Kyle Wren tacked on another two run dinger in the third to push the X's lead to 10-3. McCall drove home another two with a single to center making it 6-3 and Stankiewicz made it three consecutive two RBI's hits with his third home run of the season, going the other way to left to expand the X's lead to 8-3. Sasser would come up with the bases loaded and no one out after the first three men reached and he would double down the left field line to drive home two and give Sioux City the lead 4-3. What followed was an eight run, third inning. With first pitch being 95 degrees with a heat index of 115 degrees the X's didn't wilt in the extreme heat. In the third Sioux City's offense was as hot as the weather. Drew Stankiewicz drove home Sasser with a ground out and McCall scored on a Sebastian Zawada double making it 3-2 Birds. In the second a lead off single from Adam Sasser and a double by Dexture McCall had runners at second and third with no one out. But Sioux City escaped that jam with a fly out to right and then the X's offense got to work. The Explorers and Canaries entered the game in the top of the second inning with the Canaries leading 3-0 and with a chance to add more with the bases loaded and two outs in the inning. The first game of the day was the conclusion of a game suspended due to rain on June 23rd. Sioux City, IA - The Explorers completed the double header sweep on a hot humid day over the Sioux Falls Canaries on Friday winning game one 13-9 and game two 6-5. “Momentum is a force to be reckoned with and obviously you want to keep that.JAmerican Association (AA) - Sioux City Explorers News Release “You get momentum swinging your way, you try to play through it and keep moving,” said Mizell. Tri-City (13-12) will play Vermont (10-14) again on Thursday at 7 p.m. Zac Grotz got the win for the Valle圜ats, throwing one inning of scoreless relief in the ninth. McCall went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, Stubbs 2-for-4 with an RBI and Mizell 1-for-3 with an RBI in his debut. We caught a break right there at the end. “The guys battled and stayed right in there. “We had the lead over there and then lost it for a little bit and then we got the lead again and lost it again,” said Romero. Vermont tied things up in the next inning on a sacrifice fly by Seong-min Kim. Pat Porter gave Tri-City back the lead with a lead-off triple in the sixth, eventually scoring on a wild pitch. Vermont tacked on a lone run in the top of the third on a sacrifice fly by Mikey White and then added tied the game, 4-4, with three more on a two-out, bases-clearing double by Chris Iriart in the fifth. It kind of relaxes your nerves a little bit,” said Mizell. “It’s always good to get the first of everything out of the way. Aaron Mizell, who made his Valle圜ats debut on Wednesday, hit a sacrifice fly to centerfield in the bottom of the second inning, which was followed by an RBI single by Anthony Hermelyn. McCall singled in speedy lead-off hitter Johnny Sewald and then Garrett Stubbs did the same to McCall in a two-hit, two-run bottom of the first. Tri-City jumped out to an early 4-0 lead by putting up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings. It’s a good win tonight and it’s a good effort by everybody.” “I think this homestand is going to be good. It seemed like we were on the road all the time,” said manager Ed Romero. The Valle圜ats returned to the Joe on Wednesday, after about a week on the road, for a six-game homestand against Vermont and Aberdeen. “I’m glad I have teammates around me that care about me and I can lean on. “That feeling never gets old,” said McCall. McCall, not a stranger to high-pressure situations, played hero once before this season, singling in the winning run in the 14th inning against Lowell on July 5. The 6-foot-1, 220-pound slugger took a hack at the first pitch he saw - a fast ball - lacing it back up the middle and nearly decapitating the opposing pitcher. The Vermont Lake Monsters then chose to intentionally walk the bases loaded to set up a force play at any base, bringing up McCall with the winning run 90 feet away. With the game tied, 5-5, Muniz led off the inning with a walk and was replaced by pinch runner Antonio Nunez, who advanced to third on an errant pick-off throw. They were there 100 percent backing us and that’s what we need.” “For one thing, you can’t do it without the fans. The feeling is overwhelming,” said McCall. McCall singled in the winning run against the Vermont Lake Monsters in the bottom of the ninth inning on Wednesday night at Joe Bruno Stadium, giving the Tri-City Valle圜ats a 6-5 series-opening, walk-off victory. “We were ready,” said McCall, back in the clubhouse after the game. Troy > Dexture McCall and Bryan Muniz spent the top of the ninth inning in the clubhouse batting cage, taking some swings and preparing for the moment they knew to be coming.
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