Big homeruns save Dillas from mistakes, beat Thunder 13-12
July 2, 2010 - United League Baseball (ULB)
Amarillo Dillas News Release
AMARILLO, TX - The Amarillo Dillas played a sloppy game against the Coastal Bend Thunder, but big homeruns from Adam De La Garza and Daryl Jones pushed them over the edge for a 13-12 win in front of 3,435 fans at the Amarillo National Bank Dilla Villa on Friday night.
Dillas reliever Chris Ingoglia (2-2) got the win, as he finished off the seventh inning before Amarillo took the lead in the eighth. Thunder reliever J.J. Trujillo (2-4) got the loss, giving up the homerun to De La Garza in the seventh. Closer Ramon Geronimo got his seventh save, despite allowing a homerun and a double in the ninth.
The Dillas started the scoring in the first as Joaquin Rodriguez walked and scored on a Carlos Figueroa RBI triple. Figueroa would score on a Daryl Jones RBI single for a two-run lead. They added two more in the second as Brian Bueno doubled, Adam De La Garza was hit by a pitch and both runners scored on a Rodriguez two-RBI double for a 4-0 lead.
Brian Nichols hit a solo homerun for the Thunder in the fourth inning, but Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom half of the fourth gave the Dillas a 5-1 advantage.
In the fifth, the Thunder got back in the game. Dustin Smith led off with a single, followed by a Mike Goss single and a Ron Fenwick hit-by-pitch loaded the bases. With one out, Brian Nichols hit a ball over to first, but Jones couldn't handle it to allow to runs to score. Lamar Guy followed with a two-out double to tie the game 5-5.
Jones stepped up in the fifth inning and sent the first pitch he saw over the left field wall for a one-run lead. They added three more in the sixth as Sam Palace hit an RBI double to score Figueroa while Alberto Cruz doubled home Palace and Stephen Douglas for a 9-5 lead.
Coastal Bend would take the lead in the seventh with five runs off two hits, four walks and an error for an 10-9 Thunder lead.
Amarillo retook the lead in the seventh as De La Garza hit a two-run homer to gain the lead, while Stephen Douglas hit a two-run two-out single for a three-run lead. Coastal Bend got another run in the eighth and a Levy Ventura homerun in the seventh Geronimo finished off the game in the ninth for a 13-12 win.
With the win, the Dillas improve to 21-14, while the Thunder fall to 11-23. Saturday, Amarillo will take on Coastal Bend for the third game of a four-game series at 7:05pm with the Aqua One Pre-Game Show set to begin at 6:50pm on AudioSportsOnline via www.myamarillodillas.com. Game time is tentative and is subject to blackout. The first 1,000 fans on Saturday night get a free logo baseball courtesy of Liquid Siding of Amarillo.
Season and single-game tickets are available for purchase in-person by visiting the Dillas Front Offices at 801 S. Polk or over the phone by calling (806) 342-0400. For more information on tickets, game times and schedules, promotions, marketing opportunities, and everything else Dillas, visit the "Official Website of the Amarillo Dillas" at www.myamarillodillas.com.
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