Pelicans Win Thriller Over AirHogs 5-4

June 12, 2010

The Pelicans (11-16) and AirHogs (15-11) both put up a great fight at Quiktrip Park and in the end, Pensacola prevailed for a thrilling 5-4 victory Friday night. The Pelicans have now won three games in a row.

Grand Prairie struck first blood in the bottom of the first inning with an RBI single from Juan Camacho and a two run homerun from Aaron Garza. All these runs came with two outs which gave the AirHogs an early 3-0 advantage.

The Pelicans loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fourth inning. Francisco Leandro would line a single into right field to score Adolfo Gonzalez and Kyle Brown to make it a 3-2 game. Chase Porch would follow with an RBI groundout to bring in Christison to tie the game up at 3. One batter later, Javier Brito would hit a sharp ground ball off the glove of the third baseman Jose Duran which would roll down the left field line scoring Porch to give Pensacola a 4-3 lead. Lou Palmisano would follow with a single up the middle to bring home Gray and make it a 5-3 Pelicans lead.

Grand Prairie scored a run in the fifth inning, but that would end the scoring as Pelican pitching shut them out for the last four innings to seal up the 5-4 victory.

Jared Gothreaux (3-2) gets the win as he battled through eight innings scattering 4 runs off ten hits, but making the big outs when he had too.

Ron Hill pitched a perfect ninth to get his second save of the season.

Ryne Tacker (1-1) takes the loss as he gives up five runs-none earned off five hits through seven innings pitched.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports