'Cakes Lose a Wild One, 11-10, for Another Walk-Off Defeat
May 24, 2018 - Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
New Orleans Baby Cakes News Release
Papillion, NE - Jack Lopez lead off the bottom of the ninth with a line drive home run and the Omaha Storm Chasers defeat the New Orleans Baby Cakes 11-10 in front of 5,011 fans at Werner Park.
It was a breezy night at the ballpark and the teams combined for seven home runs in the contest. New Orleans scored ten runs on 14 hits in the loss, while Omaha scored 11 runs on 16 hits in the win.
Mike Broadway pitched the ninth inning and loaded the bases before inducing Cristhian Adames into an inning ending double play. The Chasers led the bottom of the inning with the game winning home run.
Jumbo Diaz suffers the loss in relief. The 'Cakes got home runs from Jon Rodriguez, Chad Wallach and Cito Culver.
The see-saw game saw five lead changes and the Baby Cakes lose on a walk off for the seventh time this season. Omaha (19-28) wins the series three games to one over the Baby Cakes (23-24). New Orleans will fall to 5 1/2 games back of Memphis.
GAME NOTES: The 'Cakes dropped their first series in the month of May. All three of Dillon Peters Triple-A starts are against Omaha.
UPCOMING- The 'Cakes continue the nine game road-trip on Friday evening in Des Moines against the Iowa Cubs at 7:05. New Orleans will start RHP Ben Meyer against RHP Jen-Ho Tseng.
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NEXT HOME GAME - The 'Cakes return home for a four game homestand on Wednesday, May 30th against the Memphis Redbirds.
May 24, 2018
'Cakes 10
Storm Chasers 11
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