Through three games the Gary SouthShore RailCats and Tornadoes have played quite the exciting series, with all three games decided by a single run. The Tornadoes will look for a split of the four-game set Sunday when Chris Torres makes his first career start of his professional career against RailCats pitcher Stephen Hiscock.
Here are some of the highlights from today’s Game Notes:
1. Jerod Edmondson has been the most consistent Tornado all season long, playing and starting in all 53 games this season in center field and hitting either first or third in the Tornadoes lineup. But what his consistency even more impressive, is that the Johnson City, New York native is on his way to a career year. The five-year pro is on pace to easily break his career marks in home runs (17) and RBI (61) and could also set new standards for doubles (28) and steals (23).
2. Worcester has struggled to score runs at points this season but for the season as a whole they’ve averaged just under 4.5 runs per game. The interesting part about the Tornadoes offense has been how proportional they’ve been in distributing their runs scored. The Tornadoes have scored 20 or more runs in every inning but the fourth (excluding extra innings), and haven’t scored more than 36 runs (3rd inning) in any inning.
3. The Tornadoes have seen strong professional debuts on back-to-back-to-back days from three 2012 graduates. Kyle Nisson (Quinnipiac University) started Thursday night’s game as the designated hitter and recorded the game-winning RBI when he was plunked by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth inning. Amherst College product Mike Samela finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a run scored in Friday night’s 7-6 loss against the RailCats, while Cam Kneeland (UMass Lowell) finished 1-for-3 with a walk and a double as the shortstop in last night’s game.
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