MIDLAND Mickey McDonald delivered a pinch-hit RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Midland RockHounds completed a stunning comeback in an 11-10 victory over the Amarillo Sod Poodles Sunday at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
Midland (34-32 overall) trailed 10-0 entering the bottom of the eighth inning before erasing that deficit and pulling even with Amarillo (28-37).
Jonah Bride went 3 for 5 and drove in two runs in the eighth while Collin Theroux and JJ Schwarz drove in three runs each.
The victory was enough to also win the series for the RockHounds.
Midland is off Monday before starting a six-game series against Corpus Christi Tuesday back at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
RockHounds 11, Sod Poodles 10 (10)
Amarillo……… 103 110 1300 — 10 11 1
Midland……… 000 000 0(10)01— 11 12 1
Ryne Nelson, Bryan Valdez (7), Shumpei Yoshikawa (8), Blake Workman (8), Mack Lemieux (8), Blake Rogers (10) and Dominic Miroglio. Kyle Freidrichs, Aiden McIntyre (5), Brett Graves (7), Jack Weisenburger (8), Aaron Brown (9) and Collin Theroux. W — Brown. L — Lemieux. 2B — Amarillo: Luis Alejandro Basabe 2, Stone Garrett, Alek Thomas. Midland: Jonah Bride, Kyle McCann, JJ Schwarz. 3B — Amarillo: Buddy Kennedy. HR — Amarillo: Kennedy 2. Midland: Theroux.
Records — Amarillo 28-37; Midland 34-32.
