Rodriguez Guides Roadrunners to Victory
July 20, 2012 - North American League (NAmL)
Edinburg Roadrunners News Release
EDINBURG, Texas - The Edinburg Roadrunners won their third-straight game against the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings with an 8-1 victory Friday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium.
Osvaldo Rodriguez (4-0) pitched eight innings and allowed just one unearned run while scattering three hits with seven strikeouts.
Carlos Hereaud got the Roadrunners (34-20) out in front in the bottom of the first with an RBI double that scored Wilmer Pino from second to make it 1-0.
With runners on the corners in the bottom of the second, Pino hit an RBI fielder's choice that scored Tim Battle from third. Hereaud then followed with an RBI single that scored Pino from second that extended the Roadrunners lead 3-0.
Edinburg added to their lead in the bottom of the fifth as they batted around in the inning against RGV's Ricardo Estevez as Hereaud, Cristobal Santana, and Osiel Flores recorded RBI hits in the inning making it 7-0.
In the bottom of the seventh, Battle hit a bases loaded sacrifice fly that allowed Pascual Del Real to score that made it 8-0 Edinburg.
Rodriguez allowed just one unearned run in the top of the eighth as Jacinto Cipriota got RGV (30-23) their only run of the game with an RBI single making the score 8-1.
Robert Roth closed out the ball game with a perfect ninth giving Edinburg the 8-1 victory.
The Roadrunners and WhiteWings will continue their series Saturday night at Edinburg Baseball Stadium. Aaron Tullo (2-1) is expected to face Luis Noel (4-2) with the first pitch scheduled for 7:05 p.m.
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