Henderson, Civale, Lead Browns Over Colts; Islanders Come From Five Down to Hand Monarchs 12th Strai
April 12, 2024
St. Louis (UBAN) - Gunnar Henderson cracked a homer as the St. Louis Browns defeated the Dallas Colts by the score of 3 to 0 at Sportsman's Park.
St. Louis jumped out to the early lead in the first inning scoring a single run. That was all Aaron Civale(2-1) needed. The pitchers took over after the 4th inning as neither team was able to score again.
Craig Kimbrel got the save, his 1st. Chris Sale(2-1) was the losing pitcher. While he was the losing pitcher, he still struck out 12 batters in 7 innings.
In Kansas City, Myles Straw hit 2 doubles at Monarch Stadium as the Hawaii Islanders beat the reeling Kansas City Monarchs in 10 innings by the count of 7 to 5.
The score was tied at 5 after nine. Hawaii won the hard fought contest in the 10th inning. After an out was recorded, Akil Baddoo started the rally when he lined a single driving in a run. Royce Lewis was next and he stroked a single. Michael Harris got his turn next, but he was a strikeout victim. Straw was up next and he stroked a base-hit scoring the final run of the inning. Kansas City was out-hit by Hawaii, 15 hits to 7.
Matt Brash(1-0) went 2 innings allowing no runs for the victory. David Bednar(0-1) was charged with the loss in relief. The Hawaii ballclub's record now stands at 8-5. Not able to get much going in recent weeks, Kansas City is 0-10 of late and now has an overall record of 1-12, worst in the division.
