
Roadrunners Drop Fourth In A Row
August 28, 2010 - United League Baseball (ULB)
Edinburg Roadrunners News Release
EDINBURG, Texas---The Edinburg Roadrunners dropped their fourth straight game after a 5-2 loss at the hands of the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings Saturday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium in front of 2,812 in attendance.
With the loss, combined with a loss by Amarillo, Edinburg remains two games back of first place in the United League standings.
Wilmer Pino got things started for the Roadrunners (49-38) in the bottom of the first. After hitting a double, Pino stole third and came into score on an RBI ground out by Robert Matlock giving Edinburg the 1-0 lead.
The WhiteWings (46-44) got on the board against Eric Montoya (9-6) in the top of the second when Javis Diaz hit an RBI single scoring Brian Nichols from third tying the game at one.
Former Roadrunner Eric Gonzalez extended RGV's lead with a two-run single in the top of the fourth scoring Arlon Quiroz and Wellington Dotel making it 3-1.
That would be all the runs allowed by Montoya who allowed three runs on eight hits and struck out four.
In the top of the eighth, Gonzalez hit a one-out double and then came into score on an RBI single by Roberto Rodriguez. With the bases loaded, Leivi Ventura was hit by a pitch allowing Rodriguez to score extending the WhiteWings lead 5-1.
Edinburg picked up a run in the bottom of the eighth when a fielding error allowed Matlock to score from third cutting RGV's lead 5-2.
Mickey Cassidy picked up his eighth save of the season after pitching an inning and a third to give RGV the 5-2 victory.
David Cross (7-5) got the win after pitching seven and two-thirds allowing two runs on eight hits while striking out six.
The Roadrunners and WhiteWings will play a double header Sunday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium to close out the regular season. Mark DiBernardo (8-5) is expected to face Steve Rayburn (4-2) in game one and Tim Haines (3-10) is expected to face in Johnny Montoya (1-2) game two with game one starting at 6:05 p.m.
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United League Baseball Stories from August 28, 2010
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