RailCats 10, Edmonton 9

June 3, 2007

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Gary, Indiana—The Gary SouthShore RailCats overcame an 8-1 deficit to notch the biggest comeback in team history on Sunday, defeating the Edmonton Cracker-Cats 10-9 at U. S. Steel Yard before a crowd of 5,559. The win was the RailCats sixth straight and improved their 2007 record to 14-3.

David Detienne led the RailCats comeback effort, delivering three hits including a double and triple. His triple in the bottom of the seventh drove in two runs to pull the RailCats to within one at 9-8 and Nate Price followed with a sacrifice fly to bring in Detienne and tie the game.

The RailCats scored the eventual winning run in the eighth when Jay Pecci singled to center, went to second on Jermaine Allensworth's sacrifice bunt and to third on Steve Haake's fly out to center. Pecci scored on a wild pick-off throw to third by Edmonton catcher Adam Shorsher.

Edmonton built their lead by scoring four runs in the fourth and four more in the fifth against RailCats starting pitcher Willie Glen. Kyle Nichols, who finished with four hits, connected on a two-run home run in the fourth and Shorsher hit a two-run shot in the fifth.

The RailCats started back in the bottom of the fifth inning when Detienne doubled, went to third on Dale Mueller's bunt single, and scored on Eric McNamee's fielder's choice play. McNamee scored later in the inning on Allensworth's two-out single to make it 8-3.

Edmonton scored another run in the sixth before Gary answered in the bottom of the inning on a two-out single by Detienne, an error, and a run-scoring single by Mueller to make it 9-4.

The RailCats scored five runs in the seventh to tie the game. Jay Pecci tripled to start the inning and scored on a wild pitch to make it 9-5. Allensworth reached on an error and scored on Steve Haake's double to make it 9-6. With one out, Tanner Townsend appeared to ground out to second to bring in Haake, but catcher's interference was called on Shorsher and Townsend was awarded first as Haake was sent back to third. Detienne followed with a looping fly ball just fair down the right field line that eluded the diving right fielder, Sambu Ndungidi, as Haake and Townsend scored and Detienne raced around to third before Price's sacrifice fly tied the game at 9-9.

After Pecci broke the tie in the bottom of the eighth, Edmonton threatened to score in the ninth against RailCats reliever Chad Blackwell. Nichols led off the inning with a double to center. Chris Becker's sacrifice moved the tying run to third with one out, but Blackwell struck out Rhett Teller for the second out. Then Shorsher drilled a line drive that, for the RailCats, was fortunately hit right at third baseman Tanner Townsend to end the game.

Blackwell threw three innings of scoreless relief to improve his record to 3-0. Former major leaguer Lou Pote allowed six runs, all but two unearned, in two innings for the loss to fall to 2-1.

The RailCats had come back from several six-run deficits to win over their history, but had never come back to win a game after trailing by as many as seven.

The RailCats are off on Monday before opening a three game set in Kansas City against the T-Bones on Tuesday at 7:05 p.m. (CDT). Josh Habel (2-2, 5.40) will start for Gary against Kansas City's Kenny Derost (1-0, 5.40).

Notes: The RailCats have won 10 of their last 11…The RailCats have come from behind in 10 of their 14 wins…They reached double figures in hits for the ninth straight game and have had at least 12 in eight of the last nine games…Allensworth extended his hitting streak to 10 straight games, the longest of the year for a RailCats player…The RailCats added their 13^th and 14^th triples of the year through 17 games. The club record for a full season is 25 over 96 games in 2005.

