Fulton baseball team wins thriller

May 14, 2008 11:02 am

— PORT BYRON, Ill. — The Fulton Steamers rallied from five runs down in the top of the seventh to forced extra innings in a 11-10 win over Riverdale in Illinois baseball action on Tuesday.
Fulton scored five runs in the third to take a 5-2 lead over the Rams.
Riverdale would then score eight runs over the next four innings to take a 10-5 lead.
The Steamers pushed five across the plate in the seventh to tie the game.
In the top of the tenth, Fulton scored one to take the 11-10 lead then held on for the win.
Fulton’s Jared Kuebel tallied three RBIs at the plate and took the win in relief on the mound.
Score by Innings
Fulton 005 000 500 1 —11 12 2
Riverdale 202 204 000 0 —10 13 8
J. Manning, J. Kuebel (6) and K. Schaver. Keppy, Guinn (4), Lambert (8) and Lonegren.
Two or more hits—Fulton, T. Huff, Kuebel, B. Schneider, J. Harris; Riverdale, Lonegren 3, DenHartog 3, Lambert, Smeltzly. 2B—Fulton, J. Ankrom, Kuebel; Riverdale, DenHartog, Smeltzly, Lambert. HR—Riverdale, DenHartog. RBI—Fulton, Kuebel 3, Huff, Schneider, Schaver, Ankrom; Riverdale, Lambert 4, DenHartog 4, Lonegren, Smeltzly.