Pelicans edge Cats 5-4
June 22, 2005 - Central Baseball League (Central League)
Fort Worth Cats News Release
Pensacola answered a Fort Worth rally with one of their own in a 5-4 win over the Cats Wednesday night at LaGrave Field.
The loss dropped the Cats' record to 30-14, a game after clinching the first-half title. Pensacola's second-place record improved to 26-18.
After the Cats had rallied to take a one-run lead in the bottom of the eighth, Pensacola tied the game in the ninth on an RBI single by Nestor Smith scoring Larry Bethea who had led of the inning with a double. Two batters later, Jose Salas drove an RBI double to right-center field, scoring Smith and giving the Pelicans a 5-4 lead.
Josh Courage (3-1) was awarded the victory after pitching an effective ninth inning to close out the game.
Juan Figueroa (3-2) took the loss as he allowed two runs on three hits in an inning of work.
The Cats led early 1-0, but Pensacola got two runs in the fourth on a Carlos Mendoza run-scoring single and a Juan Rocha home run. They would add another tally in the sixth when Rocha drove home his second run of the game with an RBI single.
The score remained 3-1 until the eighth, when, with two outs, John Allen hit a bases-clearing double to the left-field corner to give the Cats a brief 4-3 lead before the Pelicans came back in the ninth.
Game 2 of the series is Thursday night at 7:05 p.m. with Logan Stout (2-2) for the Cats opposing Shane Arthurs (0-1) for the Pelicans.
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