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Diablos Let Lead Slip Away, Lose Series Opener To Amarillo

June 11, 2012 - American Association (AA)
El Paso Diablos News Release


EL PASO, TX- The Diablos could not hold on to a three-run lead over the visiting Amarillo Sox, giving up a pair of homers and allowing 12 hits in a 10-5 loss in front of 1,246 fans at Cohen Stadium.

The loss is the Diablos' second in a row and drops the team to 5-19 on the year, nine games back of the first place Sox, who overcame a pair of three-run deficits to win their 14th game of the 2012 season.

It was El Paso that jumped out to the early lead and appeared on their way to a third victory in five games on the current home stand. Nelson Teilon's RBI single in the first gave the Diablos the first run of the night, and J.J. Muse and Maikol Gonzalez added RBI's the very next inning to put El Paso up 3-0.

Amarillo's Matthew Tucker got the Sox on the board in the top of the fourth with an RBI single of his own, but the Diablos quickly stretched the lead back to three on Gonzalez's RBI double in the bottom half. After Amarillo climbed back to within two on an RBI hit by Harrison Kain, Brian Joynt stepped to the plate and hit the Diablos' first home run of the year at Cohen Stadium, and the third for Joynt overall, to put El Paso in front 5-2.

It was the last run of the night for the home squad, however, as Amarillo began its comeback. In the sixth, slugger Tim Alberts blasted a solo home run to make the score 5-3 before Amarillo surged ahead in the seventh. Diablos starter Reymond Cruz (1-3) began to lose the effectiveness that had allowed him to glide through the first six innings, allowing two hits and a walk, and then hitting a batter.

With the score now 5-4, new acquisition Brandon Godfrey was brought in with the bases loaded and nobody out. Jason White hit a ground ball that scored the tying run, and Matthew Tucker followed it with a two-run double that gave the Sox their first lead of the night, 7-5.

After adding one more in the seventh, Amarillo would put the game out of reach on Jake Opitz's two-run home run in the top of the ninth that put the final tallies on the scoreboard.

Sox starter Ryan Mitchell (3-0) was shaky at the outset but settled down enough to earn the victory, allowing five runs on ten hits in six innings but escaping several jams and never allowing the game to spiral out of control. A trio of Sox relievers did not allow a run or a hit to the Diablos as the team's offense began to ignite.

The Diablos will try and even the series on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. (MST) behind right-hander Scott Hodsdon.

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