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August 3, 2007 - American Association (AA) News Release


Pensacola 2, Fort Worth 1 (Game 1 - 17 innings)

@Pensacola, FL. Time: 4:45 Attendance: 1958

W: Logan Williamson (4-4) L: Tim Vasquez (1-3) S: NONE

HR: FW-Chuck Carter (6); PN-Trino Aguilar (12)

Fort Worth and Pensacola were scheduled to play a doubleheader totaling 14 innings Friday night. But the Pelicans and Cats had other plans, as Pensacola battled Fort Worth to a American Association League record 17-inning 2-1 win in game one. Pensacola got on the board early thanks to a solo home run by DH Trino Aguilar in the bottom of the first inning and looked to be well on their way to a close seven-inning win, when Cats 1B Chuck Carter tied the game in the final scheduled frame with a solo shot of his own. Ten innings later, with the score still tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the 17th, Pelicans SS Bo Brown came to the plate with RF/1B Marcos Rodriguez in scoring position and only one out. Brown hit the ball over the shifted-in Fort Worth infield to score Rodriguez and end the longest game in American Association history. Pelicans reliever Logan Williamson picked up his fourth win of the season after pitching the final three innings for Pensacola and allowing no runs on two hits with a walk and two strikeouts.

Game two was postponed due to curfew and will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday, August 4th beginning at 3:05 PM. Both games will consist of seven innings.

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Sioux City 6, El Paso 2

@Sioux City, IA. Time: 2:13 Attendance: 2261

W: Robert Wooley (1-1) L: Josh Neitz (6-4) S: NONE

HR: SC-Brandon Jones 2 (3)

Sioux City 3B Brandon Jones hit two home runs off of El Paso starting pitcher Josh Neitz. The second blast broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning and catapulted Sioux City to its 16th win of the second half. On the mound for the Explorers, starting pitcher Robert Wooley picked up his first win of the season thanks to seven innings pitched in which he allowed two runs on four hits with four walks and nine strikeouts. Leading 3-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Explorers took advantage of an error and a hit batsman to score three runs and make the final score 6-2. For El Paso, DH Jorge Alvarez batted in two runs on the night.

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Sioux Falls 3, St. Paul 1

@Sioux Falls, SD. Time: 2:16 Attendance: 3546

W: Kevin Cheppenko (6-4) L: Justin Lord (3-3) S: Jerrod Fuell (19)

HR: SP-Brian Sprout (7); SF-Orlando Miller (5); Trevor Lawhorn (7)

The Canaries fell behind 1-0 early on Saints LF Brian Sprout's seventh home run of the season, but scored the game's last three runs, two coming on solo homers, to beat St. Paul 3-1. The first Sioux Falls home run came in the bottom of the fifth inning with the score tied 1-1, when SS Orlando Miller led off the inning with his fifth home run of the season to give the Canaries a one-run lead. Three innings later, with the score still 2-1, Sioux Falls 2B Trevor Lawhorn doubled his team's lead to two-runs with his seventh long ball of the season. Starting Sioux Falls pitcher Kevin Cheppenko picked up his sixth win of the season after pitching seven innings and allowing one run on two hits with four walks and five strikeouts.

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Coastal Bend 3, Shreveport 0

@Robstown, TX. Time: 2:40 Attendance: 787

W: Pedro Flores (4-6) L: Bert Snow (4-6) S: Tom Atlee (15)

HR: CB-Bryon Smith (8)

Starting Aviators pitcher Pedro Flores pitched 6.2 shutout innings against the Sports Friday night en route to his fourth win of the season. Flores allowed just three hits on the night with eight strikeouts, but did walk five Shreveport batters. The Coastal Bend bullpen kept the shutout intact, as relievers Tim Haines, Brian Martin and Tom Atlee combined to pitch the final 2.1 innings and allow just one hit with a walk and two strikeouts, with Atlee picking up his 15th save in the process. Coastal Bend got on the board early, thanks to 1B Bryon Smith's eighth home run of the season in the first inning. The Aviators added a run in the second and fourth innings, bringing the final tally to 3-0.

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St. Joe 5, Lincoln 3 (10 innings)

@Lincoln, NE. Time: 2:52 Attendance: 5627

W: Mark Goodman (2-1) L: Mark Roberts (5-3) S: Caleb Balbuena (4)

HR: SJ-Dustin Yount (6) LN-Pichi Balet (6)

Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Saltdogs pulled even with St. Joe when LF Pichi Balet hit a two-run homer, his sixth of the season. The game-tying blast was Balet's only hit of the night. After nine innings, the score was still tied 3-3 and the game headed to extras. But St. Joe was seemingly in a hurry to finish the game, scoring two runs on three hits in the top of the 10th to take a 5-3 lead. With that lead, St. Joe reliever Caleb Balbuena entered the game and retired the side in order to pick up his fourth save of the season.

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