AirHogs Beat Captains to Earn Sweep, Fifth Straight Win

Published on May 29, 2011 under American Association (AA)
Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release


GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- Just like Saturday night, the Grand Prairie AirHogs scored in the first, got a good six-inning outing from their starting pitcher and three good bullpen innings and beat the Shreveport-Bossier Captains by two runs, this time winning 3-1 on Sunday in front of 2,826 fans at QuikTrip Park to complete a three-game sweep of the defending American Association champions.

David Espinosa walked to start the bottom of the first against Cody Railsback (0-1), who was making his season debut and just his fourth career start - his first since 2008. After David Thomas sacrificed him to second and Cesar Nicolas's infield single moved Espinosa to third, Greg Porter muscled a single to left-center to put the AirHogs (11-5) on the board. John Alonso followed with a single to load the bases and Tyler Henley's sacrifice fly made it 2-0.

That turned out to be enough offense for Grand Prairie, as Greg Smith (2-1) who stifled the Captains (9-8) to the tune just two hits and a run (on Alex Cowart's sixth-inning solo homer, his first professional longball) through six innings, with one walk and three strikeouts.

The AirHogs did answer Cowart's home run with three-straight two-out hits against Mark Haynes in the bottom of the sixth, with Jake Taylor extending his hitting and RBI streak to six games with a single to make it 3-1.

Jon Fulton pitched two scoreless innings after Smith departed, and Jon Hunton worked around a one-out double in the ninth for his sixth save.

Notes: Grand Prairie hit into five double plays in the game...Despite outscoring the Captains by only five runs in the three games, the AirHogs out-hit Shreveport-Bossier 38-26 in the three games...The AirHogs retired the Captains in the first inning in order in all three games...Nicolas was 3-for-3 on Sunday.

The AirHogs head out on the road for a four-game series against the Kansas City T-Bones, starting at 7:05 p.m. on Monday, May 30. The next home game at QuikTrip Park is on Friday, June 3, against the St. Paul Saints, with Teacher Appreciation Night ($5 box seats with ID) and Church Youth Group Night. Don't miss the renewed commitment to excellence and affordable family entertainment. All games are available with live, free streaming video on ustream.tv. Individual game tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 972-504-9383 or by visiting www.airhogsbaseball.com.

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