American Association Game Recaps

June 3, 2011 - American Association (AA) News Release

Wichita 5, Kansas City 0

Starting Wichita pitcher Nick Singleton allowed just four hits in eight innings, blanking Kansas City and earning his sixth win of the season ‚¬" a 5-0 decision ‚¬" in five starts. The Wingnuts didn't have one spectacular offensive inning. But Wichita picked up one run in each of the final five frames to earn the win. Five different Wingnuts batted in each run, with C Edwin Bellorin as the only Wichita player to score more than once. Bellorin went 2-3 with two runs scored. Wichita SS Josh Horn went 4-4 with a run and an RBI.

Fargo-Moorhead 6, Lincoln 4

The Saltdogs put two runs on board in each the eighth and ninth inning but failed in a late comeback attempt, falling to the RedHawks, 6-4. Fargo-Moorhead led the entire way, with CF Nick Jackson putting first run on the board with a first-inning sacrifice fly that plated Michael Coles. Jackson went 2-3 with a run and two RBI. Starting Fargo-Moorhead pitcher Oliver Odle threw 6.1 shutout innings, working around seven hits and two walks with two strikeouts. A two-run homer from Lincoln CF Blake Gailen pulled the Saltdogs within two runs with two outs in the ninth. But a 1-3 putout of the Curt Smith ended any chances of a completed Lincoln rally.

Sioux Falls 7, Sioux City 1

Sioux Falls pitcher Ben Moore threw a complete-game three-hitter Friday night, striking out seven while allowing one Sioux City run on three hits and two walks. Moore raised his ERA to a paultry 0.72 and earned his fourth win in five starts. Offensively for the Pheasants, nine-hole RF Gus Milner went 3-4 with three runs and an RBI, with four more Sioux Falls batters picking up multiple base hits. The Explorers' lone run came on a bases-empty home run from DH Javier Bitro in the seventh inning. Bitro went 1-4 with a run and an RBI.

Fort Worth 4, Amarillo 2

Each starting pitcher went the distance in Friday night's 4-2 Fort Worth win over Amarillo, with the Cats' Derek Blacksher picking up his first win of the season thanks to a 12-strikeout performance in which he allowed just two runs on two hits and a walk. The Cats took advantage of nearly every man who was able to reach base against Amarillo's Travis Lawler, scoring four runs with just six hits and a walk. Fort Worth 1B Trent Lockwood scored half of the Cats' runs on a 2-3 night. Lockwood is now batting .318 on the season.

Winnipeg 3, Gary SouthShore 2 (10 innings)

A Gary SoutShore C/PH Craig Maddox came through in the clutch, plating teammate Mike Rohde with one out in the bottom of the ninth to tie the score with Winnipeg. But Half an inning later, the GoldEyes went back on top for good thanks to a Brian Myrow single. Myrow went 2-5 on the night with a fourth-inning run and the RBI in the 10th. Neither starting pitcher factored in the decision, with Winnipeg reliever Jamie Vermilyea earning the win after allowing a run on three hits and a walk in two innings. Vermilyea also struck out one Gary SouthShore batter.

St. Paul 6, Grand Prairie 3 (11 innings)

Saints starting pitcher Donald Brandt allowed three runs in his first inning of work against Grand Prairie on Friday. But the St. Paul hurler settled down afterwards, keeping any AirHogs from crossing home plate over the next five innings while his teammates on offense fought back. Brandt didn't factor in the decision ‚¬" the win went to St. Paul reliever Robert Manuel, who pitched 1.2 shutout innings to end the game ‚¬" but Brandt's five innings of shutout ball allowed his teammates' fifth-through-seventh-inning rally to tie the score. And four frames later, a Jason Cooper two-run home run and a Jeff Howell RBI single gave the Saints a three-run win that Manuel held onto in the bottom of the 11th to earn his second win of the season.

El Paso 7, Shreveport 4

A fifth-inning error put El Paso's Chad Gabriel on first to start the inning, and the three runs that came for the Diablos in the decisive frame all were unearned. But El Paso's three-run win counts the same as any other. Gabriel went 2-4 with a run and an RBI. Diablos 1B Kyle Nichols went 1-3 with two runs and an RBI. Offensively El Paso picked up runs from five different players, with SS Uriak Marquez batting in two on a 1-4 night. Marquez also scored a run.

• Discuss this story on the American Association message board...

American Association Stories from June 3, 2011

• El Paso Bullpen Keeps Captains At Bay, Shreveport-Bossier Loses Second Straight, 7-4 - Shreveport-Bossier Captains
• RailCats Tie Game in Ninth But Fall in Tenth to Winnipeg - Gary SouthShore Railcats
• Former AirHog helps snap winning streak - Grand Prairie AirHogs
• Gailen's Blast Too Little, Too Late for Lincoln - Lincoln Saltdogs
• Fish need extra inning to dispose of Gary - Winnipeg Goldeyes
• A Perfect 10 for the Saints in 6-3 Win in 11 - St. Paul Saints
• Moore tosses three-hitter in Sioux City - Sioux Falls Canaries
• American Association Game Recaps - AA
• RedHawks top SaltDogs - Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
• Singleton Brilliant Again as Wingnuts Win Fourth Straight - Wichita Wingnuts
• T-Bones Suffer Team Record Eighth Straight - Kansas City Monarchs
• Saints Sign Two Former Major Leaguers, Former First Rounder Cordero and Outfielder Thompson - St. Paul Saints
• Fireworks and Boy Bands Kicks off Seven-Game Homestand - Gary SouthShore Railcats
• RailCats and CN Railway Announce Charitable Ticket Donation - Gary SouthShore Railcats
• Sioux City Explorers Announce Weekend Flood Relief Special - Sioux City Explorers

The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.