Knights Hopes Shot in 8th
Published on August 18, 2007 under International League (IL1)
Charlotte Knights News Release
FORT MILL, S.C. - August 18, 2007 - The Charlotte Knights lost their second straight game 7-2 to the Indianapolis Indians at Knights Stadium on Saturday night. The crowd of 8,169 did get a chance to see the longest home run hit of the season.
Right fielder Thomas Collaro hit his first Triple-A home run in the 5th inning off Indianapolis starter Michael Tejera. The ball landed on the dirt road that runs behind 50 feet beyond the left field wall. The home run did put the Knights back in the game.
Indianapolis was leading 3-2 entering the 8th inning. However, the floodgates were opened as the Indians' Jose Hernandez blasted a bases loaded grand slam to distinguish hope for a Charlotte comeback.
Despite the loss, Charlotte's Kenny Perez continued his hitting streak stretching it to 12 games. Perez is two games short from tying Jason Bourgeois' team high 14 game hitting streak.
The Knights will finish this two game series tomorrow against the Indianapolis Indians at 2:15p.m. LHP Heath Phillips (10-7, 4.53 ERA) will start for the Knights, the Indians will counter with RHP Marty McLeary (4-5, 4.42 ERA).
The Charlotte Knights are the Triple-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. For ticket or event information, please contact the Knights front office at (704) 357-8071 or (803) 548-8050 or visit our website at www.charlotteknights.com for more information.
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