Whitecaps take series finale, 9-2

April 27, 2008 – The West Michigan Whitecaps outhit the Cedar Rapids Kernels 13-5 on Sunday afternoon at Dale and Thomas Popcorn Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, and took the series finale, 9-2. Every West Michigan starter had at least one hit and they drew seven walks off Kernels pitchers.

Kernels starter Jordan Walden (1-3) was roughed up for four runs on seven hits over five innings in taking the loss. He walked three and struck out four. West Michigan starter Ramon Garcia (3-2) gave up a run on four hits and struck out five over seven innings.

The Kernels tied the game 1-1 in the bottom of the third inning as Anel De Los Santos hit a line drive home run onto the Randy Kuehl Honfidence Pavilion in left field, his first of the season. Cedar Rapids were held to just five hits on the day as Jay Brossman added a double and Ivan Contreras drove in the Kernels second run on an RBI groundout in the eighth.

Jeremy Moore was 1-4 and had two stolen bases to raise his season total to 15.

The Kernels hit the road for a six game, seven day trip with games at Burlington and Fort Wayne. They return to Dale and Thomas Popcorn Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Monday, May 5 for a three game series with the Peoria Chiefs, and hall of fame manager, Ryne Sandberg. This is the ONLY time in the 2008 season the Chiefs play in Cedar Rapids.

Tickets for all Kernel home games can be purchased on-line at www.kernels.com, or by calling the Kernels Ticket Office at 896-7560. Ticket Office hours are 10 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday.

                      W.Michigan Whitecaps at Cedar Rapids Kernels
                  Apr 27, 2008 at Cedar Rapids, IA (Veterans Memorial)

  W.Michigan Whitecaps 9 (13-9)                 Cedar Rapids Kernels 2 (12-10)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Peter, Kyle cf.............  4  1  2  1       Moore, Jeremy lf...........  4  1  1  0
  Henry, Justin 2b...........  4  1  1  1       Romine, Andrew ss..........  3  0  0  0
  Bourquin, Ronnie 3b........  4  0  2  1        Contreras, Ivan 2b........  1  0  0  1
  Carlson, Chris 1b..........  4  0  1  1       Brossman, Jay 3b...........  4  0  1  0
  Wells, Casper rf...........  5  1  1  0       Perez, Julio rf............  4  0  0  0
  Newton, Jordan c...........  5  1  2  0       Gronkowski, Gordie dh......  4  0  0  0
  Kaiser, Kody dh............  3  2  1  1       Navarro, Efren 1b..........  3  0  1  0
  Ciriaco, Audy ss...........  5  1  1  1       Fuller, Clay cf............  3  0  1  0
  McBratney, Mark lf.........  5  2  2  1       De Los Santos, Anel c......  4  1  1  1
  Garcia, Ramon p............  0  0  0  0       Gonzalez, Jerry 2b/ss......  4  0  0  0
   Mieses, Santo p...........  0  0  0  0       Walden, Jordan p...........  0  0  0  0
   Garcia, Wilton p..........  0  0  0  0        McKiernan, Eddie p........  0  0  0  0
                                                 Chambers, Brian p.........  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 39  9 13  7       Totals..................... 34  2  5  2

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  W.Michigan Whitecaps 001 032 003 -  9 13  2
  Cedar Rapids Kernels 001 000 010 -  2  5  2
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Ciriaco, A 2(10); Navarro, E(4); DeLosSantos(5). DP - Kernels 2. LOB - W.
  Michigan 10; Kernels 7. 2B - Carlson, C(5); Wells, C(2); Newton, J(4); Brossman,
  J(7). 3B - Bourquin, R(1); McBratney, M(4). HR - DeLosSantos(1). SB - Peter, K(8);
  Newton, J(2); Kaiser, K 2(3); Ciriaco, A(2); Moore, J 2(15). CS - Peter, K(2).

  W.Michigan Whitecaps           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Garcia, Ramon  W,3-2.......   7.0  4  1  1  1  5   1  0  0  0   26 27   9  8
  Mieses, Santo .............   1.0  1  1  1  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  4   1  1
  Garcia, Wilton ............   1.0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    4  5   3  0

  Cedar Rapids Kernels           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Walden, Jordan  L,1-3......   5.0  7  4  4  3  4   0  0  0  0   21 24   3  6
  McKiernan, Eddie ..........   2.0  3  2  2  3  2   0  0  0  0   10 13   1  3
  Chambers, Brian ...........   2.0  3  3  3  1  0   0  0  0  0    8  9   1  4

  WP - Garcia, R(2).

  Strikeouts - Bourquin, R; Carlson, C; Wells, C; Newton, J; Kaiser, K; McBratney, M;
  Moore, J; Perez, J; Gronkowski,G 2; DeLosSantos 2. Walks - Peter, K 2; Henry, J;
  Bourquin, R; Carlson, C; Kaiser, K 2; Navarro, E; Fuller, C.

  Umpires - HP: Max Guyll  1B: Jared Gary
  Start: 2:00   Time: 2:40   Attendance: 1594