Lemurs Get Walk-Off Bomb by Carroll
May 22, 2013 - American Association (AA)
Laredo Lemurs News Release
LAREDO, TX - Sawyer Carroll hit a two run walk-off home run to right field to lead the Laredo lemurs to a 4-3 victory over the Grand Prairie AirHogs on Tuesday night at Uni-Trade Stadium.
With the Lemurs down 3-2 going into the bottom of the ninth the AirHogs turned to their closer Justin Dowdy. The bottom of the ninth started off with a Garrett Rau base hit up the middle to put a runner at first. Jake Opitz would then fly out to left to create the first out in the inning. Jimmy Mojica would come up next and on the first pitch of his at-bat, Rau would get caught stealing second to make the second out in the frame. Mojica would then single to keep the ninth alive for the Lemurs. With the game hanging by a thread Sawyer Carroll stepped into the box and crushed a 2-1 pitch over the right field wall to lead the Lemurs to the second walk off win in as many days.
Justin Dowdy takes the loss for giving up the two run homer to Carroll. Bradley Blanks picks up the win as he went one and two thirds, striking out two, while holding the AirHogs at bay.
Jimmy Mojica picked up two hits on the night, John Allen went two for four with an RBI, Garrett Rau also picked up two hits and the hero Sawyer Carroll went two for five with a run and two RB I"s.
With the win the Lemurs stay undefeated at 6-0 and will be looking to sweep the Grand Prairie AirHogs with a early game starting at 10:00am Central Time.
All game times at home will be at 7:30pm with the exception of Wednesday, May 22nd at 10:00am and the game on Sunday, June 2nd which will start at 3:16pm.
Single game tickets, season tickets, suite rentals, and group packages are on sale now. For more information, call the Lemurs' office at 956-7LEMURS or visit the Lemurs' official website at www.laredolemurs.com.
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