CALGARY, Alberta - The Calgary Vipers scored 10 runs in the third inning Tuesday en route to a 10-3 victory over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in Northern League baseball.
The RedHawks' second-half lead in the North Division dropped to four games after the Winnipeg Goldeyes defeated the Edmonton Cracker-Cats 7-1.
The first eight Vipors hitters reached safely in the third inning of Tuesday on four singles, a double, a triple, a home run and walk. Calgary sent 14 men to the plate in the inning, collecting nine hits.
Meanwhile, Calgary starter Scott Sarver limited Fargo-Moorhead to three hits and one run in eight innings.
Billy Munoz drove in two runs for the RedHawks (24-13 second half).
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Mark Michael took the loss for F-M, giving up 10 runs on 11 hits in 2Zc innings.
On Monday, Calgary scored three times in the first inning en route to an 11-8 win.
Munoz and Kory Wayment were ejected in the game, forcing Mike Peschel to play first and Doug Young second.
TUESDAY
REDHAWKS CALGARY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Mathis dh 2 1 1 1 Brinkley cf 4 2 2 2
Haugen rf 0 0 0 0 Miller lf 4 2 1 1
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Just 2b 3 0 0 0 Duncan 3b 5 1 2 2
Meadows lf 3 0 0 0 Colson 1b 5 1 2 1
Austin cf 4 0 1 0 Nichols dh 4 1 2 1
Salazar 3b 4 1 1 0 Castro ss 4 1 1 1
Munoz 1b 4 1 1 2 Evans C 4 0 2 1
Shorsher c 4 0 0 0 Tang rf 4 0 1 1
Wayment ss 3 0 1 0 Kurmchi 2b 3 2 1 0
Maycock rf/p 3 0 0 0
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Totals 30 3 5 3 Totals 37 10 14 10
RedHawks 100 000 002- 3 5 1
Calgary 00(10) 000 00x-10 14 0
E-Wayment (20). DP-RedHawks 1; Calgary 1. LOB-RedHawks 4; Calgary 6. 2B-Wayment (16); Duncan (24); Castro (32). 3B-Kuramochi (5). HR-Mathis (15); Munoz (7); Brinkley (12). HBP-Mathis. SB-Austin (10). CS-Just (3).
REDHAWKS
IP H R ER BB SO
Michael, L, 4-5 2Xc 11 10 10 10 2
Lawson 1 3 0 0 1 1
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Schutt 1Zc 0 0 0 0 1
Simpson 1 0 0 0 0 0
Young 1 0 0 0 0 1
Maycock 1 0 0 0 0 0
CALGARY
IP H R ER BB SO
Sarver, W, 1-1 8 3 1 1 2 5
Freeborn 1 2 2 2 1 0
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Umpires-Home: Stahlbusch. First: Clark. Third: Trotter. Time-2:40. A-891.
MONDAY
Calgary REDHAWKS
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Brinkley cf 5 1 1 0 Austin cf 4 1 1 1
Miller lf 3 2 2 2 Just 2b/ss 5 0 2 2
Duncan 3b 6 1 2 4 Meadws dh 2 1 0 0
Colson 1b 5 0 2 1 Munoz 1b 2 0 0 0
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Nichols dh 4 2 2 1 Peschel 1b 3 0 0 0
Castro ss 3 0 0 0 Salazar 3b 3 2 0 0
Evans c 5 1 2 2 Shorsher c 4 2 2 1
Tang rf 3 3 1 0 Wayment ss 1 0 1 0
Kuramo 2b 4 1 2 1 Young 2b 2 0 0 0
Maycock rf 4 1 1 2
Haugen lf 4 1 0 1
Totals 38 11 14 11 Totals 34 8 7 8
RedHawks 000 006 002-8 7 1
Calgary 001 113 14x-11 14 1
E-Shorsher (13), Duncan (13). DP-Calgary . LOB-Redhawks 11, Calgary 14. 2B-Just (18), Shorsher (7), Maycock (7), Brinkley (12), Colson (17), Evans (4). HR-Nichols (14). HBP-Meadows, Haugen. SF-Castro (6), Kuramochi (19).
REDHAWKS
IP H R ER BB SO
Renkert 5.1 7 6 6 6 1
Rowe (5-6) 1 2 1 0 2 2
Simpson 1.2 5 4 4 1 2
CALGARY
IP H R ER BB SO
Groeger 6 5 6 6 6 6
Greusel (6-1) 2 1 0 0 2 3
Wyland 1 1 2 2 2 0 Umpires-Home: Mike Trotter. First: Josh Clark. Third: Eric Stahlbush. Time-3:31. A-897.