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Kernels get 18 hits in 10-5 victory

APPLETON, Wis. - Mitch Garver went 4-for-5 Friday night and drove in three runs as the Cedar Rapids Kernels dumped Wisconsin, 10-5, before 3,668 fans at Fox Cities Stadium.

Engelb Vielma went 4-for-6 for the Kernels and scored four times in their 18-hit attack. Bryan Haar joined the party by going 3-for-4 with two RBIs. Jason Kanzler was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Aaron Slegers (4-0, 3.27 ERA) allowed nine hits and five runs in 5.2 innings for Cedar Rapids and gave up two home runs, but it was good enough to get the victory.

Chad Christensen went 2-for-6 and scored twice for the Kernels.

Cedar Rapids (19-15) and Wisconsin (15-19) meet again Saturday night at 6:35.

KERNELS (10): Williams, lf, 5 1 1 0, Vielma, ss, 6 4 4 0, Christensen, 1b, 6 2 2 1, Garver, c, 5 2 4 3, Larson, rf, 3 0 1 1, Thomas, pr/rf, 0 0 0 0, Haar, 3b, 4 1 3 2, Kanzler, cf, 5 0 2 2, Santy, dh, 5 0 1 0, Licon, 2b, 5 0 0 0. Totals 44 10 18 9.

WISCONSIN (5): Davis, lf, 4 1 1 0, McFarland, dh, 5 1 2 1, Coulter, c, 3 1 2 1, Denson, 1b, 3 0 1 1, Ratterree, rf, 5 0 0 0, Brennan, 3b, 4 0 0 0, Castillo, 2b, 3 0 0 0, Garcia, cf, 4 1 2 0, Ortega, ss, 4 1 1 2. Totals 35 5 9 5.

Kernels     103 201 030 - 10 18 3
Wisconsin  101 012 000 -  5   9 4

Slegers, Van Steensel (6), Powell (9) and Garver. Quintana, Archer (4), Martin (8) and Coulter. W - Slegers (4-0). L - Quintana (0-3). 2B - Christensen (5), Garver 2 (10), Santy (2). 3B - Vielma (2). HR - Coulter (8), Ortega (2). SB - McFarland (14), Garcia 2 (20). E - Slegers (1), Larson (1), Haar (4), Denson (6), Davis (4), Castillo (5), Coulter (3). T - 3:19. A - 3,668.

 

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