Roadrunners Drop Season Opener to the Prairie Dogs
May 23, 2012 - North American League (NAmL)
Edinburg Roadrunners News Release
EDINBURG, Texas--- The Edinburg Roadrunners dropped the 2012 season opener against the Abilene Prairie Dogs 4-0 Wednesday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium in front of 2,871 in attendance.
The ball game remained scoreless until the top of the fourth when the Prairie Dogs (1-0) broke through against Miguel Martinez. Nick Ochoa hit a one-out double to right center field and then came in to score on Bryan Fogle's RBI double. One out later, Reggie Williams hit an RBI single that allowed Fogle to score making it 2-0 Abilene.
The Prairie Dogs added to their lead in the top of the sixth with a solo homerun by Joe Weik that made it 3-0.
In the top of the ninth, Abilene picked up another run. Nick Ochoa led off the inning with a walk and then moved to third on a two-out single by Williams. Eddie Browne then followed with an RBI single to center scoring Ochoa to make it 4-0 Prairie Dogs.
Adam Rowe (1-0) got the win after pitching seven shut-out innings and scattering five hits with two strikeouts.
Martinez (0-1) got the tough luck loss for Edinburg (0-1) after pitching eight innings and allowing three runs on nine hits and four strikeouts.
The Roadrunners and Prairie Dogs will continue their four-game series Thursday night. Dave Dinelli is scheduled to start for the Roadrunners and will oppose Abilene's Brad Tullins.
Tickets are still available for the Thursday night's matchup and can be purchased by calling the Edinburg front office at 956-380-4446 or by visiting www.etix.com. For more information on the upcoming season please visit www.roadrunnerball.com.
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