Sioux overcome comedy of errors, hold off Ponies 7-5

BOXSCORE: 2019 Phoenix Pony Express At 2019 Vermont Fighting Sioux   7/8/2019
 
  Pony Express       AB  R  H RBI AVG     Fighting Sioux     AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Jones CF          5  2  1  0 .291     A.Gordon LF         3  1  0  0 .239  
  J.Segura SS         3  1  1  1 .275     C.Taylor 2B         4  1  3  0 .249  
  M.Andujar 3B        4  1  1  0 .260     J.Choi DH           3  1  1  2 .257  
  K.Davis LF          3  0  1  2 .198     K.Morales 1B        3  2  1  0 .222  
  M.Haniger RF        4  0  0  0 .241     E.Escobar 3B        4  1  1  1 .276  
  C.Santana 1B        3  1  1  1 .214     M.Kepler RF         2  1  1  3 .234  
  J.Bell DH           4  0  1  0 .221     W.Adames SS         3  0  1  1 .207  
  R.Odor 2B           3  0  1  1 .200     A.Engel CF          3  0  0  0 .245  
  K.Plawecki C        3  0  0  0 .104     F.Cervelli C        3  0  0  0 .219  
A-M.Gonzalez PH       1  0  0  0 .216                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  5  7  5                 Totals      28  7  8  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Plawecki In 9th Inning
 
Pony Express.... 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 3 0  -  5  7  0
Fighting Sioux.. 0 0 0  4 0 3  0 0    -  7  8  4
 
Pony Express (26-52)     IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Fulmer LOSS(2-8)        5 2/3   8   7   7   1   2   1   6.11
R.Stripling               2 1/3   0   0   0   1   2   0   4.07
Totals                    8       8   7   7   2   4   1
 
Fighting Sioux (40-27)   IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Morton WIN(7-2)         7       6   5   3   0   8   0   3.31
E.Pagan HOLD(5th)         1       1   0   0   0   0   0   1.99
K.Yates SAVE(12th)        1       0   0   0   0   1   0   1.44
Totals                    9       7   5   3   0   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,708 DATE- Wednesday, July 8th 2019 TIME- Night 
T- 2:53
LEFT ON BASE- Pony Express: 5  Fighting Sioux: 1
DOUBLE PLAYS- Pony Express: 2  Fighting Sioux: 1
ERRORS- C.Taylor-2, F.Cervelli-2
DOUBLES- A.Jones(13th), M.Andujar(28th), K.Davis(8th), C.Santana(11th),
         R.Odor(6th), J.Choi(8th), K.Morales(6th), E.Escobar(24th)
HOME RUNS- M.Kepler(5th)
RBIs- J.Segura(24th), K.Davis-2(45th), C.Santana(22nd), R.Odor(14th),
      J.Choi-2(19th), E.Escobar(26th), M.Kepler-3(15th), W.Adames(10th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Segura
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Davis, M.Kepler
WALKS- A.Gordon, J.Choi
HIT BY PITCH- K.Morales
STRIKE OUTS- A.Jones-2, M.Andujar, K.Davis-2, M.Haniger, C.Santana, J.Bell-2,
             A.Gordon-2, C.Taylor, A.Engel
GIDP- M.Gonzalez, J.Choi, E.Escobar
CATCHERS INTERFERENCE- C.Santana, R.Odor
2-out RBI- K.Davis, R.Odor, M.Kepler-2, W.Adames, C.Santana
RLISP 2-out- M.Haniger, A.Jones-2, K.Plawecki, J.Bell
TEAM RISP- Pony Express: 3 for 9  Fighting Sioux: 4 for 5
 
In a two run game the Vermont Fighting Sioux got by the Phoenix Pony Express
by the score of 7 to 5.
 
Charlie Morton(7-2) had a solid outing for Vermont. He went 7 innings
surrendering 6 hits and no walks.  Morton mowed down 8 Phoenix batters.
Vermont finished with 8 hits in the victory.  
 
Kirby Yates preserved the game for Morton, recording his his 12th save.
Michael Fulmer(2-8) ended up with the loss.  He was knocked around pretty
good, giving up 7 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings.