SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com)
The Sioux Falls Canaries tallied 21 hits in a dominant 18-6 victory over the Houston Apollos Friday night at The Birdcage. The Birds will play Houston twice on Saturday at 4:05 pm and 6:05 pm and will close the series at 2:05 pm on Sunday.
Angel Ventura (2-1) pitched six innings and allowed six hits and five runs. He struck out four en route to his second win. Colby Wyatt entered the game in the seventh inning to close things out. He allowed three hits and three runs and notched the first save of his professional career.
The offense started off with five runs in the first inning and never looked back. The Birds (9-6) ran across home plate 18 times. The 18 runs are the highest single-game total in the American Association this season. The Canaries racked up 13 base hits, six doubles, and two home runs. The 21 hits were also a new high in the American Association this year.
The Twin City Thunder are developing resiliency.
After letting a two-goal lead slip in the final five minutes of regulation, a goal by captain Nick Rashkovsky and an empty net goal by Hunter Schmitz gave the Thunder a 5-3 victory over the Utica Jr. Comets in a USPHL National Collegiate Development Conference contest at the Advent Health Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Florida, on Tuesday.
“I thought we played a solid 60 minutes. I think we got into some penalty trouble late in the game and kind of gave them some life, but we found to pull out the two points,” Twin City Thunder assistant coach Alex Drulia said.