Roadrunners Tie Championship Series FORT WORTH, Texas— The Edinburg Roadrunners tied the United League Championship Series at one game apiece by defeating the Fort Worth Cats by a score of 3-0 on Friday night at La Grave Field. The game was tied at zero until the fifth inning when the Edinburg added a pair of runs to grab a lead when Tim Battle and Carlton Salters each hit solo homeruns to give the Roadrunners a 2-0 lead. The Roadrunners (1-1) would make the lead last until the ninth inning when Derrick Pyles hit an RBI single that scored Tim Maitland to make it 3-0. Fort Worth (1-1) only got three hits surrendered by the Edinburg pitching staff. Cameron Monger, Luany Sanchez, and Cody Bishop got the hits for the Cats. Dan Schmidt (1-0) earned the win tossing six scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out six hitters for Edinburg. Aaron Wilkerson (0-1) took the tough luck loss for the Cats pitching eight and two-thirds innings striking out eight permitting three earned runs. Alex Schmarzo earned his first save of the championship series tossing a scoreless ninth inning allowing two hits. The Roadrunners and Cats will play game three of the best-of-five United League Championship Series on Saturday night with the first pitch at 7:05 pm at La Grave Field. For more information on the Roadrunners, logon to roadrunnerball or by calling the front office at (956) 380-4446.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 03:33:56 +0000
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