DAVENPORT - The offensive woes continued for the Cedar Rapids Kernels Wednesday night.

The Quad Cities River Bandits blanked the Kernels, 4-0, in a Midwest League game before 1,343 fans at Modern Woodmen Park.

The Kernels beat the Bandits, 1-0, in 11 innings Tuesday and now have scored only one run in 20 innings against Quad Cities. The Kernels grounded into three double plays Wednesday.

The teams meet again Thursday at 7 p.m. in the rubber game of the series.

Mat Batts (2-1) suffered his first loss of the year for Cedar Rapids. The southpaw yielded four runs (three earned) in 6 1/3 innings on seven hits and one walk while striking out six.

Austin Chrismon (2-1) earned the win with four shutout innings of relief. The right-hander allowed four hits and struck out a pair in his fourth appearance for the Bandits (14-6).

T.J. White led Cedar Rapids (12-8) with three hits while Zack Granite finished with a pair of hits, extending his team-best hitting streak to nine games. C.K. Irby threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings of relief for the Kernels. The 22-year-old struck out one and retired all five hitters he faced in his sixth appearance this season.

The Kernels return home Friday night against Clinton.

KERNELS (0): Granite, lf, 3 0 2 0, Gordon, ss, 4 0 0 0, Larson, rf, 3 0 1 0, Vavra, dh, 4 0 1 0, Kuresa, 1b, 4 0 0 0, White, 3b, 4 0 3 0, Kelly, 2b, 4 0 0 0, Navarreto, c, 2 0 0 0, English, cf, 1 0 0 0. Totals 29 0 7 0.

QUAD CITIES (4): Boyd, cf, 3 1 0 0, Gonzalez, c, 3 0 0 0, Hyde, 2b, 3 0 1 1, Tanielu, 3b, 4 0 1 0, Nottingham, dh, 3 1 2 0, Muniz, 1b, 3 1 1 0, Martinez, lf, 3 0 0 1, Bottger, rf, 3 0 1 1, Trompiz, ss, 3 1 1 0. Totals 28 4 7 3.

Kernels       000 000 000 - 0 7 1
Quad Cities   000 002 20x - 4 7 0

Batts, Irby (7) and Navarreto. Mengden, Chrismon (6) and Gonzalez. W - Chrismon (2-1). L - Batts (2-1). 2B - Trompiz (4), Bottger (3). SB - White (3). E - Batts (2). T - 2:07. A - 1,343.