Roadrunners Drop Series

July 7, 2013 - United League Baseball (ULB)
Edinburg Roadrunners News Release


ALEXANDRIA, Louisiana - The Edinburg Roadrunners dropped the series finale to the Alexandria Aces by a score of 7-4 on Sunday night at Bringhurst Field.

The Aces got on the board in the first inning when Alex Foltz drew a walk, and then Austin Newell hit a double to drive in Foltz to make it 1-0.

Alexandria would another run in the third inning when Foltz and Josh Band each hit singles but it was Nick Mahin who would hit an RBI single that scored Band to make it 2-0.

The Aces would score four runs in the fourth inning when Chad Bunting would hit a single, then was driven in by Travis Clark who hit a triple to make it 3-0. The scoring would continue as Doug Freeman would walk and then Clark was driven by a Band double to push it to 4-0. Newell hit another double to score Freeman and Band to make it 6-0.

Edinburg would respond with a pair of runs in the fifth inning on a bases loaded walk to Kori Melo to trim the deficit to 6-1. Then Tim Maitland would hit a sacrifice to make it a 6-2.

The Roadrunners would add another pair of runs in the sixth inning when Trevor Whyte reached on a single, and then Ryde Rodriguez hit his third homerun of the season scoring Whyte to make it a 6-4 game.

The Aces capped the scoring in the seventh inning when Newell and Mahin reached base, then Derrick Plyes would hit an RBI Single scoring Newell to end the scoring at 7-4.

Mike Loeske (3-1) would earn the win for the Aces throwing six innings while giving up four earned runs, while Antony Bello (2-4) took the loss throwing three innings and a third while giving up six runs. Cullen Babin would earn his first save of the season while tossing two innings and a third.

The Roadrunners will have Monday off but return home on Tuesday, July 9th, when they host the McAllen Thunder for a four game series with the first pitch set for 7:05 pm.

For Roadrunner individual game tickets you can purchase them online at etix.com or by calling the front office at 956-380-4446.



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