River Bats Blow Lead Late, Fall At Willmar

The St. Cloud River Bats have lost 3 straight games after falling 5-4 at Willmar Tuesday night.  St. Cloud allowed 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th inning to fall to the Stingers.  Bryan Haar had 2 hits, a homerun, 2 runs scored and 2 RBIs to lead St. Cloud and Jeremy Banks added 3 hits and 2 RBIs for the Bats.  Keenan Kolinsky allowed 6 hits and 1 earned run in 3 2/3 innings of relief to take the loss.

The Bats are 16-18 in the 2nd half of the season and will host Mankato tonight at 7:05, pregame on AM 1390-the Fan at 6:35.  The 1st 500 fans through the gates tonight receive a pair of River Bats Thunderstix courtesy of Regional Diagnostic Radiology.  It's also Dollar Dog Night.

St. Cloud was eliminated from playoff contention Monday night.