Scouts Shutout By Steam

XENIA – The Scouts continued their sluggish start to the 2017 season on Sunday, as they fell to the Cincinnati Steam by a final score of 8-0.

KEY MOMENT
– The Steam jumped on starting pitcher Alex Worthington early, scoring four runs in the top half of the first inning.

SCORING BREAKDOWN
Top 1st
– Cincinnati’s Dallas Beaver started the scoring with an RBI triple that scored Jake Bouke. After Worthington struck out Mike Moffat for the second out of the inning, the Steam lined three straight RBI singles into the outfield to make it a 4-0 game.

Top 3rd
– A two-out double off the bat of Jace Mercer scored two more for Cincinnati, making it 6-0.

Top 7th
– Mercer came through again for the Steam as he picked up his 3rd and 4th RBIs of the day with another two-out hit, bringing the score to 8-0.

FINAL
– The Scouts could not scratch across a run off of Cincinnati as the final score stayed at 8-0 Steam.


KEY STATS
– The Scouts were shutout for the first time in the 2017 season.
– Xenia’s 3 hits were the fewest of the summer.
– Aaron Takacs has now reached base in 5 straight games for the Scouts.
– Jordan Lambert is 7 for his last 14 at the plate, and leads the Scouts in batting average at .370.
– Chris Ackerman’s .500 on-base percentage is tied for 14th in the league.
– Francisco Ondina has walked nine times through the first seven games. His nine walks is the 6th most in the league.

UP NEXT
The Scouts travel to Lorain County on Tuesday to take on the Ironmen in a double-header. First pitch is at 5:05. Tune into Andrew Alix and Gabe Genovesi on the Xenia Scouts Radio Network for all the action.