Pelicans Win Thriller Over Saints 5-4

June 4, 2010

The Pensacola Pelicans snapped a four game losing streak Thursday night. Antoin Gray singled in the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth to send the Pelicans (7-13) to an exciting 5-4 win over the Saints (9-10).

The Saints would get a run in the second inning when Brandon Carter hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield to score Brent Krause and give St. Paul an early 1-0 lead.

Pensacola would answer back in a big way in the bottom half of the second inning when Chase Porch hit an RBI infield single with the bases loaded to score Lou Palmisano and tie the game up at 1. Dallas Christison would follow with a two run single to left field to bring in Joey Side and John Alonso to give the Pels a 3-1 lead.

With the score 3-2, Chase Porch hit a sacrifice fly to center field to score Joey Side and make it a 4-2 lead for Pensacola.

St. Paul would get that run back in the seventh inning as Brandon Carter lined a double down the third base line to bring in Gerard Haran and make it 4-3.

The Saints would tie it up in the eighth inning when Haran lined a single infront of Porch in left field to bring in Jason Cooper and even up the score at 4.

In the bottom of the ninth inning, the Pelicans loaded the bases with nobody out. Antoin Gray followed as he dropped in a single to left field to score Dallas Christison and win the game for the Pelicans 5-4.

The win goes to Ron Hill (1-1) as he got the last out in the top half of the ninth inning.

The loss goes to Joe DAlessandro (0-1) as he gives up the RBI hit from Gray in the bottom of the ninth to end the game.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports