Milkmen Tame Cougars, Saltdogs Rally to Down Railroaders, RedHawks Beat Dogs
American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. Robert Pannier recaps the six games in the American Association on Friday, including the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks defeating the Chicago Dogs, the Lincoln Saltdogs rallying to defeat the Cleburne Railroaders, and the Milwaukee Milkmen earning a huge victory over the Kane County Cougars. This and much more.
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RedHawks Take Series Opener in Chicago
The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks broke a two all tie with a run in the top of the sixth on their way to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Dogs. This battle of the top two teams in the North Division saw Fargo take the lead in the top of the first on back-to-back homers by Manuel Boscan and Jordan George. Chicago tied the score with single runs in the fourth and fifth, but the RedHawks took the lead for good in the top of the sixth on an RBI single by Dylan Kelly.
Matt Tomshaw earned the victory, allowing one earned run in six innings. Luke Lind came on in the eighth and recorded the final six outs for the save. T.J. Bennett had three hits for Chicago.
Monarchs Edge Apollos
The Kansas City Monarchs scored four runs in the top of the fourth to help lead them to a 6-3 victory over the Houston Apollos. Kansas City took the lead thanks to six unanswered runs, but Houston battled back with three in the seventh, but could get no closer. Jake Matthys earned the victory, allowing three runs in 6.1 innings and Jameson McGrane came on to close out the game for his fifth save of the season. Darnell Sweeney hit a two-run homer, his 18th of the season and Morgan McCullough had three hits and two RBI, including hitting two doubles.
Ian Yetsko had a big game for Houston, going 2-4 with his 10th homerun and three RBI. Blake Berry had three hits.
Kansas City Monarchs Recap by Emerson Peavey
Saltdogs Rally to Down Railroaders
The Lincoln Saltdogs rallied for two runs in the bottom of the eighth and three in the bottom of the ninth to earn an 8-7 walk-off victory over the Cleburne Railroaders on Friday. Cleburne had taken a five-run lead thanks to four runs in the top of the third, but Lincoln pulled within two thanks to RBI singles by Edgar Corcino and Drew Devine in the eighth. In the ninth, Skyler Weber hit a sacrifice fly and Corcino followed with an RBI single to tie the score. That brought Devine to the plate, who drilled a 1-2 pitch for a single, scoring David Vidal with the game-winner.
Tyler Anderson earned the victory. Devine, who had entered the contest after Josh Altmann had been hit by a pitch, went 2-2 with two runs driven in. Yanio Perez had three hits. That spoiled a big game for D.J. Peterson, who went 3-4 with two runs and four RBI.
Cleburne Railroaders Recap by Denning Gerig
Lincoln Saltdogs Recap by Michael Dixon
Holmberg Sharp in Milkmen Victory
David Holmberg allowed two runs in seven innings to help lead the Milwaukee Milkmen to a 9-3 victory over the Kane County Cougars. Holmberg moved to 8-4, earning his first victory since returning to the team. Will Kengor went 2-4 with two runs scored in his debut for the Milkmen.
Nick Anderson and Brandon Chinea each went 2-4 with a run and an RBI for Kane County. Both homered in the game, as did Mark Karaviotis.
Nine-Run Eighth Propels RailCats to Victory
The Gary SouthShore RailCats erased and 8-4 deficit with three runs in the seventh and nine runs in the eighth on their way to a 16-9 victory over the Winnipeg Goldeyes. Alec Olund drove in two runs in the seventh and added a two-run homer in the eighth to help lead Gary. Raymond Jones also went deep for the RailCats. Daniel Lingua hit two triples, scored three runs, and drove in three in the contest.
Max Murphy drove in three for Winnipeg, and Kyle Martin added two RBI to move him into a tie for the league lead in that category. Wes Darvill had three hits.
Canaries-Explorers Postponed
The contest between the Sioux Falls Canaries and Sioux City Explorers was postponed due to rain. The contest will be made up as part of a double-header on Saturday.
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Three Stars of the Night
No. 3 – Alec Olund (Gary SouthShore RailCats) 5-4, R, HR, 4 RBI
No. 2 – D.J. Peterson (Cleburne railroaders) 3-4, 2 R, 4 RBI, HR, HBP
No. 1 – Matt Tomshaw (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) 6.0 IP, 7 H, ER, 2 BB, 7 K
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American Association Daily Notes
The Chicago Dogs saw their seven-game winning streak come to an end on Friday…Winnipeg Goldeyes 1B Kyle Martin and Cleburne Railroaders OF Ramon Hernandez each have 95 RBI. They are six from tying the league record for RBI in a season…The Milwaukee Milkmen (21-0) and Sioux City Explorers (22-0) are the only two teams in the American Association who are undefeated when leading after eight innings.
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Transactions
Kane County: Signed RHP Zach Taglieri
Kansas City: Traded INF Will Kengor to Milwaukee for the reversionary rights to RHP Brandon Koch and cash; Signed LHP Eric Stout; Placed LHP Eric Stout on the Inactive List
Milwaukee: Released RHP Ty Hensley; Placed RHP Matt Solter on the Inactive List retroactive to August 13
Sioux Falls: Signed LHP Kris Regas
By Robert Pannier