Caps Erupt Early in Road Win

June 26, 2010 - Golden Baseball League (GBL)
St. George RoadRunners News Release


ST. GEORGE, UTAH - In two early innings, the Edmonton Capitals scored 10 runs to break away from the St. George RoadRunners. The 13-6 victory for the Capitals soured a crowd of 612 on Fireworks Friday.

Edmonton has won two in a row in convincing fashion to improve their record to 16-14. St. George could not capitalize on their opportunities stranding 13 runners on base. The Runners become the second team in the Golden Baseball with 20 losses (10-20).

Former Angel hurler Lou Pote shook off early control issues to cruise to his third win of 2010. He allowed three runs on six hits while striking out eight St. George hitters in six innings.

Brian Holliday retired the side in order in the first, but faltered in both the second and the third.

He walked the leadoff man and was nailed for a balk. Manager Darrell Evans argued the call and eventually was ejected by the home plate umpire.

That seemed to spark the Caps who took advantage of an extra opportunity when Alex Prieto reached on a botched double play. Holliday decided to walk Josh Tarnow to face Pote who lined an 0-2 pitch to right for a hit. The stage was set for a returning RoadRunner Original as Ryan Stevenson cleared the bags with a three-run double to center. Steve Brown tacked on the final run with a single to left. Five unearned runs swung the momentum in the Capitals' favor.

St. George would stick close with an RBI sacrifice fly from Henry Calderon and a two-run single from C.J. Lang. The score was 5-3 in favor of Edmonton.

Five more visitor runs in the third squashed any St. George momentum. Tarnow capped the frame with a three-run blast to center pushing the Caps' lead to seven.

Cliff Brumbaugh(7) homered in the fourth, Collaro doubled in Matt Rogelstad in the seventh and Tarno added his second homer of the night - a solo shot - in the eighth.

The RoadRunners pushed across three runs in the home ninth. With two outs and the bases loaded against Scott Kelly, Scott Clement doubled in two and Lang singled for another tally.

Edmonton slapped 15 hits with "The Samurai" leading the squad with three. Lang had three safties as part of the 11-hit attack for the 'Runners.

Saturday brings doubleheader action beginning at 4:05pm. St. George will start RHP Matt Rossignol in the opener and send RHP Raymar Diaz to the bump for the nightcap. Edmonton opens with RHP Evan White in game one.

The RoadRunners Radio Network - ESPN SportsRadio 1210AM, 102/107 Cool FM - The Fox and Network1Sports.com - has live coverage with John Potter at 4pm.

BOX SCORE - http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid12761

NOTES: Evans' ejection was his third of the year... Lang has six hits over the last two games and has raised his batting average to .272 through Friday night... The RoadRunners seven-run loss matches the mark for largest margin of defeat in the 2010 season. St. George has been defeated by that margin five times; the last on June 16 in Maui.



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