Hodsdon Silences AirHogs as Diablos Take Rubber Match
August 3, 2012 - American Association (AA) - Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release
EL PASO, Texas - Scott Hodsdon threw 112 pitches to six-hit the Grand Prairie AirHogs on Thursday, as the El Paso Diablos won the rubber match of the three-game series at Cohen Stadium in a rare (for El Paso) 3-1 pitchers' duel.
Hodsdon (6-2) did not allow a hit after the fifth, struck out three and walked four and induced three double plays, including a 1-6-3 on a deflection off his own glove to finish the ballgame.
El Paso (31-37) took the lead off Josh Strawn (6-4) in the first with a two-out, two-run single by Fernando Valenzuela, Jr., and did not look back, adding a run in the sixth on a one-out single by Jermy Acey. Strawn was pulled after that and the duo of Ronnie Morales and Jakob Cunningham held the Diablos off the scoreboard the rest of the night, but the AirHogs (41-30) could not find a way back.
Bryan Frichter scored from second when leftfielder JJ Muse bobbled Keanon Simon's third-inning single, but Simon was then thrown out coming back to the bag after he slipped rounding first. That proved costly when Jairo Perez followed with a triple, and Brian Myrow couldn't bring him in with two outs.
The AirHogs had two on and two outs in the fifth but centerfielder Mitch Einertson ran down Perez's drive to right-center, and after that Grand Prairie could only muster a pair of walks of Hodsdon the rest of the night.
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