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Gary, Ind. – The Gary SouthShore offense made a mess of Jared Messer’s start for Kansas City as the RailCats beat the T-Bones 9-2 Saturday night at the U.S. Steel Yard.

After Kansas City blew an opportunity to take a sizeable lead in the top of the first, the RailCats, trailing 1-0, loaded the bases with nobody out against starting pitcher Messer. Gary SouthShore struck for three runs, including an RBI single from newcomer Henry Wrigley, whom Gary acquired from St. Paul before Friday night’s trade deadline.

An inning later, Messer, pitching with a 3-2 deficit, ran into more trouble as he was charged with five second-inning runs without recording an out. Messer (4-3) pitched just 1 inning, and allowed eight earned runs off of nine hits.

The Kansas City bullpen picked up the slack with 4 scoreless innings from Derek Loera and 3 innings of one-run baseball from Hamilton Bennett, but the T-Bones offense couldn’t dig out of the early hole. Kansas City had eight hits in the game, but Danny Richar, Matt Padgett and Bryan Sabatella accounted for two hits apiece.

The T-Bones loaded the bases with nobody out in the first frame, but RailCats starting pitcher Dustin Crenshaw (8-8) was able to get Ray Sadler to pop out, Nick Schwaner to ground out and Sabatella to ground out, as Crenshaw allowed just one run. The T-Bones added another run in the second when T.J. Mittelstaedt doubled, scoring Vladimir Frias.

The T-Bones (41-50) look to bounce back in the series finale against the RailCats (49-43) Sunday afternoon with first pitch scheduled for 2:10. The game can be heard in the Kansas City area on 1660-AM or worldwide at tbonesbaseball.com.

Box score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=233230

– Story from T-Bones

Gary, Ind. – Behind the pitching of Kyle DeVore and a perfect game at the plate by Danny Richar, Kansas City beat Gary SouthShore in game two Friday night, 5-2, and split the doubleheader at the U.S. Steel Yard.

Kansas City got started early with three first-inning runs off Gary starting pitcher Nick McCully (1-2). Bryan Sabatella started the scoring with a two-out bases-loaded walk that scored Danny Richar from third. Robby Kuzdale connected on a two-run single to right, driving in Ray Sadler and Nick Schwaner and giving Kansas City a 3-0 lead.

The T-Bones added to their lead in the second inning when Richar connected with his sixth home run of the season, and gave Kansas City an early 4-0 lead. Richar finished the game a triple shy of the cycle, on a 3-for-3 night with a double and a homer.

Kansas City starting pitcher Kyle DeVore (4-6) gave the T-Bones exactly what they needed as he went 6 innings and allowed two runs on five hits to go along with six strikeouts and one walk. Trailing 4-0, in the bottom of the second the RailCats finally scratched across a run against DeVore, when Ryan Brockett was able to get an RBI single past the infield that scored Drew Muren from second and brought Gary within 4-1.

Kris Regas (19) picked up the save with a perfect seventh-inning frame.

In the first game, which was a makeup of Thursday’s rainout, the T-Bones committed four errors that led to five unearned runs as Gary SouthShore scored in every inning except the first and beat the T-Bones 11-4.

Six days after throwing a complete game in a win over the RailCats, starting pitcher Casey Barnes (3-5) gave up seven runs in his 3 1/3 innings, but only two were earned. The T-Bones biggest offensive presence came in the fifth inning when Matt Padgett connected on a three-run home run, his fifth homer of the season, that brought Kansas City back to within 7-4.

Game three of the four-game series is scheduled for Saturday night, with first pitch at 6:10. The game can be heard in the Kansas City area on 1660-AM or worldwide at tbonesbaseball.com.

Box score, game one: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=233039

Box score, game two: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=178196

– Story from T-Bones