Edmonton 9 (6-11) Gary 10 (14-3) AB R H RBI AB R H RBI Sandel ss 4 1 0 0 McNamee 2b 5 1 2 1 McClain lf 4 1 0 0 Pecci ss 4 2 2 0 Aspito cf 4 2 1 0 Allensworth lf 4 1 1 1 Nichols dh 5 1 4 3 Haake rf 5 1 1 1 Wallis pr 0 0 0 0 Yepez c 5 0 2 0 Becker 2b 4 1 1 0 Townsend 3b 4 1 0 0 Teller 1b 5 2 1 2 Detienne 1b 4 3 3 2 Shorsher c 5 1 1 2 Price dh 2 1 0 1 Ndungidi rf 4 0 3 1 Mueller cf 4 0 3 2 Recuenco 3b 4 0 1 1 Glen p 0 0 0 0 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 Blackwell p 0 0 0 0 Moenter p 0 0 0 0 Pote p 0 0 0 0 Totals...... 39 9 12 9 Totals...... 37 10 14 8 Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Edmonton 000 441 000 - 9 12 5 Gary 001 021 51 - 10 14 2 ---------------------------------------------- E - Sandel(4); Teller(1); Shorsher 2(4); Recuenco(4); Pecci(4); Glen(1). DP - Cracker-Cats 1; RailCats 1. LOB - Cracker-Cats 7; RailCats 8. 2B - Nichols(3); Ndungidi(3); McNamee 2(5); Haake(4); Detienne(3). 3B - Pecci(2); Detienne(2). HR - Nichols(4); Shorsher(2). SH - Becker; Allensworth. SF - Price. SB - Price(3); Mueller(3). IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF Fly Gnd NP Alexander 5.2 8 4 2 1 5 1 0 1 0 25 27 4 7 107 Moenter 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 Pote L 2-1 2.0 6 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 14 3 2 50 Glen 6.0 10 9 7 2 7 2 0 1 0 29 32 8 3 113 Blackwell W 3-0 3.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10 11 2 5 31 WP - Alexander(2); Pote(1); Glen 2(3). HBP - by Glen (McClain); by Alexander (Pecci). Strikeouts - Sandel; McClain; Aspito; Becker; Teller 2; Shorsher; Ndungidi; Recuenco; McNamee; Allensworth 2; Yepez; Townsend; Price. Walks - Sandel; Aspito; Price. Umpires - Home:Neil Turner 1st:Brad Hungerford 3rd:Bill Lopina Start: 2:30 pm Time: 3:06 Attendance: 5559 Game Notes: Tuesday's probables: Josh Habel (GAR) at Kenny Derost (KCT), 7:05 pm Start of game delayed 30 minutes due to inclement weather Time of game does not include 15 minute delay in bottom of 8th inning The Automated ScoreBook Edmonton at Gary Jun 03, 2007 at Gary, Ind. (U.S. Steel Yard) Score by innings: R H E ---------------------------------------------- Edmonton 000 441 000 - 9 12 5 Gary 001 021 51 - 10 14 2 ---------------------------------------------- Edmonton inning 1 Sandel flied out to rf (1-2). McClain grounded out to ss (2-1). Aspito struck out looking (0-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 1 McNamee doubled down the rf line (3-1). Pecci lined out to 3b (0-1). Allensworth struck out looking (3-2). Haake flied out to lf (0-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Edmonton inning 2 Nichols singled to right center (3-2). Becker grounded into double play 1b to ss (1-2); Nichols out on the play. Teller struck out swinging, reached first on a wild pitch (1-2). Shorsher popped up to 2b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Gary inning 2 Yepez singled to left field (0-1). Townsend grounded into double play ss to 2b to 1b (1-1); Yepez out on the play. Detienne grounded out to 3b (1-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Edmonton inning 3 Ndungidi struck out swinging (2-2). Recuenco struck out swinging (2-2). Sandel flied out to lf (1-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 3 Price walked (3-2). Price stole second. Price advanced to third on a wild pitch. Mueller grounded out to 2b, RBI (2-1); Price scored. McNamee doubled down the lf line (3-2). Pecci flied out to cf (0-1). Allensworth struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Edmonton inning 4 McClain grounded out to 3b (1-0). Aspito walked (3-0). Nichols homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Aspito scored. Becker singled up the middle (1-2). Teller reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Becker advanced to second on a throwing error by p. Shorsher struck out looking (0-2). Ndungidi doubled to left field, RBI (1-2); Teller advanced to third; Becker scored, unearned. Recuenco singled through the right side, advanced to second on the throw, RBI (0-0); Ndungidi advanced to third; Teller scored, unearned. Sandel struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). 