AirHogs Fall 4-1 to Cats
The Fort Worth Cats take the second game of the series against the Grand Prairie AirHogs
Fort Worth Cats/Drew Knarr
Brian Fryer had three hits and drove in the game-winning run Friday night in Grand Prairie (Photo courtesy Fort Worth Cats/Drew Knarr)
It was Riddle's fourth win of the season as he allowed seven hits in the game, struck out four and walked three. The only run Riddle allowed came on his fifth pitch of the game, as for the second night in a row, Aaron Garza led off the bottom of the first with a home run, his sixth of the year.
The Cats rallied to tie the game in the third on an RBI single by Cameron Blair scoring Aljay Davis who had led off the inning with a single.
Fort Worth took the lead in the fourth inning as Michael Bell led off the inning with a single. Isa Garcia then drove him home with an RBI double to left. After a Matt Combs single and a Davis strikeout, Brian Fryer doubled to left, scoring Garcia for a 3-1 Cats' advantage.
John Allen hit his fifth home run of the year with one out in the seventh to expand the Cats lead to 4-1. It was Fort Worth's first home run in the first nine games against Grand Prairie this season.
Alex Morales worked a scoreless eighth inning for the Cats before closer Dustin Cameron finished off Grand Prairie with a perfect ninth that included two strikeouts. For Cameron, it was his league-leading 14th save of the season.
Pat Mahomes (1-4) suffered the loss despite throwing a complete game. He went nine, allowed four runs on 12 hits, struck out four and walked three.
Cats' first baseman Pat O'Sullivan reached on an infield single in the second inning to extend his hitting streak to 23 games, setting a new American Association record. Fryer also lengthened his hitting streak to 18 games with a 2-for-5 night at the plate. Garcia had his third consecutive three-hit game for Fort Worth.
Posted Friday, Jul 17, 2009 - 10:47 AM CST
