Diablos Strike Back with Big Offensive Night

Published on June 10, 2012 under American Association (AA)
Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release


EL PASO, Texas -- The El Paso Diablos and Grand Prairie AirHogs continue to alternate wins in their four-game series, as the Diablos answered the AirHogs' 17-run, 20-hit barrage on Friday with an 11-run, 18-hit attack on Saturday to beat the Airhogs 11-8 at Cohen Stadium.

The Diablos (5-17) took a two-run lead in the first off Cody White (0-2), with one of the runs unearned, but the AirHogs (11-10) answered back with a five-run, 10-batter inning off Osvaldo Rodriguez to take the lead. After the teams exchanged one run in the next two half-innings, El Paso scored two in the fourth to cut its deficit to one.

White got a double play to help get around two hits in the fifth, but in the sixth, El Paso took the lead for good. With one out, Jimmy Rohan and Derrick Pyles singled to knock out White, and Jordan Marks greeted Ronnie Morales with a first-pitch triple to right center to score both runners and give the Diablos a 7-6 edge. Morales struck out Maikol Gonzalez, but Enrique Cruz singled to make it 8-6.

Grand Prairie got one back in the seventh on a Trent Lockwood groundout, but El Paso answered with two more in the seventh and one in the eighth to put the game away.

Ronny Morla (1-2) worked 2 1/3 innings allowing one run, while Reyes Dorado (1 2/3 innings, no runs) and Marcel Prado (one inning, one run), closed the door on the AirHogs' offense.

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