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Pelicans Flirt With First
August 3, 2009
The Pelicans cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Fort Worth Cats on Sunday, momentarily tying them for first place in the division with Shreveport-Bossier. Randy Beam was fantastic through eight innings, and Ron Hill struck out two in a perfect ninth inning. Dallas Christison had two RBI-singles, two runs scored, and a stolen base as the Pelicans earned a 2-1 series win over the Cats.
The Pelicans prowess began in the bottom of the third with an Adam Darby double. After a ground out, Dallas Christison drove Darby in to score. Christison scored as well on a groundball to the shortstop by Francisco Leandro to give Pensacola a 2-0 advantage.
The Cats cut into the Pelicans’ lead with an Isa Garcia homer to start the fifth. That run would be the only one of the game for the Cats, as Randy Beam handled the Cats for eight innings, yielding just four hits, a walk, and striking out four in his seventh victory of the year.
Pensacola supported their starter the whole game, adding two more runs in the bottom of the fifth frame. Adam Darby led off with a walk and moved to second on an Adam Deleo sacrifice bunt. Dallas Christison hit his second RBI-single of the evening to drive in Darby, and then stole second base. Leandro drove in Dallas to put the Pels up 4-1 after five.
The Pelicans added another pair of runs in the bottom of the eighth when Leandro hit his second single of the night. He scored when Chase Burch followed with a double, and Burch scored on an Antoin Gray base hit to give the Pelicans their sixth and final run.
Ron Hill pitched the ninth and struck out John Allen, induced Michael Bell to fly out to centerfield, and struck out Ryan Patterson to seal the victory.
With the Captains losing the first game in a double-header against Lincoln, Pensacola was tied with the Captains for the division lead at the time of this publication.
Pensacola travels overnight to Grand Prairie to take on the Air Hogs for four games before returning to Pensacola. Fans can follow all the action tomorrow at 6:50 p.m. by tuning to NewsRadio 1620 or going online at SportsJuice.com.
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