RockHounds Take 2-0 Lead Over Amarillo
RockHounds 4, Amarillo Sod Poodles 1 Game 2, Texas League South Division Championship SeriesThursday, September 5, 2019Hodgetown Amarillo, TXA pair of home runs off the bat of Greg Deichmann powered the RockHounds to a 4-1 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles in Game Two of the Texas League South Division
RockHounds 4, Amarillo Sod Poodles 1
Game 2, Texas League South Division Championship Series
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Hodgetown Amarillo, TX
A pair of home runs off the bat of
With the win, the RockHounds take a 2-games-to-none lead in the best-of-five series, which now moves to Security Bank Ballpark for Games 3, 4, and 5 (as needed).
Amarillo starter
The Texas League South Division Championship Series
Lloyd went 8-7, with a 4.34 ERA in 26 games (14 starts) for the Sod Poodles and was a perfect 4-0, with a 2.10 ERA in eight games (five starts) versus the RockHounds.
Howard was 8-8, 3.25 in 23 starts for the RockHounds. The St. Louis native (drafted by Oakland out of TCU) finished second in the Texas League in ERA … tied for fifth in WHIP (1.35) … tied for sixth in strikeouts (118) … and eighth in opponent average (.277). He was 4-1, with a 2.02 ERA in six starts versus the Sod Poodles.
Games 3, 4 and 5 (as needed) will be at Security Bank Ballpark Friday (6:30 p.m.), Saturday (7:00 p.m.) and Sunday (2:00 p.m.)
In the North Division Championship Series, Tulsa defeated the Arkansas Travelers, 3-1, to even the series at a game apiece. Games 3, 4, and 5 (if needed) are at ONEOK Field in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
In two games at Hodgetown, a hitter's park without question, RockHounds pitching allowed just four runs over two games.
Including the first two games of the playoffs, the RockHounds have won 13-of-their-last-15 games and 16-of-their-last-20.
Texas League South Division Championship Series / Game 3
Friday, September 6 vs. Amarillo Sod Poodles
Security Bank Ballpark First pitch 6:30 p.m.
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- RockHounds lead the series, 1-0
- Radio: NewsTalk 550 with Bob Hards ... airtime 6:15 p.m.