Big inning leads Cats past Pelicans

Published on July 7, 2005 under Central Baseball League (Central League)
Fort Worth Cats News Release


Fort Worth scored 10 times in the fourth inning on its way to a 13-8 victory over Pensacola on Thursday night at LaGrave Field.

It was the Cats' third straight victory as they improved their second half record to 8-3, first in the Central League standings. They have now scored a total of 39 runs in their last three games.

Trailing 3-2 going to the fourth, the Cats exploded, scoring 10 times on six hits in the inning.

Bryon Smith got the scoring started with a two-run double, giving the Cats a 4-2 lead. They added four more runs on two-run singles by Terence Green and Caros Adolfo.

The inning was capped off when Jordan Foster roped a three-run triple down the right-field line and Jason Radwan knocked in a run with an RBI groundout to make it 12-3 Fort Worth. The Cats sent 13 men to the plate in the fourth inning.

Pensacola got a run back in the fifth inning on a solo homer by Carlos Mendoza. They would add two more in the sixth and two in the eighth to cut the Cats' lead to 12-8.

Fort Worth added a run in the bottom of the eighth when Green smacked his sixth homer of the season, an opposite-field solo shot, giving the Cats their 13th run.

Ryan Weems (7-2) notched the victory as he went five innings and allowed four runs on eight hits while striking out six.

Jeff Norris (4-2) suffered the loss for Pensacola as he permitted nine earned runs on nine hits in three innings of work before being chased from the game in the fourth inning.

Game 3 of the series is Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Logan Stout (3-3) will pitch for the Cats.

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