Sports stats



Decker Wins It for Wings in Game 2

August 3, 2011 - North American League (NAmL)
Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings News Release


HARLINGEN - With two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, Brandon Decker hit a single into left field to bring home Carl Johnson to score the winning run, to give the WhiteWings a 4-3 win.

The walk-off win is the third against the Colts this series as the WhiteWings take the series, four games to one.

The win puts the WhiteWings (38-27) two games back behind the first place Colts (39-24).

Carl Johnson started the two-out rally with a triple into left-center field. One batter later, Decker knocked in a single to give the WhiteWings the 4-3 win.

Entering the bottom of the sixth inning, the WhiteWings were trailing the Colts 3-1 before being able to add two runs to tie the game at 3-3.

Gabriel Ortiz singled to bring home a run to cut the deficit to one before a wild pitch from San Angelo pitcher Gorman Romero allowed Edgar Trejo to cross home safely from third base.

From there, the two teams were stuck in a 3-3 tie before Decker ended it in the bottom of the ninth with his RBI walk-off single.

COLTS BLOW OUT WHITEWINGS IN GAME 1

Behind 23 hits, the San Angelo Colts put 15 runs on the board against the WhiteWings to win 15-3 in the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader.

Highlighting the offensive onslaught for the Colts was Ronnie Gaines, hitting three home runs in all three of his at-bats.

After racing out to an early 2-0 lead in the first inning, the Colts blew the game wide-open in the third, putting up nine runs to take a commanding 11-0 lead.

WhiteWings starting pitcher Eric Blackwell, the league leader in ERA, was pulled after just two innings, giving up six runs on eight hits.

With Blackwell out of the game, San Angelo was able to pour on nine more runs on WhiteWings' relief pitchers.

The WhiteWings got on the board fourth inning before posting back-to-back homeruns in the bottom of the seventh from Edgar Trejo and Alexis Hernandez.

• Discuss this story on the North American League message board...

North American League Stories from August 3, 2011


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

Other Recent Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings Stories



Sports Statistics from the Stats Crew
OurSports Central