Bees rally twice to top Kernels by identical scores

The Cedar Rapids Kernels lost twice Thursday night at Burlington and twice by the same score at that.

The Bees won the conclusion of a suspended game when Gerald Hall singled in Deivy Batista in the bottom of the ninth for a 5-4 victory. The Kernels had rallied for two runs in the eighth to knot that game at 4-4 Wednesday night before rain suspended the game with the Kernels still batting in the eighth.

In the regular game Thursday night, the Bees again rallied for a 5-4 victory, this time with two runs in the bottom of the seventh. The Bees were aided in that rally by two wild pitches from Kernels reliever Young-Il Jung, who also allowed three singles in the inning. He took the loss and was also credited with a blown save.

Casey Haerther and Richard Cates had three-hit games for the Kernels, who dropped to 7-7 for the second half of the Midwest League season.

Reliever Mike Kenney (2-1) took the loss in the completion of the suspended game. Cates and Carlos Ramirez each two hits for Cedar Rapids in that game.