Bees Hold on to Snap Losing Streak

Alton, IL – The Bees never trailed as they scored enough in the late innings to take an 8-6 win at 

Lloyd Hopkins Field on June 9. 

Burlington got off to a quick start, leading after the third batter of the game when Tanner 

Reinartz (Huntington) doubled home Juan Fernandez (SCC). They would add three more in the 

top of the second, as Lucas Krebs (Illinois) and Fernandez each recorded RBIs. Krebs would 

score the third run of the inning on an errant pickoff throw to make the score 4-0. 

Alton would immediately respond in the bottom half of the inning, plating three runs on four 

doubles to cut the lead to one. 

Burlington would bump the lead back up to two in the third after Reinartz singled in Kole 

Sonnenburg (Mount Mercy). 

That 5-3 score held until the bottom of the fifth when Alton scored one on a two out single to

make it a one run game once again. 

Burlington would answer in the sixth with a run of their own after Kila Teixeira (Hawaii Pacific) 

began the inning with a double and scored on a Foti Rigopoulos (Illinois) single to push the 

score to 6-4. 

Alton would tie the score at six in the seventh after two walks, an error, and a wild pitch. 

The Bees went on to score one run in the eighth and ninth innings. With two outs in the eighth

and Sonnenburg on second base, Krebs popped a ball up in the infield which dropped as two 

River Dragon infielders let it fall between them. The lead was extended after Austin Mallee 

(Gateway CC) homered to left in the ninth. 

Jake Weissenberger (Mount Mercy) picked up his second save of the season after striking out 

three batters in a scoreless ninth. Zach Troxel (Indiana Wesleyan) recorded the win for the 

Bees. He pitched two scoreless innings out of relief of starting pitcher Tate Slagle (Iowa). Slagle 

went six innings on the mound, the longest start of the season for a Bees pitcher. 

Burlington's losing streak ends at four games. They improve to 5-8 and will be at Springfield

tomorrow night with first pitch set for 6:30 pm at Robin Roberts Stadium.