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Beloit Snappers collect 19 hits, cruise past Bees

BELOIT — The Beloit Snappers pounded out a season-high 19 hits en route to an 11-5 victory over the visiting Burlington Bees in Midwest League baseball Sunday.

The Snappers’ Daniel Santana went 4-for-4. Steven Liddle and Aaron Hicks had three hits each and scored three times. Liddle had four RBIs and a two-run homer, his 13th of the year.

With a Kane County loss, Beloit is one game behind in the chase for the wild-card playoff berth with eight games left.

The Snappers and Bees play the third game of the four-game set at 7 tonight.

BELOIT 11, BURLINGTON 5

Burlington (ab-r-h-rbi)—Merrifield, cf, 4-0-1-0; McClure, ss, 5-1-2-1; Testa, rf, 3-2-2-0; Kuebler, 1b, 5-1-2-2; Theriot, c, 4-0-1-2; Bonilla, dh, 2-0-0-0; Cruz, 3b, 4-0-0-0; Hall, 2b, 4-0-1-0; Richardson, lf, 4-1-1-0. Totals: 35-5-10-5.

Beloit (ab-r-h-rbi)—Williams, 3b, 5-2-2-1; Beresford, ss, 4-1-2-2; Martinez, ph-ss, 2-0-0-0; Hicks, cf, 4-3-3-0; Liddle, dh, 4-3-3-4; Pinto, c, 3-1-2-1; Ray, 1b, 4-1-1-1; Harrington, lf, 3-0-1-0; Santana, 2b, 4-0-4-1; Lin, rf, 4-0-1-0. Totals: 37-11-19-10.

Burlington 000 210 200—5

Beloit 002 414 00x—11

E—Hicks, 2. DP—Burlington, Beloit. LOB—Burlington 8, Beloit 12. 2B—Kuebler, Testa, Liddle. 3B—Williams. HR—Liddle. SB—Hicks.

IP H R ER BB SO

Burlington

Odenbach (L, 8-10) 4 11 6 6 2 4

Encarnacion 1 6 5 5 2 0

De La Rosa 3 2 0 0 4 2

Beloit

Guerra (W, 2-0) 5 6 3 3 4 3

Lobanov 2 3 2 1 0 2

Spangler 1 0 0 0 1 1

Cardenas 1 1 0 0 0 1