Sioux City-Sioux Falls Recap

August 15, 2006 - American Association (AA) News Release

Sioux Falls 9, Sioux City 8

@ Sioux Falls, SD. Time: 2:54 Attendance: 2,325

W: Lenny Bays (2-3) L: J.D. Scholten (5-3) S: Matt Montgomery (8)

HR: SF-Bubba Smith (5)

Sioux Falls outlasted Sioux City in a slugfest in game one of the day-night two-state doubleheader. LF Chad Hermansen and C Jake Smith led the way for the Canaries as both they combined to go 6-for-10 with three runs scored and two RBI. Hermansen also chipped in with two doubles which brings him to 31 on the season. Lenny Bays picks up his second win for Sioux Falls as he tosses 2 2/3 innings allowing only three hits and a walk. Matt Montgomery pitches a scoreless ninth to notch his eighth save of the year. For the Explorers, LF Jorge Moreno led the way with a 4-for-5 outing with two runs scored and an RBI.

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Tonight's Schedule (All times are Central):

Coastal Bend (Ricky Stover, 3-6) vs. Pensacola (Todd Androsko, 3-5) 6:35 PM

Shreveport (Bert Snow, 7-3 and Derek Cunningham, 2-3) vs. El Paso (Robbie Wachman, 3-2 and Andy Torres, 8-5) [DH] 7:05 PM

St. Paul (Charlie Ruud, 6-5) vs. St. Joe (J.C. Huguet, 5-3) 7:05 PM

Fort Worth (Joel Kirsten, 6-3) vs. Lincoln (Jeff Blitstein, 7-2) 7:05 PM

Sioux Falls (Sean Donlin, 0-5) vs. Sioux City (Chris Swiatkiewicz, 0-2) 7:05 PM

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