2 months ago
Charlotte Knights 9, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 8 (10 innings)
The Knights (65-56) struck first in the second inning. Edgar Quero led off with a double, and Caden Connor drove him in for a quick 1-0 edge. Shane Smith, still lost, flooded the basepaths with traffic in the bottom half and let the RailRiders swipe the lead right back. Jairo Iriarte took over in the third and immediately served up a two-run homer. By the fifth, Tanner McDougal was getting shelled for four unearned runs, and Charlotte was buried, 8-1. Ouch.
Apparently, though, the Knights offense wasn't interested in going quietly. Charlotte finally came alive with three runs in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run bomb from Junior Perez and four walks, before erupting for four more tallies in the ninth. Mario Camilletti delivered the big blow with a bases-clearing double, and Andy Weber added an RBI single to complete the surge and knot things at 8-8. Jaden Woods kept the RailRiders off the board in the ninth to send it to extras, where Rikuu Nishida started at second as the ghost runner. Michael Turner moved him to third with a ground out, and Ryan Galanie brought him home with a sacrifice fly for the 9-8 lead. Garrett Schoenle handled the bottom of the 10th, working around a walk to finish off a remarkable comeback win for the Knights.
MVP
Mario Camilletti: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, 2B
MVP Runners-Up
Ryan Galanie: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, SF
Edgar Quero: 2-for-3, R, 2B, K
Junior Perez: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Andy Weber: 2-for-5, RBI, K, E
Aidan Anderson: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, K
Jaden Woods: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K, W
Garrett Schoenle: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, S
Cold Cat
Jairo Iriarte: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K
#charlotte #jairo #iriarte
The Knights (65-56) struck first in the second inning. Edgar Quero led off with a double, and Caden Connor drove him in for a quick 1-0 edge. Shane Smith, still lost, flooded the basepaths with traffic in the bottom half and let the RailRiders swipe the lead right back. Jairo Iriarte took over in the third and immediately served up a two-run homer. By the fifth, Tanner McDougal was getting shelled for four unearned runs, and Charlotte was buried, 8-1. Ouch.
Apparently, though, the Knights offense wasn't interested in going quietly. Charlotte finally came alive with three runs in the eighth, highlighted by a two-run bomb from Junior Perez and four walks, before erupting for four more tallies in the ninth. Mario Camilletti delivered the big blow with a bases-clearing double, and Andy Weber added an RBI single to complete the surge and knot things at 8-8. Jaden Woods kept the RailRiders off the board in the ninth to send it to extras, where Rikuu Nishida started at second as the ghost runner. Michael Turner moved him to third with a ground out, and Ryan Galanie brought him home with a sacrifice fly for the 9-8 lead. Garrett Schoenle handled the bottom of the 10th, working around a walk to finish off a remarkable comeback win for the Knights.
MVP
Mario Camilletti: 1-for-4, 3 RBI, 2 R, BB, 2B
MVP Runners-Up
Ryan Galanie: 1-for-4, 2 R, RBI, SF
Edgar Quero: 2-for-3, R, 2B, K
Junior Perez: 3-for-5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR, 2 K
Andy Weber: 2-for-5, RBI, K, E
Aidan Anderson: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, K
Jaden Woods: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, 3 K, W
Garrett Schoenle: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, BB, S
Cold Cat
Jairo Iriarte: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K
#charlotte #jairo #iriarte
4 months ago
For many gathering for a watch party of the World Cup game featuring Mexico, it was a moment four decades in the making, while for others just joining the party was reason enough.
A crowd of at least 1,000 crammed the area near and in Zócalo Food Park in Walkers Point on July 5 with one overriding purpose in mind: to mingle among other avid fans and share Team Mexico's effort to return to the international soccer event's quarterfinals for the first time since 1986. And to keep the party going, if the team satiated that goal.
Or perhaps it was just community pride from those who have roots in Mexico but now live thousands of miles from Estadio Azteca, the Mexico City stadium where the July 5 match had been scheduled to take place live at 7 p.m. CDT. (Inclement weather at the stadium delayed the start an hour.)
Standing among a trio of friends dressed in the Mexico national team's green jerseys, with red and white highlights, Jairo Trujillo of Milwaukee called his team's deep push into the World Cup "a pretty big deal."
Notably, Mexico's Sunday match against England – itself facing a decades-long hunt for a World Cup trophy and tasked with facing a challenging opponent blessed with a rare homefield advantage by luck of the draw – itself carried intrigue.
A crowd of at least 1,000 crammed the area near and in Zócalo Food Park in Walkers Point on July 5 with one overriding purpose in mind: to mingle among other avid fans and share Team Mexico's effort to return to the international soccer event's quarterfinals for the first time since 1986. And to keep the party going, if the team satiated that goal.
Or perhaps it was just community pride from those who have roots in Mexico but now live thousands of miles from Estadio Azteca, the Mexico City stadium where the July 5 match had been scheduled to take place live at 7 p.m. CDT. (Inclement weather at the stadium delayed the start an hour.)
Standing among a trio of friends dressed in the Mexico national team's green jerseys, with red and white highlights, Jairo Trujillo of Milwaukee called his team's deep push into the World Cup "a pretty big deal."
Notably, Mexico's Sunday match against England – itself facing a decades-long hunt for a World Cup trophy and tasked with facing a challenging opponent blessed with a rare homefield advantage by luck of the draw – itself carried intrigue.
