QC 8, CR 9 | May 26, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, May 26, 2026•Veterans Memorial Stadium•84°F, Partly Cloudy

River Bandits

Kernels

Final

WIN

Brian Zeldin

LOSS

Yimi Presinal

The Kernels edged the River Bandits 9-8 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Derlin Figueroa3-for-4, 2 RBI

★Yasser Mercedes3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Jay Thomason singles on a ground ball to left fielder Luke Pelzer. Yasser Mercedes scores. Jacob McCombs to 3rd. Rayne Doncon to 2nd.

Weather: 84°F, Partly CloudyWind: 5 mph, NoneFirst pitch: 11:35 PM UTCT: 3:00Att: 1,545Venue: Veterans Memorial Stadium

Win Probability

CR WinQC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
QC	0	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	13	0
CR	1	0	2	0	0	2	0

Game 820146 • Sources: MLB

Batting

Quad Cities River Bandits

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Nolan SailorsRF	4	1	0	0	0	0	.232/.348/.348
Asbel GonzalezCF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.255/.335/.336
Blake MitchellDH	3	1	2	1	2	1	.205/.431/.426
Ramon RamirezC	5	0	1	0	0	1	.309/.369/.520
Luke PelzerLF	4	2	2	1	0	0	.311/.361/.485
Derlin Figueroa3B	4	2	3	2	0	1	.306/.382/.604
Jose Cerice1B	4	0	1	1	0	3	.256/.340/.310
Tyriq KempSS	4	1	2	1	0	1	.256/.372/.416
Angel Acosta2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.262/.311/.262
Bench
Tanner JonesP							.000/.000/.000
Nick ConteP							.000/.000/.000
Kamden EdgeP
Totals	37	8	13	7	2	8	-

HR:Figueroa (3rd off Ross, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Figueroa; Pelzer; Mitchell

TB:19

RBI:Figueroa 2; Pelzer; Kemp; Cerice; Gonzalez; Mitchell

SB:Gonzalez; Mitchell

CS:Mitchell

GIDP:Acosta

Team LOB:5

Cedar Rapids Kernels

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Marek HoustonSS	4	0	0	0	1	0	.282/.343/.405
Brandon Winokur3B	3	3

Pitching

Quad Cities River Bandits

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Tanner Jones	5.1	4	4	4	2	1	1	84-57	6.40
Nick Conte	1.0	1	1	1	4	0	0	31-10	5.57
Kamden EdgeH	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	20-12	1.83
Yimi PresinalLBS	0.1	3	4	4	3	1	0	33-19	4.87
Coleman Picard	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4-2	3.60
Totals	8.1	9	9	9	10	3	1	172-100	-

WP:Jones

HBP:McCombs (by Jones); Winokur (by Jones); McCombs (by Edge)

IBB:Presinal

Inherited runners-scored:Edge 2-0; Picard 3-1

Pitches-strikes:Jones 84-57; Conte 31-10; Edge 20-12; Presinal 33-19; Picard 4-2

Groundouts-flyouts:Jones 10-3; Conte 2-1; Edge 1-2; Presinal 0-0; Picard 0-0

Cedar Rapids Kernels

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Michael Ross	3.1	12	8	7	1	1	1	69-46	7.02
Nick Trabacchi

Scoring Plays

Bot 1 • CR

0-1

Yasser Mercedes walks. Brandon Winokur scores. Khadim Diaw to 3rd. Wild pitch by pitcher Tanner Jones.

Top 2 • QC

2-1

Tyriq Kemp singles on a line drive to right fielder Yasser Mercedes. Derlin Figueroa scores. Jose Cerice to 2nd.

1-1

Jose Cerice singles on a line drive to right fielder Yasser Mercedes. Luke Pelzer scores. Derlin Figueroa to 3rd.

Top 3 • QC

5-1

Derlin Figueroa homers (10) on a fly ball to center field. Luke Pelzer scores.

3-1

Luke Pelzer doubles (9) on a fly ball to left fielder Quinn McDaniel. Blake Mitchell scores.

Bot 3 • CR

5-2

Khadim Diaw doubles (10) on a sharp line drive to left fielder Luke Pelzer. Brandon Winokur scores. Eduardo Tait to 3rd.

5-3

Yasser Mercedes grounds out, shortstop Tyriq Kemp to first baseman Jose Cerice. Eduardo Tait scores. Khadim Diaw to 3rd.

Top 4 • QC

8-3

Blake Mitchell singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Jacob McCombs. Asbel Gonzalez scores.

7-3

Asbel Gonzalez singles on a ground ball to third baseman Brandon Winokur. Nolan Sailors scores.

6-3

Nolan Sailors hits a sacrifice bunt. Missed catch error by first baseman Rayne Doncon, assist to third baseman Brandon Winokur. Tyriq Kemp scores. Nolan Sailors to 3rd. Angel Acosta out at home on the throw, right fielder Yasser Mercedes to catcher Eduardo Tait.

Bot 6 • CR

8-4

Yasser Mercedes homers (2) on a fly ball to center field.

8-5

Rayne Doncon grounds out, second baseman Angel Acosta to first baseman Jose Cerice. Quinn McDaniel scores. Jacob McCombs to 3rd.

Bot 9 • CR

8-6

Eduardo Tait doubles (9) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Nolan Sailors. Brandon Winokur scores.

8-7

Yasser Mercedes singles on a ground ball to center fielder Asbel Gonzalez. Eduardo Tait scores. Khadim Diaw to 3rd.

8-8

Rayne Doncon walks. Khadim Diaw scores. Yasser Mercedes to 3rd. Jacob McCombs to 2nd.