Sliders no-hit in Richmond
Richmond (Ill.) River Rats pitcher Sean Collins tossed a 5-0, complete-game no-hitter Sunday against the Slippery Rock Sliders in Prospect League action at McBride Stadium.
Collins walked just one batter and threw just 116 pitches.
Tim Pupp singled, homered and drove in two runs and Kevin Krantz singled and added two RBI for the River Rats (8-7).
The Sliders (6-8), who saw a two-game winning streak come to an end, will face Richmond on Monday before hosting Quincy on Wednesday, the first of five consecutive home games in as many days.
On Saturday, the Sliders' A.J. Miller had two doubles and three RBI and Sam Silviotti went 3-for-3 with two RBI to power the squad to an 8-3 triumph over DeKalb (Ill.).
Jeremy Banks added a solo home run for Slippery Rock, while teammate Vince Molesky allowed two runs (zero earned) on three hits over 6 2/3 innings) to pick up the win. He walked four and struck out two batters.
Ryan Ogara, Anthony Foulk and Hamilton Wise accounted for the Liners' three hits in the contest.
• Despite a double and single apiece from Jonathan Craycraft and Tyler Sciacca and an RBI from Austin Wulf, the Butler BlueSox came up short in a 5-3 decision to Dupage (Ill.) on Saturday.
The Dragons received a pair of doubles and two runs scored from Seth Batty, a double, run and RBI from David Fallon and two singles and two runs from Steve Dalporto to pace the offensive attack.
Dupage had jumped out to a 4-1 lead after three innings of play. Ryan Wynveen (2-0) allowed one run and four hits over seven innings with seven strikeouts and two walks.
Ben Ballantine was charged with the loss as he allowed four runs on four hits over five innings for Butler (6-8), which dropped its third consecutive game.
