Nine straight hits led to a nine run fourth inning for El Paso, as the Chihuahuas rolled to a 12-5 win over the Salt Lake Bees on Wednesday night. Salt Lake jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Jared Walsh, a run scoring
Nine straight hits led to a nine run fourth inning for El Paso, as the Chihuahuas rolled to a 12-5 win over the Salt Lake Bees on Wednesday night. Salt Lake jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on an RBI double by Jared Walsh, a run scoring triple by Jose Rojas and an RBI single Taylor Ward and added one more in the second on a run scoring single by Walsh to make it 4-0.
El Paso scored one run in the third and then with one out in the fourth, the Chihuahuas strung together nine consecutive hits against Alex Klonowski (1-8), capped off by a three run homer by Michael Gettys.
Starter Adrian De Horta opened up strong, as he went two and two-third innings and allowed no runs on one hits with five strikeouts and no walks. In relief, Isaac Mattson tossed three scoreless and hitless innings with a season high six strikeouts. Jo Adell led the Bees with his third consecutive three hit game, while Jared Walsh added two hits and two runs batted in. Taylor Ward also had two hits, including his first triple of the season. Jose Rojas had an RBI triple in the first inning for his league leading 106 run batted in of the season. Salt Lake plays its final road game of the season on Thursday night in El Paso.
