Baby Cakes bounce back to earn split

Tomas Telis snapped a sixth-inning tie with a two-run single, lifting the New Orleans Baby Cakes to a 10-8 win over the Round Rock Express and a split of Saturday's doubleheader.
A wild, back-and-forth game saw the score tied 8-8 in the sixth when the 'Cakes loaded the bases against Tyler Wagner with no outs. Telis then roped a single to left field to score a pair and give New Orleans the lead.
Tyler Kinley (2-0) pitched two hitless innings of relief, incuding retiring the side in order in the seventh, to get the win.
Each of the game's first four batters reached base against 'Cakes starter Joe Gunkel, as the Express built a 3-0 advantage behind two singles and two doubles.
But the Baby Cakes quickly answered in the bottom of the frame with six runs. A bases-loaded walk to Chad Wallach and a two-run double by Cristhian Adames tied the score, and Jon Rodriguez swatted his team-leading fifth home run of the year to put New Orleans on top.
Round Rock used the long ball to climb back into the lead, going deep three times in a five-run fourth inning. Tony Sanchez hit a solo shot with one out, and Jose Cardona's two-run blast brought the Express within a run while ending Gunkel's outing. Scott Heineman singled off Sean Burnett before Willie Calhoun's towering home run to right field vaulted Round Rock in front.
The lead was short-lived, however, as Cito Culver led off the bottom of the fourth with his first homer of the year, bringing the Baby Cakes even at 8-8.
Adames finished with three hits and three RBI to lead the Baby Cakes, and Telis and Austin Dean added two hits apiece.
Wagner (0-2) took the loss after Express starter David Ledbetter was charged with eight runs on eight hits in four innings.
The 'Cakes wrap up the series and the homestand on Sunday at 1 p.m.