August 30 2017 The Texas AirHogs defeated the Salina Stockade 4-3 in 11 innings. Texas scored single runs in the second fourth sixth and 11th innings while Salina plated all three of its runs in the fifth. The AirHogs finished with eight hits and no errors while the Stockade had seven hits and one error.
Chris Grider led Texas with four hits in five at-bats including a double and a triple. He scored twice and stole two bases. C. Thurber added a home run and two RBI while L. Scott drove in the other Texas run. Salina’s
Javion Randle hit a home run and accounted for all three of the Stockade’s RBI while also stealing two bases.
Texas starter T. Bozeman worked nine innings and allowed three runs on six hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. Luis De La Cruz earned the win after pitching two scoreless innings with one hit one walk and one strikeout. Salina starter J. Hodges allowed three runs on five hits over seven innings and struck out eight before the Stockade used three relievers.
