AirHogs soar over Captains 8-2
The Grand Prairie AirHogs stretched their first-place lead over the Shreveport-Bossier Captains with an 8-2 win on Thursday night, scoring four of their eight runs on sacrifice flies.
The first runs were plated in the first at the hand of a Greg Porter base-hit RBI, followed by a Juan Camacho sacrifice pop fly well out of the infield, scoring the second run of the game.
In the second, Joe Spiers sent another sac-fly into the outfield, scoring Ben Patralli to make it 3-1. Catcher Flint Wipke followed the trend sending one deep into the park, scoring a fourth AirHog run.
Shreveport-Bossier tallied their first run in the first with a Christopher Garcia base-hit RBI and before infielder Bryan Frichter added another for the Captains in the top of the fourth sending one deep and over the fence in right field.
The last sacrifice of the game would come from AirHogs center fielder Robert Perry, adding the fifth run of the game.
An RBI single in the bottom of the six from Jose Duran and an RBI base-hit apiece by David Espinosa and Flint Wipke in the seventh would add more insurance runs bringing the final score to 8-2.
The AirHogs begin their rivalry series with the Fort Worth Cats tomorrow at QuikTrip Park. Gates open at 6 p.m. with live music and FREE AIRHOGS T-SHIRTS to the first 1,500 fans courtesy of Parkland Community Health Plan. Game time is set for 7:05 p.m.
