Kernels snap streak in 4-1 win over Wizards

May 4, 2008 – The Cedar Rapids Kernels broke a three game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Fort Wayne Wizards on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium in Fort Wayne.

Kernels starter Michael Anton allowed a run on six hits and struck out six over 6.2 innings to improve to 4-1 on the season. Brian Chambers struck out one over 1.1 innings and Ryan Brasier allowed a hit in the ninth inning to earn his sixth save of the season.

Ivan Contreras, Andrew Romine, Efren Navarro and Clay Fuller each had two hits as the Kernels had 11 hits on the day. Fuller and Navarro had an RBI along with Chris Rosenbaum and Jerry Gonzalez. Jay Brossman went 0 for 4 to see his hitting streak snapped at seven games.

Fort Wayne starter Mat Latos (0-2) gave up two runs on five hits over three innings to take the loss.

With the win, the Kernels improve to 15-13 on the season.  Fort Wayne falls to 13-16.

The Kernels return home to Dale and Thomas Popcorn Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium on Monday, May 5^th to start a three game series with the Peoria Chiefs and their hall of fame manager, Ryne Sandberg. This is the only time in the 2008 regular season that the Chiefs come to Cedar Rapids.

Tickets are available 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.

                       Cedar Rapids Kernels at Fort Wayne Wizards
                   May 04, 2008 at Fort Wayne, IN (Memorial Stadium)

  Cedar Rapids Kernels 4 (15-13)                Fort Wayne Wizards 1 (13-16)

  Player                      AB  R  H BI       Player                      AB  R  H BI
  ---------------------------------------       ---------------------------------------
  Contreras, Ivan 2b.........  5  1  2  0       Durango, Luis lf...........  3  0  1  0
  Romine, Andrew ss..........  5  1  2  0        Buschini, Shane rf........  1  0  0  0
  Navarro, Efren 1b..........  3  0  2  1       Cumberland, Drew ss........  4  0  0  0
  Brossman, Jay 3b...........  4  0  0  0       Zawadzki, Lance 2b.........  3  0  1  0
  Fuller, Clay cf............  4  1  2  1       Baum, Justin 3b............  4  0  0  0
  Gronkowski, Gordie dh......  4  0  1  0       Mercado, Angel dh..........  3  1  1  0
  Perez, Julio rf............  4  0  0  0       Martinez, Luis c...........  4  0  1  0
  Rosenbaum, Chris c.........  2  1  1  1       Chalk, Brad cf.............  4  0  1  0
  Gonzalez, Jerry lf.........  4  0  1  1       Carrasco, Felix 1b.........  3  0  1  1
  Anton, Michael p...........  0  0  0  0       Carvajal, Yefri rf/lf......  4  0  1  0
   Chambers, Brian p.........  0  0  0  0       Latos, Mat p...............  0  0  0  0
   Brasier, Ryan p...........  0  0  0  0        Davis, Tyler p............  0  0  0  0
                                                 Vandel, Geoff p...........  0  0  0  0
                                                 McDaid, Derek p...........  0  0  0  0

  Totals..................... 35  4 11  4       Totals..................... 33  1  7  1

  Score by Innings                    R  H  E
  -------------------------------------------
  Cedar Rapids Kernels 101 002 000 -  4 11  1
  Fort Wayne Wizards.. 010 000 000 -  1  7  0
  -------------------------------------------

  E - Anton, M(1). DP - Kernels 1. LOB - Kernels 7; Fort Wayne 8. 2B - Contreras,
  I(2); Navarro, E(8); Fuller, C(5); Gonzalez, J(3); Carrasco, F(3). SH - Navarro, E.
  CS - Romine, A(2).

  Cedar Rapids Kernels           IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Anton, Michael  W,4-1......   6.2  6  1  1  3  6   0  0  0  0   25 28   7  6
  Chambers, Brian ...........   1.1  0  0  0  0  1   0  0  0  0    4  4   2  1
  Brasier, Ryan  S,6.........   1.0  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  0    4  4   0  3

  Fort Wayne Wizards             IP  H  R ER BB SO  WP BK HP IBB  AB BF  FO GO
  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Latos, Mat  L,0-2..........   3.0  5  2  2  1  3   0  0  0  0   13 15   5  1
  Davis, Tyler ..............   1.0  0  0  0  0  2   0  0  0  0    3  3   1  0
  Vandel, Geoff .............   4.0  6  2  2  0  2   0  0  0  0   16 16   4  4
  McDaid, Derek .............   1.0  0  0  0  1  0   0  0  0  0    3  4   3  0

  PB - Rosenbaum, C(1); Martinez, L(2).

  Strikeouts - Brossman, J; Fuller, C; Gronkowski,G; Perez, J 2; Rosenbaum, C;
  Gonzalez, J; Durango, L; Buschini, S; Cumberland,D; Mercado, A; Carrasco, F 2;
  Carvajal, Y. Walks - Rosenbaum, C 2; Zawadzki, L; Mercado, A; Carrasco, F.

  Umpires - HP: Ben Karis  1B: Brent Rice
  Start: 1:00   Time: 2:32   Attendance: 4184