 | | FEDERAL BASEBALL LEAGUE HOUSTON RANGERS AT PHOENIX FIREBIRDS 07/03/2045 |  |  | | | |
 | | FEDERAL BASEBALL LEAGUE | | HOUSTON RANGERS AT PHOENIX FIREBIRDS | | GAME ID: 1149 - MONDAY, JULY 3RD , 2045 - GAME LOG | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | | Houston Rangers (31-53) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | | Phoenix Firebirds (53-31) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 3 | 0 | | |  | |
| Red-Hot Firebirds Win Again | Phoenix got a strong outing from Jim Burrows as the Firebirds defeated the Houston Rangers, 2-1, at Firebirds Ballpark. Burrows got the win, improving to 4-8. He gave up 4 hits and walked 2 over 6.1 innings. He allowed 1 run. Phoenix has won 11 straight, while Houston has lost 4 in a row.
The Firebirds got a big boost from right fielder Ezra MacPherson who had a run-scoring walk in the bottom of the first inning off Rangers hurler Jesus Arenas. It was his 21st walk of the season and put Phoenix on top, 1-0.
"Our pitching was the difference tonight," MacPherson said. | | | | |
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| HOUSTON BATTING LINESCORE | | PHOENIX BATTING LINESCORE | |
BATTING Doubles: K. Mealing (12, 1st Inning off J. Burrows, 0 on, 2 outs) , J. Cole (17, 3rd Inning off J. Burrows, 0 on, 2 outs) , N. Endo (8, 7th Inning off J. Burrows, 0 on, 0 outs) Total Bases: J. Cole 3 , K. Mealing 3 , N. Endo 2 Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: N. Davis , J. Dunning 3 , Z. Payne Jr. Sac Bunt: N. Davis Team LOB: 6
BASERUNNING SB: N. Endo (24)
FIELDING Double Plays: 1 (Mealing-Loayza-Arenas) OF assists: 1 (Davis(Williams at home)) | | | | |
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| HOUSTON PITCHING LINESCORE | | PHOENIX PITCHING LINESCORE | |
| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | PI | ERA | | J. Arenas L (5-5) | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 98 | 3.94 | | J. Reed | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2.31 | | A. Vega | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4.45 | | | | |
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| GAME NOTES |
Player of the Game: Jim Burrows Ballpark: Firebirds Ballpark Start Time: 7:35 PM MT Time: 2:51 Attendance: 32773 |
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