April 21 - Dayton 10, Kernels 3

April 21, 2008 – The Dayton Dragons snapped the Cedar Rapids Kernels three-game winning streak, 10-3, on Monday night at Fifth Third Field in Dayton. The Dragons scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth and seven runs in the bottom of the seventh to break open a 1-0 Kernels lead.

Kernels starter Robert Fish allowed a hit and struck out seven over five innings with four walks in a no-decision effort. Reliever Esmerlin Jimenez gave up seven runs (four eanred) and five hits over 1.2 innings to take the loss.

Dayton reliever Jeff Jeffords (1-0) scattered three hits over 2.2 innings and struck out three to get the win in relief of starter Scott Carroll.

The Kernels drew seven walks, but stranded 12 runners on base. Jeremy Moore and Cody Collet had RBI’s for the Kernels. Clay Fuller was 2 for 5 with a double and Jerry Gonzalez was 2 for 4. Moore had three stolen bases to raise his total to a team-high 9 but was caught once.

Game two of this three game series is Tuesday night at 6:00 pm at Fifth Third Field in Dayton. Listen to John Rodgers as he brings you all the play-by-play action on the internet at www.kernels.com, or in eastern Iowa on 1450 KMRY AM.

The Kernels return home for a three game series with the West Michigan Whitecaps on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 pm. Tickets are available on-line at www.kernels.com, or by calling the Kernels Ticket Office at 896-7560. Ticket office hours are 10 amt o 5 pm, Monday through Friday, and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday.

                         Cedar Rapids Kernels at Dayton Dragons
                     Apr 21, 2008 at Dayton, OH (Fifth Third Field)

  Cedar Rapids Kernels 3 (9-8)                  Dayton Dragons 10 (9-8)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Moore, Jeremy lf...........  3  1  1  1       Menchaca, Brandon lf.......  4  1  2  2
  Romine, Andrew ss..........  4  0  1  0       Cozart, Zack ss............  3  0  0  0
  Brossman, Jay 3b...........  4  0  0  0       Frazier, Todd 1b...........  5  1  2  2
  Navarro, Efren 1b..........  3  0  0  0       Waring, Brandon 3b.........  4  2  1  0
  Johnson, Tyler rf..........  3  1  1  0       Phipps, Denis rf...........  5  0  0  0
  Fuller, Clay cf............  5  1  2  0       McKennon, Michael dh.......  3  2  1  1
  De Los Santos, Anel c......  4  0  0  0       Bour, Jason c..............  4  1  1  0
  Collet, Cody dh............  3  0  1  1       Feiner, Kevyn 2b...........  5  2  2  1
  Gonzalez, Jerry 2b.........  4  0  2  0       Reed, Justin cf............  2  1  1  1
  Fish, Robert p.............  0  0  0  0       Carroll, Scott p...........  0  0  0  0
   Jimenez, Esmerlin p.......  0  0  0  0        Jeffords, Jeff p..........  0  0  0  0
   Chambers, Brian p.........  0  0  0  0        Valiquette, Philippe p....  0  0  0  0
   Carmona, Ysmael p.........  0  0  0  0        Krebs, Joseph p...........  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 33  3  8  2       Totals..................... 35 10 10  7

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Cedar Rapids Kernels 100 000 020 -  3  8  3
  Dayton Dragons...... 000 003 70X - 10 10  1
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Navarro, E(3); Johnson, T(2); Fuller, C(2); Valiquette,P(1). LOB - Kernels 12;
  Dayton 10. 2B - Fuller, C(2); Frazier, T(6); Waring, B(3); Feiner, K(2). HBP -
  Brossman, J; Cozart, Z; Bour, J. SF - Collet, C. SB - Moore, J 3(9); Reed, J 3(5).
  CS - Moore, J(2); Gonzalez, J(2); McKennon, M(1).

  Cedar Rapids Kernels           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Fish, Robert ..............   5.0  1  0  0  4  7   1  0  1  0   16 21   7  1
  Jimenez, Esmerlin  L,0-1...   1.2  5  7  4  1  1   2  0  1  0   11 13   1  3
  Chambers, Brian ...........   0.1  3  3  3  2  0   0  0  0  0    4  6   0  1
  Carmona, Ysmael ...........   1.0  1  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  0

  Dayton Dragons                 IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Carroll, Scott ............   4.0  1  1  1  4  2   2  0  0  0   13 17   6  4
  Jeffords, Jeff  W,1-0......   2.2  3  0  0  2  3   0  0  0  0    9 11   0  3
  Valiquette, Philippe ......   1.0  3  2  1  1  1   0  0  1  0    6  9   2  0
  Krebs, Joseph .............   1.1  1  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    5  5   2  1

  WP - Fish, R; Jimenez, E 2; Carroll, S 2. HBP - by Fish, R (Cozart, Z); by Valiquette,P
  (Brossman, J); by Jimenez, E (Bour, J).

  Strikeouts - Brossman, J; Johnson, T 2; Fuller, C 2; DeLosSantos; Collet, C;
  Menchaca, B 2; Cozart, Z; Frazier, T; Waring, B; McKennon, M 2; Bour, J; Feiner, K
  2. Walks - Moore, J 2; Romine, A; Navarro, E 2; Johnson, T 2; Menchaca, B; Cozart,
  Z; Waring, B; McKennon, M 2; Reed, J 2.

  Umpires - HP: Jason Alper  1B: Justin Sassaman
  Start: 6:00   Time: 3:15   Attendance: 7944