4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Gary inning 4 Haake out at first 1b to p (1-1). Yepez struck out swinging (2-2). Townsend grounded out to 3b (2-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Edmonton inning 5 McClain hit by pitch (0-0). Aspito singled through the right side (0-2); McClain advanced to second. Nichols flied out to cf (1-0); Aspito advanced to second; McClain advanced to third. Becker struck out swinging (1-2). Teller singled to right center, 2 RBI (2-2); Aspito scored; McClain scored. Shorsher homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Teller scored. Ndungidi singled through the right side (1-1). Recuenco lined out to 1b (2-0). 4 runs, 4 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Gary inning 5 Detienne doubled to left center (0-1). Price struck out looking (3-2). Mueller singled to third base, bunt (1-0); Detienne advanced to third. McNamee reached on a fielder's choice, advanced to second on an error by ss, advanced to third, RBI (0-0); Mueller out at second ss unassisted; Detienne scored. Pecci hit by pitch (0-2). Allensworth singled to left field, RBI (3-2); Pecci advanced to second; McNamee scored, unearned. Haake flied out to cf (0-0). 2 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Edmonton inning 6 Sandel walked (3-1). McClain flied out to cf (0-1). Sandel advanced to second on a wild pitch. Aspito flied out to rf (2-2). Nichols singled up the middle, RBI (2-1); Sandel scored. Becker lined out to lf (1-1). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Gary inning 6 Yepez grounded out to 3b (2-2). Townsend struck out looking (1-2). Detienne singled to center field (2-1). Price reached on a fielding error by 3b (0-2); Detienne advanced to second. Mueller singled to right center, RBI (3-2); Price advanced to third; Detienne scored, unearned. Moenter to p for Alexander. McNamee flied out to rf (3-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB. Edmonton inning 7 Blackwell to p for Glen. Teller grounded out to ss (0-1). Shorsher grounded out to 3b (1-0). Ndungidi singled, advanced to second on a throwing error by ss (0-1). Recuenco lined out to rf (3-1). 0 runs, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB. Gary inning 7 Pote to p for Moenter. Pecci tripled down the rf line (0-0). Pecci scored on a wild pitch. Allensworth reached on a fielding error by 1b (1-1). Haake doubled to right center, RBI (0-1); Allensworth scored, unearned. Yepez flied out to cf (3-2); Haake advanced to third. Townsend reached on catcher's interference (2-2). Detienne tripled down the rf line, 2 RBI (1-0); Townsend scored, unearned; Haake scored, unearned. Price flied out to lf, SF, RBI (0-1); Detienne scored, unearned. Mueller singled up the middle (2-0). Mueller stole second. McNamee struck out looking (1-2). 5 runs, 4 hits, 2 errors, 1 LOB. Edmonton inning 8 Sandel grounded out to ss (2-2). McClain struck out swinging (2-2). Aspito grounded out to 2b (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB. Gary inning 8 Pecci singled to center field (1-2). Allensworth grounded out to p unassisted, SAC, bunt (1-1); Pecci advanced to second. Haake flied out to rf (1-2); Pecci advanced to third. Pecci scored on a throwing error by c, failed pickoff attempt. Yepez singled to left field (3-2). Townsend grounded out to 2b (1-2). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB. Edmonton inning 9 Nichols doubled to center field (0-1). Wallis pinch ran for Nichols. Becker out at first 1b to 2b, SAC, bunt (0-0); Wallis advanced to third. Teller struck out swinging (0-2). Shorsher lined out to 3b (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB. Game Notes: Tuesday's probables: Josh Habel (GAR) at Kenny Derost (KCT), 7:05 pm