RockHounds Are All-Wright
Published on August 25, 2010 under Texas League (TL1)
Midland RockHounds News Release
After a rare poor performance in his start on the last road trip, Matt Wright returned to form, tossing 6.0 outstanding innings. The right-hander would earn his sixth win, and lower his ERA back under three in the process (2.98), as the RockHounds erupted for nine runs in the fourth inning and went on to defeat the Coprus Christi Hooks in front of more than five thousand (5,078) at Citibank Ballpark.
Through three, Wright and fellow veteran Bubbie Buzachero were matched up in a 1-0 game, each backed by outstanding defense. Alex Valdez robbed Alex Cartwright of a hit with a diving stop and strong throw in the top of the first ... and Cartwright, in turn, took a hit away from Jemile Weeks with a diving stop and tremendous throw in the third.
Archie Gilbert led off the RockHounds' fourth with a shot down the right field line, with Hooks first baseman Koby Clemens deflecting the ball on another outstanding defensive effort, limiting Archie to a single. Gilbert would score the inning's first run and later bat again in the inning, this time sending a triple to left, driving in the eighth run of the inning, then scoring the ninth (and final) run on Shane Peterson 's sacrifice fly.
In the 9-run fourth, eight RockHounds scored (Gilbert twice) and every batter in the line-up either scored a run, drove in a run, or both. Josh Horton 's 2-run double was the only multiple-RBI swing of the bat.
The RockHounds made it two-in-a-row midway through a short, 4-game home stand and series with Corpus Christi.
The pennant race & the wild card: At Frisco ... the RoughRiders and San Antonio Missions went extra innings for the second straight night, with the RoughRiders again defeating the Missions, this time by the score of 4-3 (11 innings). Andy Jenkins singled in Engle Beltre with the game-winning run.
The win keeps the RoughRiders within two games of the RockHounds in the second half pennant race, and pushes the RockHounds five games ahead of the Missions in both the second half and wild card races. The wild card takes effect only if Frisco wins the second half.
Corpus Christi has now fallen to eight games out in the second half and seven games back in the wild card, pushing the Hooks to the brink of elimination. Corpus Christi, however, still has two games remaining with the RockHounds ... hosts Frisco for four ... and has a pair of 3-game series (home-and-home) against San Antonio.
There are 12 games remaining in the 2010 Texas League regular season.
Thursday's Probable Starters Corpus Christi Polin Trinidad (LH, 0-2, 7.59) RockHounds Anthony Capra (LH, 6-11, 4.23)
Game time 7:00 p.m. ... Citibank Ballpark Broadcast 6:45 p.m. on My Country 96.1-FM
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