Joe Benson
West Michigan 0 at Beloit 5
W: M. Fox (1-0, 0.00); L: J. Gerbe (1-1, 3.07)
HR: BEL: J. Benson (2), D. Romero (1).
For Matt Fox, shoulder sugery became a learning process. Robbed of a fastball in the mid-90's, Fox had to learn to pitch. It's been a long struggle for the former first round sandwhich pick since joining the Twins organization, but it all came to head on Friday night when Fox pitched for a career-high 10 strike outs and blanked the West Michigan Whitecaps. The Snappers tied up the best-of-5 series with a 5-0 blanking and it will call come down to a decisive game 5 tonight at Pohlman Field.
Fox struck out 3 in the first inning, then got some help from his batting staff starting with a Joe Benson walk and a Steve Singleton line drive. Deibinson Romero hit his first home run in a Snappers uniform to drive the pair in, and giving Belot a big 3-0 lead.
A Greg Yersich double helped Chris Parmelee to a run in the 4th, while Joe Benson clobbered one over the right center field wall in the 5th.
The Whitecaps were only able to get 3 hits and walk off Fox in his 6 inning on the mound. We was replaced by Australian reliever Matt Williams for 1 inning, and fireballer Aaron Craig for 2. The pair only allowed 1 hit each during their time on the mound.
Only Santo De Leon had some success against the Beloit pitching staff, going 2-for-4 at the plate.
Jeff Gerbe absorbed the loss for the Whitecaps, allowing all 5 Snappers runs on 6 hits and 1 walk while striking out 9 over 7 innings.
Beloit ace Alex Burnett will face off against West Michigan's Charlie Furbush for the MWL crown.
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