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Snappers stung by Bees

BURLINGTON, IOWA — Chris Robinson stung the Beloit Snappers here Thursday night.

Robinson hit a pair of home runs to lift the Burlington Bees to a 6-2 win over the Snappers in Midwest League baseball.

Beloit tied the game at 2-2 in top of the fourth on Andrew Schmeising’s RBI single, but Robinson hita two-run homer in the bottom of the inning to put the Bees back on top 4-2. Robinson has 16 home runs for the season.

Henry Reyes (2-3) suffered the loss. Estarlin De Los Santos had three hits for the Snappers.

Game two of the four-game series is tonight.

BURLINGTON 6, SNAPPERS 2

Beloit (ab-r-h-rbi)—Brito, 2b, 3-0-1-0; Cates, 2b, 2-0-0-0; De Los Santos, ss, 5-0-3-1; Solarte, rf, 5-0-2-0; Leveret, 1b, 4-0-0-0; Dolenc, cf, 5-0-0-0; Santana, dh, 3-1-0-0; Yersich, c, 4-0-1-0; Richardson, lf, 3-1-2-1. Totals: 38-2-10-2.

Burlington (ab-r-h-rbi)—Lough, cf, 4-2-1-1; Giavotella, 2b, 4-0-0-0; Moustakas, 3b, 3-0-0-0; Taylor, 1b, 3-1-1-1; Robinson, dh, 4-2-3-3; Francis, rf, 4-1-2-0; Walton, lf, 4-0-1-0; Rivera, ss, 3-0-1-1; Eigsti, c, 3-0-0-0. Totals: 32-6-9-6.

Beloit 001 100 000—2

Burlington 011 310 00x—6

E—Giavotella. DP—None. LOB—Beloit 12, Burlington 7. 2B—Francis, Taylor. HR—Robinson 2, Lough. SB—De Los Santos, Moustakas.

IP H R ER BB SO

Beloit

Reyes (L, 2-3) 4 6 5 5 1 4

Allen 3 2 1 1 1 3

Martin 1 1 0 0 0 1

Burlington

Caldera (W, 11-6) 5 7 2 1 0 6

Augustine 2 2 0 0 1 2

Raglione 1 1 0 0 1 1

Bradley 1 0 0 0 0 0