| Saturday, August 28, 2010 |
The Captains (57-37, 28-19 2nd half) got out to an early lead, getting a two-out infield single by Christopher Garcia, a wild pitch and an RBI hit from Palmer Karr to go up 1-0 in the first inning. Greg Porter’s two-out RBI single tied it in the bottom of the first, but the Captains struck back with two more on another RBI from Karr and a wild pitch to take a 3-1 lead in the third inning.
But the AirHogs (43-51, 19-28) struck back with power in the bottom of the third, after Cody Kelley walked the first two hitters. With one out, Porter launched a moonshot over the high batter’s eye in centerfield for his 20th home run of the year. Ernie Banks then singled before Michael Hollimon crushed a homer to deep rightfield to give Grand Prairie a 6-3 advantage.
After an unearned run off Aaron Cunningham in the fourth, the Captains came back off Ryne Tacker in the fifth and sixth. Bryan Sabatella walked and stole second to start the fifth, stole second and scored on Robert Perry’s triple, and Perry in turn scored on Tacker’s third wild pitch of the game.
An inning later, Jovanny Rosario singled home Uriak Marquez to bring the Captains to within one, and Sabatella doubled and Perry singled to give Shreveport-Bossier the lead back. Grand Prairie evened things again with a triple and an RBI single by Daniel Berg in the sixth, but the Captains stuck their noses out in front with single runs in the seventh and eighth to go up 10-8. In the bottom of the eighth, David Espinosa tied it again, hitting a two-out, two-strike home run off Jameson Maj (5-0).
But Jorge Alvarez lined a single right off the first base line with one out in the ninth off Jose Obispo (0-1) – who was in his third inning of work – to set up Marquez’s game-winner. Hector Carrasco then came on for the fifth straight day and allowed a two-out walk but got three groundouts to get his 22nd save of the season.
Notes: This game took one minute longer than last night’s 3-1, 11-inning Captains win…16 of the 18 hitters had at least one hit in the game while six Captains and six AirHogs had at least two hits…The Captains previous best winning streak was nine in mid-June…Shreveport-Bossier stole five bases in the game and need three to set a new league record…AirHogs manager Pete Incaviglia was thrown out of the game by first-base umpire Chris Griffith after his nephew Thomas Incaviglia was called out on a tag by Garcia at first base leading off the bottom of the sixth. The younger Incaviglia tried to push a bunt down the first base line and slammed his helmet to the ground after Griffith ruled that Garcia had indeed tagged him...The Captains clinched a winning road record with their 25th victory away from Fair Grounds Field this season.
The Shreveport-Bossier Captains conclude the 2010 regular season against the Grand Prairie AirHogs, at 6:05 p.m. on Sunday, August 29. The Captains will next be at home for Game 3 of the South Division Championship Series against the Pensacola Pelicans, at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, September 3. Postseason tickets are on sale now at Fair Grounds Field for all possible home playoff games. All games are broadcast streaming live on ustream.tv. For information on tickets, promotions, advertising, and other opportunities with the Captains, check out the team’s Web site at www.sbcaptains.com, or call the Fair Grounds Field office at (318) 636-5555.
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