The Kansas City T-Bones squeaked by Sioux Falls Tuesday night at The Birdcage in Sioux Falls, S.D., in a 9-7 final.
The T-Bones fell behind 2-0 in first inning, but finished the game with five runs in the last three frames. Down 2-0, in the second inning, Dalton Wheat reached on a fielders choice and Vladimir Frias scored, pulling Kansas City within a 2-1 score. In the third inning, the T-Bones tied the game at 2-2, when Starlin Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch.
The T-Bones took the lead in the fourth inning, as Brett Wiley homered for the second consecutive game, and brought Brandon Tierney around the bases with him, giving Kansas City a 4-3 lead.
The T-Bones and Canaries exchanged runs all the way until the ninth inning, when Wiley again, launched a two-run double over Ethan Chapman’s head in center field. Wiley finished the game with four RBI, and has seven RBI in the first two games of the series.
Kansas City starting pitcher Jordan Cooper didnt factor into the decision, but pitched six innings and allowed just two earned runs.
T-Bones reliever Evan DeLuca (1-1) allowed three runs in the eighth inning, but his offense picked him up, and he picked up the win.
Righty reliever Johnny Shuttlesworth picked up his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning for Kansas City.
Canaries reliever Madison Boer (0-3) took the loss.
The T-Bones beat Sioux Falls Monday night, in a 7-5 final. The T-Bones took a 1-0 lead in the first inning, after Jake Blackwood and Anthony Gallas each singled with two-outs. Starlin Rodriguez with runners at first and second, popped up to Darwin Perez on the infield, but Perez dropped the pop-up, and Blackwood scored from second base for the early 1-0 lead.
The T-Bones got two more runs in the third inning, courtesy of Anothony Gallas’s eighth home run of the season, which also plated Blackwood, givig KC a 3-0 lead. The Canaries would scratch across two of their own in the bottom of the frame, to pull within 3-2. The T-Bones pulled away in the sixth inning, when Brett Wiley connected on a three-run home run to give Kansas City a 6-3 lead. Kansas City starting pitcher Josh Tols (4-2) pitched five innings and allowed just one earned run in his first start of the season. Canaries starting pitcher Misael Siverio (3-5) took the loss, and allowed six runs in five-plus innings.
The T-Bones have won three consecutive series, and look for their first sweep of the season Wednesday evening.
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