Cats can't hold on to late lead
Published on June 24, 2008 under American Association (AA)
Fort Worth Cats News Release
Grand Prairie scored four times in the eighth inning as they rallied to defeat the Cats 8-4 on Tuesday night at LaGrave Field.
The loss snapped the first-half champion Cats' five-game winning streak and dropped the Fort Worth record to 28-16 on the year.
Aaron Sisk belted his first home run of the season in the second inning to give Fort Worth an early 1-0 lead. But Grand Prairie got a sacrifice fly by Billy Munoz in the third to knot the game 1-1 and then took the lead in the fourth as JB Tucker scored on an error by Sisk.
Fort Worth scored twice in the fourth inning to take a 3-2 lead on a throwing error by Munoz and a sacrifice fly by Charles Carter. The AirHogs rallied in the seventh to tie the game on a throwing error by left-fielder Ed Montague.
In the bottom fo the seventh, the Cats again went ahead on a two-out RBI single by Brian Fryer. But the AirHogs rallied again as the first five batters reached on singles against reliever Tim Haines. Pinch hitter Brandon Carter's two-run single made it 5-4 Grand Prairie and the AirHogs added two more in the inning for a 7-4 lead.
Tucker's solo homer in the ninth gave the AirHogs an 8-4 lead and was his fifth hit of the game, as he went 5-for-5 with a homer, a double and three runs scored.
Haines (3-2) took the loss as he permitted four runs on five hits, retiring only one batter in the eighth inning. Geivy Garcia (1-0) notched the win for Grand Prairie with 2 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.
Joel Kirsten allowed three runs, two earned on eighth hits in seven strong innings, but received no decision.
There were a combined seven errors in the game, including four committed by the Cats.
The series concludes on Wednesday night at 7:05 p.m. Pedro Flores (6-0) will be on the mound for the Cats and Kieran Mattison will go for Grand Prairie
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