The Tornadoes efforts to earn their first three-game win streak of the season fell a bit short on Monday, as the Jackals exploded for 18 runs in their 18-5 win. Worcester will look to end their eight-game slide against the Jackals Tuesday behind southpaw Mike Gedman who is making his sixth start of the season.
Here are your daily Tornadoes tidbits:
1. Nunez Lighting Up The Scoreboard: Alex Nunez was the biggest bright spot for the Tornadoes on Monday night going 2-for-4 with a season-high three RBI. The three RBI were his season-high and the first time that he’s had multiple RBI in a single game this year. Last season Nunez had nine multi-RBI games, but the three RBI from last night tied his career-high over the past two years with the team.
2. Bright Spots In Relief: While the Tornadoes bullpen struggled mightily Monday night, two relievers pitched extremely well against the Jackals. Kyle Regnault continued his strong July pitching a scoreless inning to push his ERA over his past 10 outing to 2.70 with three runs allowed in his past 10 innings. Bryan Leigh pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his third scoreless outing of the season-his second in a row against the Jackals.
3. Rewriting the 2012 Record Books: The Jackals 18 runs and 21 hits were season-highs for both the Jackals offense and the Tornadoes pitching staff. While the game was close through six innings (6-2), New Jersey exploded for nine runs in the seventh and tacked on three more in the eighth inning to blow the game open.
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