye on the lineup spot at 157. excited about those guys. I want to see what kind of fight and attitude they bring to Brands said.
a good weekend to get on a bus and go to Brands for future Gauff reaches first Grand Slam final HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press PARIS In some ways, Coco Gauff is very much a typical 18-year-old, striding into Court Philippe Chatrier for her French Open semifinal on Thursday with earbuds in place, listening to a playlist she explained is and I say the next And in some ways, she is an old soul, anything but a run-of-the- mill teen or run-of-the-mill tennis player. So when Gauff had wrapped up her 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martina Trevisan to reach her first Grand Slam final, setting up a show- down against No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek on Saturday, the Amer- ican thought of the recent spate of mass shootings in her home country and wrote in marker on a courtside TV camera: End gun woke up this morning, and I saw there was another shooting, and I think just crazy. I know that getting more attention now. But this has been an issue, at least in my head, for a long time, and I definitely think there needs to be some reform put into Gauff said.
think now espe- cially, being 18, really been trying to educate myself around certain situations, because now I have the right to vote and I want to use that A willingness to speak out about issues of significance, and a wide- lens view of the world, reflect the sort of maturity that has served her well, especially with so much attention from such a young age. She won the French Open junior title at 14. She became the young- est qualifier in Wimbledon history and then beat Venus Williams on the way to the fourth round there at 15. what I see on court, developing every year, said Swiatek, the champion at Roland Garros in 2020 and on a 34-match winning streak after eliminating No. 20 Daria Kasat- kina 6-2, 6-1 on Thursday.
when I see her, I tend to forget that When Gauff arrived in Paris a little more than two weeks ago, she celebrated her recent high school graduation by pos- ing for cap-and-gown photos near the Eiffel Tower while holding her diploma. Now the youngest player to reach a major title match since Maria Sharapova won Wimble- don at 17 in 2004. AP Coco Gauff returns a shot during 6-3, 6-1 victory over Martina Trevisan in the French Open semifinals. The 18-year-old Gauff became the youngest american female finalist in Paris since Monica Seles in 1991 and the youngest overall since Kim Clijsters in 2001. IOWA WRESTLING MIDWEST LEAGUE SKy CarP 13, BandiTS 11 BANDITS BYTES Hot bat: river Bandits outfielder diego Hernandez extended an on-base streak to 16 games when he doubled in the first inning on Thursday.
He has hit .352 during the stretch, going 22-for-60 at the plate. The effort has allowed Hernandez to raise his batting average by 58 points during the stretch and has been successful in 10-of-11 stolen base attempts. For a cause: Thursday was Men- tal Health awareness night at Modern Woodmen Park, where the river Bandits wore replica jerseys from the 2010 river Bandits that were auctioned off during the game. Proceeds from the auction of the black jerseys with red trim and a river Bandits logo on the left side benefited the Vera French Foundation. On deck: Beloit at Quad Cities, Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Probable pitch- ers: Sky Carp, evan Fitterer (1-3, 5.23); river Bandits, eric Ceran- tola (0-0, 4.91) NHL PLAYOFFS aVaLanCHe 4, OiLerS 0 AP Colorado avalanche left wing artturi Lehkonen (62) celebrates the 4-0 win against the edmonton Oilers with goaltender Pavel Francouz (39) following Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Thursday in denver. FRENCH OPEN.
