Omaha Falls to Memphis, 6-4, in 11 Innings
Published on June 21, 2012 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Omaha Storm Chasers News Release
PAPILLION, Neb. - The Omaha Storm Chasers fell to the Memphis Redbirds, 6-4, in 11 innings at Werner Park on Thursday night. Louis Coleman (0-2) was hit with the loss after giving up the deciding two runs to Memphis in the 11th inning. The loss drops the Storm Chasers overall record to 45-29 and the team's home record to a stellar 28-11.
Left-hander Everett Teaford started the contest for Omaha and pitched well, allowing two hits and punching out five in 6.0 innings on the mound. Nate Adcock pitched an inning in relief of Teaford and gave up four runs. Brandon Sisk threw a scoreless eighth and ninth innings for the Chasers before giving way to Coleman.
Omaha put the game's first run on the board in the second as Tony Abreu doubled down the left field line, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a Kurt Mertins sac fly. Things stayed quiet until the sixth inning when the Storm Chasers grabbed a 3-0 lead after a Max Ramirez single to left plated Abreu and an RBI single by Derrick Robinson scored Ramirez.
The Redbirds (27-47) struck for four runs against Adcock in the seventh to grab a 4-3 lead. Memphis scored the four runs on an RBI double by Pete Kozma, a two-run two bagger by Zack Cox and a run-scoring single by Luis Montanez.
However, the Chasers would not give in and tallied a run to tie the ballgame at 4-4 in the eighth when Anthony Seratelli's sac fly brought Abreu in to score.
From there, the offenses scuffled until the 11th when Mark Hamilton walked to start the inning for the Redbirds. Hamilton was then replaced by Eugenio Velez who advanced to second on a sac bunt and then to third on a wild pitch. Coleman then intentionally walked Cox who then moved to second on defensive indifference. Montanez then blooped a hit into center field to score Velez and Cox to score the game's decisive two runs.
The Storm Chasers and the Redbirds will wrap up their four-game series on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. Friday's game will feature post-game Friday Fireworks thanks to our partners at American Family Insurance. The game against Memphis can be heard locally on 1180 The Zone 2 - The Deuce and online at omahastormchasers.com.
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