KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Jayson Sigley picked up his first victory of the season and Taber Maier had four RBI in the Kansas City T-Bones' 8-4 win over Fargo-Moorhead in Northern League baseball Sunday.
Sigley (1-2) held F-M, the league's top offense, to only one extra-base hit. That hit came off of the bat of Eddie Gerald who sent his second homer in as many games over the left field wall in the fourth inning, scoring two runs.
The RedHawks (1-2 in the second half) managed to scratch out another run against Sigley in the seventh before he gave way to Tony Gomes.
The offensive star for Kansas City was third baseman Taber Maier, with a two-run homer, an RBI double and an RBI single that left him just a triple shy of the cycle in only the third inning.
He would ground out and fly out in his last two at-bats however, coming just short of joining Rick Prieto as the only T-Bones to hit for the cycle.
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Prieto accomplished the feat June 20 at Lincoln.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Mark Teson sent a line drive into left field. Eddie Gerald tracked it but had it bounce off of his glove. The play was scored a double. He managed to single in the seventh inning as well for a total of two hits on the evening.
The T-Bones chased F-M starter Derek Dormanen (1-1) from the game with one out in the second inning. Before Fargo could manage their second hit, Kansas City had a 7-0 lead.
All-Star D.J. Johnson came in to close out the game in the ninth inning.
He got RedHawks shortstop Brian Sprout to strike out swinging to end the game, to the delight of the 7,213 fans.
REDHAWKS KANSAS CITY
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Sprout ss 5 0 1 0 Vinh 2b 4 2 3 1
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Salazar 3b 4 0 0 0 Maier 3b 5 2 3 4
Weber cf 3 1 1 0 Pearson dh 4 1 1 0
Rumfield 1b 4 0 0 0 Prieto cf 4 1 2 1
Ward 2b 2 2 1 0 Brown 1b 5 0 1 0
Gerald lf 4 1 2 3 Clifton rf 4 0 1 0
Goldbach c 4 0 0 0 Jones ss 4 1 1 0
Foley rf 4 0 1 0 Shindle c 3 1 1 2
Mazer dh 3 0 2 1 Teson lf 3 0 2 0
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Dormanen p 0 0 0 0 Sigley p 0 0 0 0
Hooker p 0 0 0 0 Gomes p 0 0 0 0
Moak p 0 0 0 0 Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4 36 8 15 8
RedHawks 000 200 110--4 8 0
Kansas City 421 010 00x--8 15 2
E--Shindle 2 (6). DP--RedHawks 1, Kansas City 2. LOB--RedHawks 6, Kansas City 9. 2B--Maier (9), Teson (1). HR--Gerald (4), Maier (3). SH--Teson (10).
IP H R ER BB SO
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RedHawks
Dormanen L,1-1 1.1 8 6 6 1 1
Hooker 6 7 2 2 3 6
Moak Xc 0 0 0 0 0
Kansas City
Sigley W,1-2 6Xc 5 3 3 4 2
Gomes 1.1 3 1 1 0 1
Johnson 1 0 0 0 0 1
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WP--Dormanen (1). PB--Shindle.
Umpires--Home: Tracey Roles, First: Sean Arthur, Third: Terry Barmann. Time--2:36. A--7,213.
