Pelicans Top Grand Prairie 6-3

August 13, 2009

In a game that took two hours and ten minutes to get started due to rain, the Pelicans rewarded their faithful by defeating the Grand Prairie Air Hogs 6-3. Wednesday’s game was originally scheduled for 6:35 p.m.; when Hunter Davis rolled up a double play to end the ball game, the clock displayed 11:59 p.m. Randy Beam pitched solidly, earning his ninth win of the year, and Davis picked up save number twenty on Wednesday night.

The Pelicans scored all the runs they would need in the bottom of the third. Lou Palmisano led off and reached on an error by the shortstop, advancing to second when Kevin Reynolds had a bunt single. Leandro walked to load the bases, and Antoin Gray hit a two RBI double that plated Palmisano and Reynolds. Marshall McDougall followed with a base hit to score Leandro, and Rodriguez succeeded him with a single to bring Gray in.

The Air Hogs acquired their only earned run on Pelicans’ starter Randy Beam in the top of the fourth when Javier Brito hit his tenth homer of the year, a solo bomb to left. The Pelicans recovered the run in the bottom of the inning when Reynolds reached first on his second bunt single, moved to third on two walks, and scored on a wild pitch.

Grand Prairie did notch two more runs in the top of the fifth, as J.B. Tucker singled, Incaviglia doubled, and with two out both scored on a throwing error by the shortstop.

Randy Beam pitched through the end of the sixth inning, yielding five hits, walking no one, and striking out six. Bubba Nelson pitched a one-hit seventh inning with a strikeout and Ron Hill pitched a shutout eighth with two punch-outs. Hunter Davis picked up his twentieth save of the year by allowing only one batter to reach first via walk.

Kevin Reynolds and Marcos Rodriguez both went 2-4, with Rodriguez driving in a run and Reynolds scoring twice. Antoin Gray had the two RBI single, scoring once himself. Fresh Pelicans Marshall McDougall and Lee Huggins went 1-3 each, with McDougall driving in a run, and Huggins stealing his first professional base and scoring as well.

The Pelicans have a travel day Thursday before playing the Diablos in El Paso on Friday night. First pitch is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. Central Time, and can be heard on NewsRadio 1620 and online via SportsJuice.com.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports