Early Innings Doom Thunder
August 3, 2011 - North American League (NAmL)
McAllen Thunder News Release
EDINBURG, Texas---The McAllen Thunder allowed six runs in the first four innings to the San Angelo Colts in a 9-6 loss Wednesday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium in their first home game since June 18th.
The Colts (40-24) grabbed the lead early against the Thunder by scoring a run in the first, two in the second, two more in the third, and one in the fourth for a 6-0 lead.
McAllen (27-38) got on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth. Brian Nichols led off with a double and then moved to third on a single by Wilson Batista. After a walk to Zach Mandelblatt loaded the bases, Luke Hetherington hit an RBI single scoring Nichols from third. Another run came in on a double play that allowed Batista to score cutting the Colts lead 6-2.
Back-to-back singles by Eric Eiland and Antoin Gray put runners on the corners for Mike Goss who followed with a three-run home run to the left field bullpen making it 6-5 Colts.
Landon Camp extended the San Angelo lead in the top of the eighth with a two-run single that allowed Vic Ferrante and Danny Hernandez to score. On the same play a fielding error at first base allowed Mark Ramos to score pushing their lead to 9-5.
Brian Henschel (7-5) pitched seven innings and allowed five runs on 13 hits and five strikeouts.
In the bottom of the eighth, Eiland hit a lead-off solo home run cutting it to 9-6.
Sean Kramer pitched a scoreless ninth for his ninth save of the season giving San Angelo the 9-6 victory.
The Thunder and Colts will play a double-header Thursday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium. Game one is scheduled to start at 6:05 with game two starting 30 minutes after the completion of game one.
Tickets for Thirsty Thursday are still available and can be purchased by calling the Edinburg front office or by visiting www.etix.com.
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