The T-Bones will play Fargo-Moorhead tonight in Kansas City, Kan., at 7:05 p.m.
After a rough start by Kansas City pitcher Joe Van Meter on Saturday night, the Kansas City T-Bones dropped the final game of a three-game series, 6-3, in front of 7,249 fans at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
Amarillo’s offense jumped on Van Meter (1-3) early, scoring four runs in the first inning. With the Thunderheads leading 1-0, Jason Martin and Rene Leveret hit back-to-back home runs. Martin’s was a two-run homer to left, while Leveret’s cleared the left-field wall and went into the parking lot.
In the fourth, Leveret launched another home run off Van Meter to almost the exact same spot, giving Amarillo a 5-0 lead. Later in the inning, Taylor Smart knocked in Jordan Guida, and knocked Van Meter out of the game.
Kansas City’s first run came in the bottom of the fifth inning as Kyle Robinson singled past Amarillo third baseman Smart, scoring Ryan Cavan, who also had singled past Smart and stole second.
The T-Bones cut Amarillo’s lead in half during the bottom of the seventh inning. Brian Erie and Cavan each singled and scored on groundouts to the right side of the infield by Jake Blackwood and Nate Tenbrink, respectively, cutting Amarillo’s lead to 6-3.
Van Meter allowed six earned runs on seven hits, giving up his first three home runs of the season in 3 1/3 innings pitched. Van Meter, who leads the T-Bones in strikeouts, added three more, bringing his total to 17.
The T-Bones, 4-11, will begin a three-game series against Fargo-Moorhead, 5-11, on Monday night at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.
It will be Kids Eat Free night for the first 2,000 kids 12 and younger, and also reading program night.
For tickets, call 913-328-5618 or visit the website www.tbonesbaseball.com.
