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LINCOLN, Neb. * The Lincoln Saltdogs gave plenty of run support to their starting pitcher Rodney Myers on Thursday night as the Dogs toppled the Joliet JackHammers for the seventh straight time this season with a 7-1 victory. Myers picked up the win and improved to 4-2 while Jason Shelley took his sixth loss of the season dropping to 5-6.

The Saltdogs got on the board with another long ball from the captain Bryan Warner. After the two hole hitter Jake Whitesides reached on an error by Matt Howe at first, Warner took the first pitch of the at-bat from Shelley over the wall in right center field, his 15th homer of the year. Warner gave the Dogs an early 2-0 lead.

Joliet answered right back in the bottom of the first inning after a lead off triple from Kyle Logan. He came home when Dan Underwood grounded out to second base and picked up the RBI.

Bryan Warner continued picking up RBIs in the third inning to extend his RBI lead in the Northern League. After a walk to Jake Whitesides, Warner lined a double down the right field line scoring Whitesides from first. It was Warner's 66th RBI of the season.

Lincoln scored their run fourth run without a hit in the bottom of the fourth inning. Josh Patton started the inning by getting hit by a pitch from Shelley and after stealing second base he advanced to home on two straight fly balls to the outfield for the 4-1 lead.

In the bottom of the fifth the Saltdogs scored another run, this time off a two out single by Bryan Warner. He stole second and scored after Josh Patton singled to right field.

With two more runs in the seventh inning, the Dogs improved to 29-23 on the season and 2-2 in the second half race. Joliet fell to 24-28 and 1-3 in the second half. Kyle Ruwe will make his first professional start for the Saltdogs on Saturday.

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