Elliott, De La Garza lift Sox over Cats 7-3

Published on June 10, 2011 under American Association (AA)
Amarillo ThunderHeads News Release


AMARILLO, TX - The Amarillo Sox got seven strong innings from starter Matt Elliott and got three RBI from Adam De La Garza to help them defeat the Fort Worth Cats 7-3 on Friday night in front of 2,659 fans at the Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium.

Elliott (3-1) allowed only three runs and seven hits while walking only one and striking out nine. Cats starter Mike Bacsik (1-2) got the loss, allowing four runs in five innings of work.

The Cats took a third inning lead as Derek Kinzler walked, stole second and scored on a Travis Metcalf RBI single. The Sox responded in the bottom half as Fehlandt Lentini walked and went to third on a Matt Tucker single. Cyle Hankerd grounded out to second, but scored Lentini and sent Tucker to second base. Lee Cruz followed with an RBI single to give Amarillo a 2-1 lead.

Fort Worth took the lead again in the fifth inning as Brian Fryer singled, stole second and scored on a Cory Morales RBI single. Metcalf followed with a double down the left field line to score Morales from first to give the Cats 3-2 lead.

Amarillo took the lead for good in the sixth inning. Cruz led off with a single and went to second on a Tim Alberts walk. With two outs, De La Garza doubled down the right field line to score both runners and give the Sox a 4-3 advantage.

The Sox added some insurance as Benji Johnson singled and scored on a De La Garza RBI double. Jason White followed with an RBI single to score De La Garza, while Lentini tripled to score White for a four-run lead.

Amarillo reliever Gary Perinar came in for the ninth, allowed a leadoff walk, but struck out the last batter to finish the game with the Sox victorious 7-3.

With the win, the Sox improve to 10-16 while the Cats fall to 12-15. Saturday, Amarillo will take on Fort Worth for the second game of a three-game set at 7:05pm with the Aqua One Pre-Game Show set to begin at 6:50pm. The game can be heard by visiting www.amarillosox.com via Ustream. Game time is tentative and is subject to blackout.

Season tickets are available for purchase in-person by visiting the Sox Front Offices at 801 S. Polk or over the phone by calling (806) 242-4653. For more information on tickets, game times and schedules, promotions, marketing opportunities, and everything else Sox, visit the "Official Website of the Amarillo Sox" at www.amarillosox.com.

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