Zephyrs rally past RedHawks
Published on June 6, 2008 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
New Orleans Baby Cakes News Release
The New Orleans Zephyrs used timely hitting and another home run from Chris Aguila to rally past the Oklahoma RedHawks on Friday, 8-6, in front of the largest crowd at Zephyr Field this season. Aguila hit a three-run homer in the sixth to erase a 4-1 deficit, and the Zephyrs broke the tie with four runs in the seventh to take the second game of the four-game series with the division-leading RedHawks. The win moved the Zephyrs back within two games of first place in the American Southern.
The home run by Aguila was his seventh in his last seven games, and gives him 16 for the season, third-most in the Pacific Coast League.
With the game knotted at 4-4 in the seventh, the Z's loaded the bases with nobody out on a double by Anderson Hernandez, a bunt single by Argenis Reyes, and a walk to Jose Valentin. With Jesus Feliciano batting .362 against left-handed pitchers entering the game, Oklahoma turned to southpaw Bill White, and Feliciano greeted him with a line drive into right-center field to score two runs.
Two batters later, White walked Michel Abreu with the bases loaded, and Anderson Machado added a sacrifice fly to give New Orleans an 8-4 lead.
The Zephyrs had to hang on, as Oklahoma's Joaquin Arias led off the eighth inning with a home run off Tim McNab, and Chris Davis doubled in a run to cut the lead to 8-6. But Carlos Muniz entered to retire the final three batters of the frame, then pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his sixth save.
The third game of the series between the top teams in the division is Saturday at 6:00 p.m., as RHP Nelson Figueroa faces RHP Eric Hurley.
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