Texas 6, Salina 5 —
Thanks to an RBI single from 3B听Casio Grider, the Texas AirHogs walked off on the Salina Stockade 6-5 after a wild ninth inning.
The AirHogs entered the ninth with a 3-2 lead but the Stockade tied the game with an RBI single from DH听Jesse Baker听and then took the lead when Baker and 2B听Fernando Garza听scored as CF听Roche Woodard听reached on an error. In the bottom of the frame, SS听Beamer Weems听hit a lead-off single but was retired 鈥� after LF听Charley Thurber听drew a walk 鈥� on a fielder鈥檚 choice off the bat of CF听Alvaro Rondon. In the next at-bat, 2B听Ryne Willard听singled to score Thurber to draw the AirHogs within a run.
Grider came up and singled to left field to plate both Willard and Rondon for the game-winning run. Grider finished the day with a game-high three hits. 1B听Jake Taylor听went 2-for-4 for the AirHogs as well and Woodard as well as 1B听Kewby Meyer听each had a pair of hits for the Stockade.
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Cleburne 6, Lincoln 5听—
The Cleburne Railroaders used a pair of three-run innings to top the Lincoln Saltdogs 6-5 despite being outhit 14-8.
Cleburne took the lead in the bottom of the fourth inning with the first of their two three-run frames. CF听K.C. Huth听and SS听Alex Polston听each had RBI base hits in the fourth an Polston later stole home to take a 3-2 lead. The Saltdogs took the lead back with a single run in the sixth and seventh innings but the Railroaders rallied back in the bottom of the seventh. LF听Nick Van Stratten听tripled home 2B听Maikol Gonzalez听and then scored alongside 1B听Geraldo Valentin听when DH听Pichi Balet听tripled.
2B听Cesar Valera听singled home SS听Ivan Marin听in the top of the eighth but that would be the final run of the game. For the Saltdogs, both C听Dashenko Ricardo听and DH听Curt Smith听had three hits and for the Railroaders, RF听Axel Johnson听went 2-for-4.
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Winnipeg 6, St. Paul 3听—
The Winnipeg Goldeyes rallied for six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to steal a 6-3 in against the St. Paul Saints.
The Saints took the lead in the fifth inning as CF听Kes Carter听singled home DH听Brady Shoemaker听and then scored in the next at-bat when SS听J.J. Gould听homered. But in the bottom of the eighth, the Goldeyes, who had recorded just two hits to that point in the game, broke things open with a six-hit, 12-batter inning to take the lead. The first four batters each singled including RBI singles from 2B听Jordan Ebert听and SS听Andrew Sohn, who had a team-high two hits. CF听Reggie Abercrombie听and DH听David Bergin听both hit two-RBI singles later in the inning to take and cement the lead.
The Saints were held to just five hits in the game and two of those came from C听Maxx Garrett. Starting pitcher听Kevin McGovern听(10-2) picked up the win for his eight innings of work that included five hits and eight strikeouts and reliever听Victor Capellan听earned his fifth save.
Kansas City 5, Wichita 2 鈥� Game 1/10 Innings听—
In the first game of the doubleheader between the Kansas City T-Bones and the Wichita Wingnuts, the T-Bones needed 10 innings to break a 2-2 tie and claim a 5-2 win.
The game was originally scheduled for just seven innings but the score was tied thanks to a pair of RBIs from LF/P听Brennen Salgado听and a two-run third inning from the T-Bones. In the third, RF听Chantz Mack听scored when DH听Kevin Keyes听reached on an error and then CF听Cedric Hunter听hit an RBI single. In the top of the 10th, LF听Dexter Kjerstad听reached on an error, allowing 1B听Kyle Petty听to score and in the next at-bat 3B听Jordan Edgerton听hit a two-run home run. Edgerton finished the game 4-for-5.
Reliever听Jeff Walters听(2-3) worked the final two innings, including a 1-2-3 10th, to earn the win.
Wichita 13, Kansas City 3 鈥� Game 2/7 Innings听—
The Wichita Wingnuts responded in game two of their doubleheader with the Kansas City T-Bones in a big way as they racked up 11 hits on the way to a 13-3 win.
Wichita scored in five of the six innings it went to the plate and tallied five and four runs in the fifth and sixth innings, respectively. Eight of the nine batters in the order recorded at least one hit and three batters 鈥� DH听Brent Clevlen, CF听T.J. Mittelstaedt听and RF听Richard Prigatano听鈥� each had three RBIs in the game. Clevlen, Prigatano and 2B听Christian Stringer听each had two hits in the game.
For the T-Bones, 2B听Marcus Lemon听had a team-high two hits and 1B听Kevin Keyes听hit his league-leading 23rd听home run of the season.
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