HUNTINGTON ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” The Tri-State Coal Cats struggled to find hits all night on Tuesday.
So, when they needed three runs in the seventh inning, the Coal Cats turned to the assembly line.
Logan Poteet and Chace Chaplin worked consecutive bases-loaded walks to tie the game. Ryan Limerick hit into a forceout but reached first safely, scoring Michael Rodriguez for the winning run in Tri-StateÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s 4-3 defeat of Elizabethton at Jack Cook Field.
The Coal Cats won for the fifth time in their last six outings, on the heels of a six-game skid early in July.
Rodriguez, of Bethune-Cookman, was the lone Coal Cat with multiple hits, going 2 for 4 with two runs scored.
The River Riders (14-21) out-hit the Coal Cats (15-21) 11-6. Their numbers were similar otherwise ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” Elizabethton was 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position, and Tri-State was 1 for 8 in that department. Both teams left nine runners on base.
James Woody, of Grambling State, went 4 for 4 to pace Elizabethton. Cole Torbett (Middle Tennessee State), Colin Sloan (Yale) and Nick Hockemeyer (Dallas Richland Junior College) each went 2 for 4.
Evan Holewinski (Kent State) got the win in relief, spinning three innings of four-hit shutout ball. He had three strikeouts and no walks.
David Stich (Angelo State) earned the save with a perfect ninth inning, including two punchouts.
Zane Danielson (Lincoln Land CC) took the loss and blew a save for Elizabethton.
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