AA Gary SouthShore Railcats

RedHawks Break Through, Defeat RailCats 2-0 in Game One

Published on September 4, 2013 under American Association (AA)
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Fargo, ND - A pitcher's duel in game one of the American Association semi-finals between the RailCats and Redhawks was taken by Fargo-Moorhead 2-0 on Wednesday night.

In the decisive eighth inning, Alain Quijano allowed a leadoff single to Ronnie Bourquin then got Nic Jackson to fly out to center field for the first out of the inning. CJ Retherford then singled on the first pitch he saw to knock Quijano from the game.

Kyle Lindquist entered and surrendered a single to Jeremiah Piepkorn to score the game's first run. Tim Alberts followed with a sacrifice fly to left to score Retherford and take the 2-0 lead for Fargo.

Reliever Joe Harris earned the victory with two and â..." scoreless innings of relief.

Harris entered in the seventh inning when the RailCats had one of their best opportunities for offense against starter Taylor Stanton. In the seventh, Brian Kolb drew a walk to begin the inning and Drew Martinez bunted him into scoring position. After Zac Mitchell singled to right to put runners on the corners, Danny Pulfer engaged in an 11-pitch battle with Stanton. Despite fouling off eight pitches in the at-bat, Stanton struck out Pulfer on a fastball at the letters.

Then the lefty from Douglassville, PA entered and got Adam Klein to ground out to second to end the RailCats threat. Harris struck out the side in the eighth and allowed just a single to Drew Martinez with two out in the ninth before finishing off the game with a strikeout of Zac Mitchell.

Quijano managed to keep Fargo off the board in the bottom of the seventh after Jose Hernandez's double with two outs broke up a string of 12 in a row retired by the left-hander. Todd Jennings worked a walk to put runners on first and second, however, Quijano got Zach Penprase to ground out to second to end the inning.

Stanton and Quijano kept each offense quiet early, as each team had just three hits through the first five innings. Quijano worked around two-on, two-out jams in each the second and third innings to keep the game scoreless.

Stanton retired nine in a row after Cristian Guerrero's double with two out in the first inning. The "˜Cats threatened with back-to-back singles with two out in the fourth, but Staton got Brian Kolb to ground out to second to end the inning.

In the sixth, the RailCats threatened as Stanton's control eluded him for the first time in the game. Reid Fronk drew a walk with Cristian Guerrero on first and Craig Maddox worked himself into a 2-0 count before grounding out to second to end the inning.

Despite dominating the opposing offense, Taylor Stanton earned a no-decision. He allowed five hits, a pair of walks and struck out three.

Quijano was the tough-luck loser for the RailCats. In seven and â..." innings he allowed a pair of runs on six hits and three walks.

The RailCats will play game two of the semi-final series with Fargo on Thursday night at Newman Outdoor Field. RHP Alex Caldera (8-6, 4.31 ERA) will throw for Fargo; RHP Stephen Hiscock (4-2, 3.26 ERA) for the RailCats.

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