Grand Prairie gets 57th win in game 92
August 20, 2011 - American Association (AA)
Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release
EL PASO, Texas -- Righty Tim Brown had perhaps the most efficient start of any pitcher in the American Association this season, throwing 80 pitches in eight innings to get his first win as a Grand Prairie AirHog, as his club beat the El Paso Diablos 4-2 on Saturday night at Cohen Stadium to set a new franchise record for wins in a season.
Brown (9-6), allowed six hits and no walks, struck out two, went to a total of six two-ball counts and just one three-ball count (on his last hitter). He faced 28 batters, threw 56 strikes, and had six three-batter innings.
However, Brown did fall behind early, as the AirHogs (57-35) gave up the game's first run for the ninth straight time - all in the first or second inning - when Nelson Teilon hit an RBI double in the first, followed up by Uriak Marquez's two-out RBI single to make it 2-0 El Paso.
Reymond Cruz (4-7) held Grand Prairie off the scoreboard though the first three frames, facing just one over the minimum. But he walked Guillermo Martinez leading off the fourth, and after a David Espinosa single and a passed ball, John Alonso's two-run double to right-center tied the game.
It was another leadoff walk that gave the AirHogs the lead in the sixth, this time to Espinosa. The Grand Prairie second baseman went to second on a wild pitch and to third on another passed ball, and after Alonso grounded out, Joey Gomes's hot smash off the glove of third baseman Martin Parra brought in Espinosa with the go-ahead run.
Espinosa touched home for the third time on an RBI single by David Thomas in the eighth, and Brown departed after getting Maikol Gonzalez on a comebacker to end the eighth.
Jon Hunton allowed a leadoff single in the ninth before striking out the dangerous Teilon. Javier Brito then singled to put the possible tying runs aboard, but Hunton induced a 4-6-3 double play from Marquez to end it and pick up his 22nd save of the year.
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