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Vladimir Frias doubled in a run in the fifth and scored two batters later giving Kansas City a lead it wouldn’t forgo in a 3-2 win Tuesday at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo, N.D.

Frias, who’s one of the flashiest shortstops in the American Association, used his bat to help the T-Bones get on the board first in a well-pitched game through the middle frames.

Robby Kuzdale, however, led off the top of the fifth with a walk for Kansas City against starter Brian Ernst (8-6).

After Brian Erie sacrificed Kuzdale to second, Frias lashed an RBI double to deep right field that scored Kuzdale and gave Kansas City a 1-0 lead. Two batters later, Danny Richar scored Frias on an RBI single to left.

The T-Bones extended their lead to 3-0 in the sixth with an RBI single from Kuzdale that scored Nick Schwaner.

The RedHawks finally cracked T-Bones starter Joe Van Meter (2-1) with solo runs in the sixth and seventh innings, including Travis Higgs’ fifth home run of the season.

Van Meter didn’t walk any as he scattered seven hits and two runs — along with six strikeouts — over 7 innings in the win.

Kris Regas got his 20th save of the season with a scoreless ninth, in spite of walking two Fargo batters.

Four T-Bones batters had multi-hit games, led by Frias’ 3-for-4 night. T.J. Mittelstaedt, who had two hits, notched his team-leading 27th double in the first inning.

The T-Bones (42-51) continue their three-game series at Fargo-Moorhead (39-54) Wednesday night at 7:02. The game can be heard in the Kansas City area on 1660-AM or tbonesbaseball.com.

Box score: http://www.pointstreak.com/baseball/boxscoretext.html?gameid=178212

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Gary, Ind. – The Gary SouthShore offense pounded Kansas City with 19 hits and scored in every inning in an 18-3 win over the T-Bones on Sunday afternoon at the U.S. Steel Yard.

Much like Saturday night against T-Bones starter Jared Messer, things got out of control early as the RailCats chased T-Bones starting pitcher Derek Gordon (1-1) in just 1 inning of work. Gordon was charged with six runs as he exited, like Messer the night before, with the bases loaded in the second.

As part of its offensive juggernaut, Gary SouthShore got two home runs and five RBIs from recently acquired Henry Wrigley. The RailCats scored two or more runs in five frames, including a five-run second and a four-run sixth. All five pitchers that Kansas City used gave up at least two runs.

During a game in which every Kansas City starter except Vladimir Frias got at least one hit, Brian Erie was the lone bright spot, as he finished the game 2-for-3 with an infield RBI single.

The T-Bones (41-51) are off Monday before beginning a three-game series at Fargo-Moorhead Tuesday night at 7:02. 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=233345
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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

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