WhiteWings Beat San Angelo 8 - 3

Published on August 26, 2012 under North American League (NAmL)
Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings News Release


SAN ANGELO- Reymond Cruz won his first game in a Rio Grande Valley uniform in three years while Robert Moron drove in three runs to lead the WhiteWings to an 8-3 victory against the San Angelo Colts at Foster Field Sunday night.

Moron doubled in two runs and scored on a Jacinto Cipriota hit to give the WhiteWings a 3-0 lead off Mike Hart (6-4) in the top of the fourth. Meanwhile, Cruz (1-1) threw seven innings, allowing only one earned run and five hits while walking three and striking out eight in his second start for the WhiteWings (49-38).

The WhiteWings scored four runs in the ninth on an error and six straight hits off Michael Hacker and Russell Johns to put the game away, negating home runs hit by Salvador Paniagua and Landon Camp for the Colts (46-42).

Julio Santana earned his first save of the season by throwing the final two innings of the game.

The WhiteWings now finish the regular season with eight games against Edinburg. Instead of an eight game homestand against McAllen and Abilene, Rio Grande Valley will now revamp their schedule and play the Roadrunners at home today and tomorrow, then travel to Edinburg from Aug. 29-31.

The WhiteWings will then host Edinburg on Sat., Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m., then travel to Edinburg on Sun., Sept. 3 at 6:05 p.m. before concluding the regular season on Labor Day at Harlingen Field at 7:05 p.m. against Edinburg.

The WhiteWings and Edinburg will then meet in a best of three game playoff series beginning on Tue. Sept 4. The WhiteWings will have to win seven of their final eight games against Edinburg to earn home field advantage in the first round series.

The winner of the Rio Grande Valley-Edinburg post game series will then play the winner of a San Angelo-Fort Worth first round series in a best-of-five game United Division championship final.

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