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Early Runs Enough for Key AirHogs Win

August 28, 2012 - American Association (AA) - Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release

GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The Grand Prairie AirHogs took control during a bizarre first inning, and coasted to a key 9-2 win over the Sioux Falls Pheasants on Tuesday night at QuikTrip Park.

The Pheasants (42-52) took the lead on a double-steal in the first, when Jared Bolden was picked off first by Alain Quijano (4-7) but Jairo Perez threw wildly to the plate to allow Cory Morales to score.

But Grand Prairie (49-46) responded with five against Peter Gehle (6-9), scoring on a bloop single, infield hit when Gehle fell down, an errant throw on a would-be inning-ending double play and an RBI hit by Alberto Espinosa.

Quijano allowed an unearned run in the second, but after getting around a two-out single in the third and a pair of baserunners in the fourth, he gave up just one more runner in his seven innings - a walk erased by a double play in the sixth.

Meanwhile, the AirHogs tacked on a run in the fourth and then hit three solo home runs off Dusty Gober - Brian Myrow in the sixth, and Jonny Kaplan and Bryan Frichter in the seventh doing the honros - to put the game away.

Derrick Miramontes and Justin Dowdy each pitched a perfect inning to finish things up and get Quijano his first win in four starts with the AirHogs.

Notes: Quijano's win was the first for an AirHogs starter since Nick DeBarr on August 6, and he is the first AirHogs starter other than DeBarr to win a game since Will Irvin on July 7.Grand Prairie remains two and a half games behind Laredo, who beat Fargo-Moorhead 6-4 on the road for the Lemurs' 11th straight win.Four AirHogs had multi-hit games.The Pheasants were held to five hits.The AirHogs pitchers faced the minimum number of hiters in each of the last five innings.

The 2011 American Association Champion Grand Prairie AirHogs start continue their three-game series against the Sioux Falls Pheasants at QuikTrip Park on Wednesday, August 29, at 7:05 p.m. All games are aired live and for free on Ustream by clicking on the link on the AirHogs' home page or visiting http://www.ustream.tv/channel/airhogs-baseball with selected contests aired on Time Warner Cable's Texas Channel. For information on tickets, promotions, advertising, and other opportunities with the AirHogs, check out the Web site at www.airhogsbaseball.com, or call the QuikTrip Park office at (972) 504-9383.

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