Grand Prairie puts Sox in Hamper with Sweep
August 7, 2013 - American Association (AA)
Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release
Grand Prairie- Coming back for a third straight night the AirHogs (41-35) found another way to beat the Amarillo Sox, 4-3, Wednesday night at QuikTrip Park to complete the three-game sweep. Falling down a run in the top of the ninth, the AirHogs needed to play catch up and they did just that by putting up two runs in the bottom of the ninth. Yasutsugu Nishimoto was the first to score in the ninth off of a Chad Mozingo sacrifice fly. Nishimoto scored earlier in the game already. Going 3-for-5 and scoring twice, including the winning run, was Brandon Pinckney who followed Mozingo with a two-out double. After an intentional walk to Brian Myrow and a hit-by-pitch for Andres Rodriguez, Palmer Karr Jr. walked on five pitches scoring the winner for the AirHogs. Myrow went 2-for-3 in the game including batting in a run.
Derek Blacksher had a great outing for the AirHogs going 7.2 innings and only allowing two runs on six hits. Blacksher struck out four Sox players. Chase Johnson, the newest AirHog, pitched the final out of the eighth inning and allowed no hits and no runs. Patrick Mincey pitched the ninth and picked up the win (5-1) allowing one run on two hits. Mincey struck out two batters he faced.
With the three-game sweep the AirHogs find themselves right in the thick of the race in the South Division. The AirHogs travel to Laredo next only a half-game down from the Lemurs in the division. They will begin a four-game series with the Lemurs on Thursday night in Laredo with first pitch set for 7:35 P.M.
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