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Hounds Hold On For 6-5 Win

April 17, 2010 - Texas League (TL1)
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK - The Midland RockHounds played with the lead from the first inning and carried a five-run lead into the ninth inning only to hold on at the very end for a 6-5 victory over the Arkansas Travelers at Dickey-Stephens Park on Saturday. Centerfielder Corey Brown hit a three-run homer (1) in the first inning off losing pitcher Michael Anton (1-1) putting Midland ahead early. The Travs rallied in the ninth for four runs, but Midland closer Beau Vaughan stranded the winning runs on base when Julio Perez's drive to left field was caught at the edge of the warning track.

Anton walked a batter and hit another in the first inning before Brown hammered a 2-2 pitch over the centerfield wall giving Hounds lefty Anthony Capra (1-1) a 3-0 lead. Anton recovered nicely and held Midland without a run over his last four innings. The Travs lefty also struck out four, but walked three and allowed four base hits in five frames.

Capra was outstanding during a five-inning performance where just one runner advanced to third base. He earned his first win of the year allowing no runs and just two hits while walking three and adding five strikeouts.

Hounds righty Jason Ray relieved in the fifth, but allowed Brian Walker's RBI double in the seventh scoring Carlos Colmenares all the way from first base.

Arkansas reliever Barret Browning came on after Anton and was perfect through two innings. He tried to get through the eighth, but was pulled after walking three batters. Amalio Diaz was called upon to get out of the jam, but all three inherited runners crossed the plate. Shane Peterson scored when Steve Kleen's slow roller to the hole at shortstop was picked up for an infield single. Diaz allowed the next two runs to score on a wild pitch and a balk increasing Midland's lead to 6-1.

The ninth inning started with some luck for the Travs as Paul McAnulty and Abel Nieves reached base on back-to-back bad hop singles. Then shortstop Yung-Chi Chen dropped a throw at second base after Efren Navarro grounded to first baseman Anthony Recker. With the bases loaded the no outs, Colmenares grounded a single to right field scoring two runs. Then Walker came through with a clean RBI single to center field cutting the deficit to 6-4. Vaughan then got the first out of the inning when he caught Clay Fuller looking. Andrew Romine was the second out on a sacrifice fly that knocked in Colmenares bringing the Travs within one run. Ryan Mount, pinch running for Walker, advanced to third base when Jeremy Moore singled to center field. Perez jumped on a 1-0 pitch and drove it high to left field, but it was caught just shy of the track by Archie Gilbert to end the game.

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