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T-Bones reach 30 wins under Texas skies

Everything is bigger in Texas, this includes wins. The Kansas City T-Bones (30-16) continued their four-game winning streak beating the Texas Airhogs (11-34) 6-2 Friday night in Texas.

A huge five-run seventh inning gave the T-Bones a Texas-style 30th win.

It took four innings before the T-Bones got a hit, and one more inning before the T-Bones scored a run.

Zhu Jinghao walked Adrian Nieto to start the inning. Dylan Tice stepped up to bat, hitting a single to right field to get on base and then Todd Cunningham came to save the day.

Cunningham had an RBI sending Nieto home and putting the T-Bones on the board 1-0.

The T-Bones started rolling from there. In the top of the seventh, Adrian Nieto, Mason Davis and Dylan Tice loaded the bases before Zach Walters stepped up to bat with two outs and hit an off the wall, base clearing triple, to put the T-Bones up 4-0.

Taylor Featherston hit a high one out to left-field, but left-fielder Dillon Thomas dropped the ball allowing Featherston to get on base. Keith Curcio’s RBI single that followed sent Walters home extending the lead 5-0. A wild pitch sent Taylor Featherston home making the lead 6-0.

Texas got tired of the T-Bones getting all the runs and ended a 13-inning scoreless streak by scoring two runs in the bottom of the seventh.

Kevin Hill walked Chen Chen to start the seventh, and then Yang Jin hit a single to get on base.

Hill walked Casio Grider and found himself in a bases loaded situation. Dillion Thomas sent Chen and Jin home with a single making the score 6-2.

Hunter Adkins (2-2) was the winning pitcher. He started the game for the T-Bones and pitched six scoreless innings with three strikeouts. Adkins finished the night with a quality start. He was replaced by Kevin Hill at the start of the seventh inning. Adkins finished the game with zero runs and six hits in six innings.

Hill pitched one inning with two hits and two runs before Nick Lee took over to pitch a scoreless eighth inning and new T-Bone Marcus Crescentini finished the ninth.

Texas’ Zhu Jinghao (0-3) was the losing pitcher. He finished the game with three hits and one run in five innings.

Li Yu took over and pitched one inning without any hits or runs. Qi Xin took over in the seventh allowing four hits and five runs in one inning. Ran Song allowed one hit in the eighth before Cui Enting closed the game for the Airhogs.

Kansas City looks to extend their winning streak Saturday to six games against the Airhogs at Airhogs Stadium The first pitch is at 7:05 p.m.

Individual tickets, season, group, mini-plans and nightly party suites are on sale and can be purchased by visiting the box office at T-Bones Stadium or www.tbonesbaseball.com. Box office hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The T-Bones games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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T-Bones sweep doubleheader

The Kansas City T-Bones (29-16) swept both ends of a doubleheader Thursday night at Airhogs Stadium in Grand Prairie, Texas, over the Texas Airhogs (11-33).

It was a night of comeback magic and pitching history to take the first two games over Texas.

T-Bones come from behind to win first game

The T-Bones faced off against the last place Texas Airhogs Thursday night in Grand Prairie Texas. The T-Bones got their eighth comeback victory of the season, winning 4-3.

The Airhogs’ Casio Grider singled in the bottom of the second off Tommy Collier to score Cordell Prime. Then Na Chuang came in to score the second run of the inning on a Liam Chenchen sacrifice fly out.

The T-Bones answered in the top of the third, tying the game on a Dylan Tice single that would score the speedy Mason Davis. The next batter was Nick Torres, who singled in Dylan Tice for the T-Bones second run of the game.

The Airhogs struck in the bottom of the fifth as Stewart Ijames hit a sacrifice fly scoring Yang Jin.

Tommy Collier was knocked out of the game after five innings, allowing three earned runs on six hits and striking out five.

Starting pitcher Gan Quran for Texas gave his team a chance for a win, going a strong five and two-thirds, allowing two earned runs on six hits.

The T-Bones used their magic again, tying the game in the seventh as Mason Davis advanced to first on a drop-third -strike allowing Dexter Kjerstad to race home, sliding into the plate to tie the game at three.

In the eighth Dexter Kjerstad singled, scoring Zach Walters for the go-ahead run. Carlos Diaz put the hammer down on the Airhogs, recording his eighth save and completing the comeback for the T-Bones.

Gracesqui gets win in no-hitter

The T-Bones used four pitchers and a solo home run from Dexter Kjerstad to work a combined no-hitter and win, 1-0.

It was the second no-hitter thrown by Kansas City, the first coming in a doubleheader pitched by Matt Sergey against Texas on July 27, 2017.

Francisco Gracesqui (2-2), who struck out nine Airhogs over four hitless innings, got the spot start and the win for KC. Kevin Hill worked a 1-2-3 fifth inning and was followed by Joe Filomeno, who also tossed a clean inning in order.

The game was tied until the top of the fifth inning when Dexter Kjerstad launched a line shot home run to left field to break up Airhogs starter Sun Jianzeng’s no-hit effort through 4.1 innings.

The T-Bones summoned Cody Winiarski in the bottom of the seventh to notch the save as he gave up a two-out walk but was able to retire Casio Grider for the final out of the game. Jianzeng (0-3) was charged with the loss for Texas.

With Thursday’s pair of wins, Kansas City improves to 29-16 on the season while Texas drops to 11-33. The teams will play the third game of the series Friday night at Airhogs Stadium at 7:05 p.m.

The T-Bones games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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T-Bones light up the field, win against Canaries

The Kansas City T-Bones (27-16) faced the Sioux Falls Canaries (17-26) in the final game of the series in front of 6,157 fans July 4 in Kansas City, Kansas.

The T-Bones lit their own Independence Day fireworks on the field, beating the Canaries 3-2.

The first run of the night came early in the second inning from Sioux Falls. A double by Maxx Garrett scored Chris Grayson for an early lead, 1-0. T-Bones starting right-handed pitcher Pasquale Mazzoccoli (3-0) struck out two out of the next three Canaries’ batters to end the inning.

The T-Bones answered the Canaries in their half of the fifth inning. Taylor Featherston hit a double into right field.

Keith Curcio advanced to first from an error by the Canaries’ first baseman to score Featherston. Curcio then scored an unearned run for the T-Bones’ lead, 2-1.

The T-Bones didn’t have time to rest as the Canaries were quick to come back in the sixth.

A wild pitch by T-Bones’ relief pitcher Jackson Lowery advanced the Canaries’ Garrett. Garrett was then in position to score off Glassers’ single RBI to tie the game, 2-2.

T-Bones’ Joe Filomeno (3-1) and Cody Winiarski both came in as relief. Carlos Diaz came in as the closer. Joe Filomeno is credited with the win.

The Canaries’ sent in Tyler Wolfe (0-1) to relieve starting right-handed pitcher Kevin Folman (2-1). In a defensive move they also shuffled many of their players on the field. Wolfe is credited with the loss.

The T-Bones’ Nick Torres scored a solo home run, which brought the score to 3-2. This was the last run earned by either team for the remainder of the game.

The T-Bones clinched the series (2-1) against Sioux Falls, winning four of their last five series.

The T-Bones travel to Grand Prairie, Texas, to face the Airhogs at 6:05 p.m. Thursday at QuikTrip Park.

The T-Bones games are airing on the T-Bones Broadcast Network, http://mixlr.com/t-bones-baseball/.

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