Burman’s homer gives Cavs split

Brian Burman hit a walk-off three-run home run in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Eau Claire Cavaliers a 5-2 win over the Lombard Orioles in the second game of a doubleheader in Wisconsin State League action Saturday night at Carson Park. The Orioles won the first game 9-1.

Cory Bonner gave up two runs in seven solid innings for the Cavaliers in the second game. Eau Claire was held to two hits in the opener.

Orioles 9, Cavaliers 1

LOMBARD (9)

AB-R-H-RBI: Romano, lf, 4-1-3-1; Sousanes, ss, 5-2-2-0; Browning, cf, 5-2-3-3; Drago, 1b, 4-1-0-0; Alexander, 3b, 3-1-2-1; Mitidiero, rf, 3-0-1-2; Albanese, ph/rf, 1-0-0-0; Lauria, dh/rf, 4-1-3-2; Myslowski, c, 2-0-0-0; Hoge, 2b, 4-1-2-0, Sobieski, p/ph; 1-0-0-0. Totals 36-9-16-9.

EAU CLAIRE (1)

Masaki Onose, dh, 2-0-0-0; Cody Booker, 3b, 3-0-0-0; Sam Hurt, 2b, 3-0-1-0; Brian Burman, c, 3-0-0-1; Ryan Connor, rf, 3-0-1-0; Grant Peikert, ss, 3-0-0-0; Eric Cottrell, 1b, 3-0-0-0; Tyler Black, lf, 3-0-0-0; Naoki Otani, cf, 1-1-0-0. Totals 24-1-2-1.

Lombard 212 220 0 — 9 16 1

Eau Claire 000 001 0 — 1 2 1

E — Sousanes, Peikert. LOB — Lombard 10, Eau Claire 4. 2B — Browning, Lauria. 3B — Sousanes. SB — Hurt.

Lombard IP H R ER BB SO

Sobieski 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mamlic 6 2 1 1 2 4

Mandel, W 1 0 0 0 0 1

Eau Claire

Tyler Dierke, L 5 15 9 9 2 4

James Holub 2 1 0 0 2 1

WP — Dierke.

Cavaliers 5, Orioles 2

12 innings

LOMBARD (2)

AB-R-H-RBI: Romano, cf, 5-0-0-0; Sousanes, ss/c, 5-1-0-0; Nick Mitidiero, 3b, 3-0-1-0; Sobieski, 1b, 4-0-2-1; Alexander, 2b, 4-0-1-0; Schneider, rf, 5-0-0-0; Candea, dh, 4-1-1-0; Jim Frankos, c, 3-0-1-1; Matt Hoge, ss/c, 2-0-0-0; Albanese, lf/p, 4-0-0-0. Totals 39-2-6-2.

EAU CLAIRE (5)

Masaki Onose, 2b, 4-1-0-0; Cody Booker, 3b, 4-1-0-0; Sam Hurt, ss, 4-1-1-1; Brian Burman, c, 3-2-2-3; Ryan Connor, 1b, rf, 4-0-1-1; Eric Cottrell, rf/lf, 4-0-0-0; Tyler Black, lf, 3-0-0-0; Jacob Jenneman, ph/1b, 2-0-0-0; RJ Page, dh/1b, 5-0-1-0; Naoki Otani, cf, 1-0-0-0. Totals 34-5-5-5.

Lombard 011 000 000 000 — 2 6 2

Eau Claire 100 001 000 003 — 5 5 2

E — Sousanes, Mitidiero, Hurt, Cottrell. LOB — Lombard 9, Eau Claire 11. 2B — Burman, Connor. 3B — Frankos. HR — Burman. SB — Sobieski, Browning. CS — Mitidiero, Sobieski.

Lombard IP H R ER BB SO

Scatassa 5 0 1 0 3 5

Matt Miller 3 2 1 1 2 3

Albanese, L 3 3 3 3 1 1

Eau Claire

Cory Bonner 7 5 2 2 5 6

Mitsuo Nakamura 4 1 0 0 1 2

Jenneman, W 1 0 0 0 0 1

WP — Scatassa, Bonner. HBP — Scatassa, Miller, Albanese, Nakamura.

Story by: Eau Claire Leader-Telegram