Pelicans Get Lucky Win Number 13 In A Row

July 17, 2010

The Pensacola Pelicans (11-0) were in the middle of a see-saw battle with the Grand Prairie AirHogs (0-11) who were both fighting badly to get the win. In the end, Lou Palmisano’s RBI sac fly to score Javier Brito in the 11th Inning pushed the Pels past the AirHogs 11-10. Pensacola has now won their 13th straight contest, tying their franchise record of consecutive wins set back in 2004.

Grand Prairie grabbed the game’s first run in the bottom of the third inning when Greg Porter lined a two out single to center to score David Espinosa from second base to give the AirHogs an early 1-0 lead. Jason Stokes followed with a walk then Michael Holliman hit a towering triple to deep right center to score Porter and Stokes extending the Grand Prairie lead to 3-0.

Pensacola battled back in the top of the fourth inning. WIth one out, John Alonso hit a solo homerun deep to left center and over the wall to get the Pels on the board at 3-1. It was Alonso’s seventh homer of the year. They later loaded the bases in the same inning when Adolfo Gonzalez lined a single to right to score Lou Palmisano and Chase Porch to tie the game up at 3. Pensacola loaded the bases again and Carlos Leon hit a sacrifice fly to right center to score Marcos Rodriguez from third base giving the Pels the lead at 4-3. Francisco Leandro followed with a two run single to right center to score Adolfo Gonzalez and Kyle Brown extending the lead to 6-3.

With the score 6-5 in the top of sixth inning, Adolfo rifled a double just fair down the left field line scoring Marcos Rodriguez from first base to make it a 7-5 Pelicans advantage. Then Kyle Brown bunted a ball down the third base line and a throwing error to first base from David Espinosa allowed Gonzalez to score and give the Pels an 8-5 lead.

Grand Prairie answered back in the last of sixth inning when Daniel Berg launched a 3-2 fastball into the left field seats for his first homerun of the season pulling the AirHogs within a run at 8-7.

The AirHogs opened up the last of the seventh inning with a triple hit from Jason Stokes. Michael Holliman followed with a sacrifice fly to right center to tie the game up at 8. Robert Perry then followed with a rocket to right that went over the fence in a hurry to give the AirHogs the lead back at 9-8.

In the top of the ninth inning, Francisco Leandro led it off with a single to right. He then stoled second successfully. AirHogs closer Geivy Garcia then threw two straight wild pitches allowing Leandro to score and tie the game up at 9. Later in the inning with runners on first and second with one out, Chase Porch blooped a single to left to score Dallas Christison who was pinch running for Alonso to give Pensacola a 10-9 lead.

The AirHogs rallied back in the bottom of the ninth inning when Michael Holliman doubled to deep center to score Greg Porter and tie the game up once again at 10.

In the top of the eleventh inning, Javier Brito led it off with a lead off single to center. He advanced to second on a wild pitch thrown from Ben Paxton. He moved to third on a bunt from Dallas Christison. Lou Palmisano followed with a sacrifice fly to right field to score Brito from third base giving Pensacola an 11-10 lead.

Austin Chambliss (3-0) pitches the ninth and tenth inning to get the win. Jason Franzblau tossed a perfect eleventh inning for his first save of the year.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Sports