Category: T-Bones

The Kansas City T-Bones lost their fourth straight and final game of the series against Fargo-Moorhead, as the RedHawks scored in each of the last six innings and won 15-2 Monday night at Community America Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.

Both teams remained scoreless until the fourth inning, when Josh Mazzola’s solo home run put the RedHawks on the board. Brian Humphries and Ryan Wagner each singled, Humphries then made it 2-0 when he scored on a single by Kes Carter. Bryan Johns’ single to right field sent Wagner home and gave Fargo a 3-0 lead.

Kansas City answered with two runs of its own in the bottom of the fourth. Tyler Massey opened the inning with a single and Jake Blackwood followed with a homer to left field, bringing the score to 3-2.

A series of errors by the T-Bones helped the RedHawks make it 5-2 in the fifth. After Ryan Pineda singled to center, he advanced to second on a wild pitch. Two pitches later, Keury De La Cruz singled and Pineda scored on an error by second baseman Brett Wiley. The next batter, Mazzola, singled to right, but Kansas City right fielder Starlin Rodriguez mishandled the ball, which allowed De La Cruz to reach third. He scored the second unearned run of the inning when K.D. Kang grounded out to Wiley.

After they scored one run in the sixth, the RedHawks sent 10 to the plate in the seventh, scoring five more runs against relievers Evan DeLuca and Brett Zawacki, and making the score 11-2. The T-Bones allowed another four runs in the final two innings. With Kansas City’s bullpen depleted, the T-Bones brought in third baseman Brandon Tierney to pitch the ninth. He didn’t allow a hit, but he walked three and allowed one run.

With the win, the RedHawks sweep the four-game series, outscoring the T-Bones, 47-21.

Kansas City (14-23) will head out for a three-game series at Lincoln beginning Tuesday night at 6:35. All of the action can be heard online at TBonesBaseball.com.

– Story from Matt Fulks, T-Bones

Newly-signed pitcher Mike Kickham gave the T-Bones the type of start they needed, but Fargo-Moorhead’s offense broke through and went on to beat Kansas City, 9-6, Sunday afternoon at CommunityAmerica Ballpark.

Kickham, a former major-league pitcher for San Francisco who signed earlier Sunday, was starting after Kansas City’s first two starters in this series had given up a combined 18 runs to the RedHawks. With the T-Bones leading 1-0 after the first inning, thanks to a home run by Tyler Massey, Kickham faced eight batters, five of which singled, in the second, but he surrendered only two runs.

Kickham then faced one over the minimum — striking out two — in the third inning.

Kansas City tied the game in the bottom of the third against RedHawks starter Taylor Stanton (3-2). Dalton Wheat singled to right field. He advanced to second on a fielder’s choice by Brian Erie and then scored when the next batter, Starlin Rodriguez, reached first on an error by the shortstop.

The tie did not last long. Kansas City reliever Josh Tols came in for Kickham in the fifth and allowed four runs. With a run across after a throwing error to third by Erie, Tols walked K.D. Kang, putting runners on the corners. Brian Humphries ended that with a three-run home run, his second three-run homer of the series. Despite striking out the following two batters, the RedHawks took the lead, 6-2.

Trailing 7-2 in the bottom of the eighth, the T-Bones rallied, scoring four runs. Starlin Rodriguez doubled to centerfield and advanced on a wild pitch to Vladimir Frias. That was the end for Fargo-Moorhead’s starter Stanton, who went 7-plus innings, allowing two runs and five hits.

A single by Massey scored Rodriguez. Jake Blackwood and Brandon Tierney each singled and loaded the bases. Brett Wiley advanced to first on an error by the third baseman, which scored Massey. Wheat roped a two-run single to right against reliever Jose Almarante. That brought Kansas City to within one, 7-6, but that’s all the T-Bones were to put together.

Fargo-Moorhead added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth against relievers Johnny Shuttlesworth and Mark Haynes.

Kickham allowed two runs and seven hits, all singles, while walking one and striking out four in his Kansas City debut.

The T-Bones (14-22) and RedHawks (20-15) are scheduled to conclude their four-game series Monday night at 7:05. Tickets are available by calling the Providence Medical Center Box Office at CommunityAmerica Ballpark at 913-328-5618.

– Story from Matt Fulks, T-Bones

An early eight-run deficit was too much for Kansas City to overcome in the late innings Saturday night as the T-Bones fell 10-9 in front of 6,103 at CommunityAmerica Ballpark in Kansas City, Kan.

Kansas City’s starting pitcher Jordan Cooper (2-1) struggled for the first time this season, as he gave up two three-run home runs in the first three innings — the first off the bat of Josh Mazzola in the first inning and then to Brian Humphries in the third. The RedHawks scored an additional run in each of those innings for an 8-0 lead, which seemed to be good enough for starter Cody Scarpetta (2-0).

After each team scored two runs in the next two half-innings, Fargo-Moorhead held a 10-2 lead until the T-Bones showed new life in the sixth. Kansas City sent eight to the plate in both the sixth and seventh innings, rallying for five runs against Fargo relievers Dan Sattler and Will Mathis, and cutting the RedHawks’ lead to 10-7.

In the sixth, Sattler walked Robby Kuzdale. After Kuzdale advanced to second on a wild pitch, he scored on a single by Dalton Wheat. Tyler Moore and Vladimir Frias each singled to right field, which scored Wheat and brought the score to 10-4.

Then, with two outs in the seventh, the T-Bones started another rally. Sattler walked Brett Wiley, gave up a single to Wheat and then walked Moore. With the bases loaded, Starlin Rodriguez sent a two-run single to left. The RedHawks turned to Mathis, who gave up an RBI single to Vladimir Frias, one of his four hits in the game.

The T-Bones made the game interesting by putting together another two-out rally in the ninth. With Wiley on first after a walk, Rodriguez launched a two-run home run to left that brought the score to 10-9. Frias walked before Tyler Massey lined a base hit to right. Frias went to third on the hit, as Massey went to second on the throw. With two outs, however, Anthony Asalon popped out to the catcher, ending the game.

The T-Bones (15-21) will continue to play host to the Fargo-Moorhead (19-15) on Sunday afternoon at 1:05. Tickets are available by calling the Providence Medical Center Box Office at CommunityAmerica Ballpark at 913-328-5618.

– Story from Matt Fulks, T-Bones