Red-Hot Captains End Regular Season with Another Win

Published on August 29, 2010 under American Association (AA)
Shreveport-Bossier Captains News Release


GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas - The Shreveport-Bossier Captains ended the best regular season in franchise history on another high note, as they swept the Grand Prairie AirHogs with a 5-3 win at QuikTrip Park on Sunday night, ending the season with a franchise-record 11-game winning streak.

For the third game in a row in this series the Captains (58-37, 29-19 2nd half) scored first, and for the second night in a row it was in the first inning. Bryan Sabatella started things off with a double, moved to third on Robert Perry's infield single and scored on Christopher Garcia's RBI single off Daniel Schmidt (3-6). Palmer Karr and Andres Rodriguez then each hit ground balls to first to move Perry over and in, giving Shreveport-Bossier a 2-0 lead.

Luke Prihoda (1-0) worked around trouble in the first two innings and then pitched a perfect third inning, but gave up a one-out, two-run home run to Michael Hollimon in the fourth to tie the game. In the fifth, Shreveport-Bossier retook the lead when Robert Perry doubled down the line in right, and came around to score when rightfielder Aaron Garza and second baseman Antoin Gray were each charged with errors getting the ball in.

In the sixth, the Captains got another unearned run off Schmidt, when Jorge Alvarez knocked in Andres Rodriguez from second after Rodriguez had reached on an error. They scored one more in the seventh on an RBI single by Garcia off former Captain Marcus Salmon.

Prihoda gave up one more run in the sixth, leaving after that frame to get his first Captains win and his seventh overall. Lefty Ryan DiPietro worked around two baserunners in each of the seventh and eighth innings in a playoff tune-up, and Justin Young pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the year and second of his career, ending the AirHogs' season at 43-52, and 19-29 in the second half.

Notes: Garcia finished the year in second place in the league with his .383 batting average and tied for third with 90 RBIs.The Captains stole three bases to set a new American Association record with 162 swipes on the year. Sabatella was also caught stealing to put the Captains with the most runners caught stealing in one year as well - 51.The Captains finished the second half 29-19 after going 29-18 in the first half - with 29 wins in a half tying a franchise record.Shreveport-Bossier finished 26-22 on the road, with at least .500 records in every park except Sioux City (2-4) and Pensacola (4-5).The Captains' franchise had won nine straight games three times, including earlier this season.The Captains finished the season series 12-3 against Grand Prairie, winning 11 of the last 12 meetings.DiPietro was making his first relief appearance of the season.

The Shreveport-Bossier Captains now head to Pensacola for the 2010 South Division Championship Series, starting in Pelican Park on Tuesday, August 31, at 6:45 p.m. The Captains will next be at home for Game 3 of the South Division Championship Series against the Pensacola Pelicans, at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, September 3. Postseason tickets are on sale now at Fair Grounds Field for all possible home playoff games. All games are broadcast streaming live on ustream.tv. For information on tickets, promotions, advertising, and other opportunities with the Captains, check out the team's Web site at www.sbcaptains.com, or call the Fair Grounds Field office at (318) 636-5555.

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