Pollok Flirts With No-No, Goes Distance To Beat AirHogs

Published on July 11, 2011 under American Association (AA)
Grand Prairie AirHogs News Release


GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas -- It took the Grand Prairie AirHogs six innings to get their first hit Monday night, while the Fort Worth Cats had no such trouble, trouncing the AirHogs 14-1 in front of 710 at QuikTrip Park behind a complete game, three-hitter by righty Dwayne Pollok.

After David Nathanson (1-4) and Pollok (2-3) traded fewer-than-10-pitch 1-2-3 first innings, the Cats (25-29) took the lead on an RBI groundout by Brian Fryer in the second. After a scoreless third, Fort Worth broke the game open, getting four runs on three hits and two walks to make it 5-0, before adding another quartet in the fifth on a two-out grand slam by Butch Ballez.

Pollok retired the first 10 batters he faced before walking David Thomas with one out in the fourth. He retired the next eight, before Thomas again got on, this with a clean single up the middle for the AirHogs' first hit. Thomas would score that inning on Cesar Nicolas's RBI groundout, but that was the only time Grand Prairie (37-18) would push across a run.

In addition to Ballez's five RBI night (he added an RBI single in addition to the grand slam), Marcos Rodriguez went 6-for-6 with three doubles and three singles, the second player in as many days to achieve a 6-for-6 day, after Danny Figueroa did it for the AirHogs in Amarillo on Sunday.

Notes: Infielder Jake Taylor came on to pitch the final inning, striking out two and allowing one run in his first professional pitching appearance...Thomas also made two great catches in left field during the game in addition to his walk and hit...Rodriguez and Ballez combined to go 9-for-11 with nine RBIs...Trent Lockwood walked four times for the Cats, who drew nine walks in total...Rodriguez is now the fifth player in league history with six hits in a game, but the third in the last three weeks.

The AirHogs and Cats continue their series on Tuesday, July 12, at 7:05 p.m. at QuikTrip Park. It is $2 Tuesday, with general admission tickets going for just $2. Don't miss the renewed commitment to excellence and affordable family entertainment. All games are available with live, free streaming video on ustream.tv. Individual game tickets are on sale and can be purchased by calling 972-504-9383 or by visiting www.airhogsbaseball.com

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