GARY, Ind. – Just when it looked as if Tuesday afternoon’s game could be headed for extra innings, a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the ninth brought home the winning run as Kansas City lost to Gary SouthShore, 4-3.
Kansas City started the scoring in the third inning when Jeff Squier hit a two-out triple and Justin Bass countered with an RBI double that gave the T-Bones a 1-0 lead. That lead evaporated in the bottom of the fourth inning when Mike Massaro hit an RBI double that scored Klein.
In the eighth, trailing 3-2, Justin Bass led off the inning with a double for Kansas City. He left after the play, however, because of a hamstring injury. Ethan Cole, running for Bass, scored three batters later on Matt Padgett’s sacrifice fly.
Kansas City starting pitcher Lucas Irvine, who got a no decision, was perfect through three innings. He left in the seventh inning without retiring a batter. In the game, Irvine allowed three runs on five hits and struck out six.
RailCats reliever Clay Zavada (5-1) pitched a scoreless top of the ninth inning for Gary SouthShore (22-15).
The series continues Wednesday evening at 7:10 with Eric Gonzalez taking the mound for Kansas City (16-22). The RailCats have not announced their starting pitcher.
