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Cats Even Series With Pelicans
September 3, 2009
Though the Pelicans took an early 1-0 lead on an Antoin Gray home run, the Cats would claim victory 8-2 on Wednesday night. Led by starter Joel Kirsten, Fort Worth won game two of the South Division Championship Series.
In the top of the first inning, Antoin Gray went deep for his second home run of the postseason. The solo shot gave the Pelicans an early 1-0 lead. However, the Cats came back strong.
Fort Worth tied the game in the bottom of the first. Brian Fryer singled off Pelicans starter Randy Beam and stole second base. Cameron Blair put down a sacrifice bunt and Fryer moved up to third, scoring on a sacrifice fly to center by Pat O’Sullivan.
The Cats knocked Randy Beam out of the game in the second inning. Bell, Patterson, Gulledge, and Backman all scored, two of them coming on an Isa Garcia double. Dane DeValk came on to record the final two outs of the inning.
Cameron Blair hit a solo bomb in the fourth inning to give the Cats a 6-1 lead. Michael Bell walked to start off the bottom of the fifth inning, and scored when Ryan Patterson doubled.
Down 7-1, the Pelicans added another run in the top of the eighth. Against Ryan Trytten, Antoin Gray walked with two out. Marshall McDougall doubled to drive him in. The next two Pelicans walked, but the Pelicans left the bases loaded.
The Cats added their final run in the last of the eighth, scoring Fryer on a John Allen RBI single.
The Pelicans used five pitchers in the 8-2 loss. Randy Beam took the loss allowing five runs in 1.1 innings, walking two and yielding five hits. Dane DeValk pitched until the end of the fifth, allowing two runs on two hits and two walks. He struck out one. Ron Hill tossed a scoreless sixth, allowing a hit and a walk. Francisco Butto allowed two hits in the seventh, notching a strikeout. Ulysses Roque gained three outs via strikeout in the eighth, but the strikeouts were spaced around two walks and a hit that allowed a run to score.
The Pelicans were limited to six hits, comprised mostly by Gray and McDougall. Gray went 2-3 with the homer and two runs scored, and McDougall hit two doubles in four at-bats, driving in Gray once.
Game three is scheduled for Friday at 7:05 p.m. in Pensacola. The Pelicans are scheduled to start Kieran Mattison against the Cats’ Jae Jung.
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