Las Vegas Rallies Past Express 10-9 in 13 Innings
Published on May 26, 2010 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Round Rock Express News Release
ROUND ROCK, Texas - J.P. Arencibia delivered a game-winning, two-out RBI double in the top of 13th as the Las Vegas 51s rallied past the Round Rock Express 10-9 in 13 innings Wednesday night at The Dell Diamond. The Express (21-25) suffered their first loss in 11 home games when leading after eight innings. The 51s (20-27) snapped a three-game skid.
Round Rock led 8-1 through five innings, keyed by a six-run fourth inning. However, Vegas got back in the game with a run in the sixth and a five-run fifth. The Express scored what looked to be an insurance run on a two-out Las Vegas error in the bottom of the eighth. However, the insurance only covered giving up a go-ahead home run as Aaron Matthews drilled a two-out, two-run homer to left-center in the top of the ninth, eventually sending the game to extra innings.
Each team was held scoreless in the 10th, 11th and 12th innings, and Round Rock reliever T.J. Burton retired the first two batters of the 13th inning. Just as they did in the ninth inning, the 51s got things going with two outs and the bases empty. Brian Dopirak singled, and Arencibia followed with a double to the wall in left-center that scored Dopirak.
Jesse Carlson retired the top three batters in the Express lineup in the bottom of the 13th, closing the game for his first save of the season. Jeremy Accardo (2-0), the fourth of five Vegas relievers on the night, picked up the win; he allowed one hit in 2.0 scoreless innings with two strikeouts. Las Vegas' five relievers combined to allow only one unearned run on five hits and two walks with five strikeouts over 9.2 innings after starter Brad Mills was touched for eight runs on 10 hits and two walks over 3.1 innings.
Burton (0-2) was saddled with the tough-luck loss; he allowed one run on four hits and no walks with one strikeout over 4.0 innings. Starter Polin Trinidad worked 6.2 innings and allowed five runs - only two of which were earned - on eight hits and two walks with five strikeouts; he left the game with the lead. Casey Daigle allowed both runs in the ninth, ending his streak of consecutive save opportunities converted at six. It also was the first time he allowed an earned run in 11 outings.
Jason Bourgeois was 4-for-6 with a home run, two RBI and four runs scored, while Yordany Ramirez was 3-for-6 with a run scored. Brian Bogusevic, Jason Castro, Drew Locke and Brian Esposito all had two-hit games; Bogusevic had three RBI on a bases-loaded triple in the Express' six-run fourth. Matt Kata was 0-for-6, snapping his 13-game hitting streak. Chris Johnson was 0-for-5, snapping his 10-game hitting streak; he did, however, have two RBI.
Arencibia was 2-for-6 with five RBI; his three-run homer in the 51s' five-run seventh pulled Las Vegas to within one run at 8-7. Jorge Padilla was 3-for-4 with a home run, three walks and two runs scored. Luis Figueroa was 5-fo-7, while Brett Wallace had two hits.
Round Rock and Las Vegas conclude the four-game series Thursday with a 7:05 p.m. CDT first pitch at The Dell Diamond. Right-hander Sergio Perez (0-0, 2.57) is scheduled to start for the Express, while right-hander Jesse Litsch (0-1, 10.80) will make a rehab start for the 51s.
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