LINCOLN, Nebraska – LF Aaron Takacs went 2-for-4 with his sixth homer, but the Saltdogs lost 11-4 to the Kansas City Monarchs at Haymarket Park on Tuesday night.
Takacs opened the scoring for Lincoln (42-46) with a solo homer in the 3rd inning, but the ‘Dogs lost for the fifth time in the last six games.
Kansas City (51-36) tied the game with a bases-loaded walk from 1B Brian O’Grady in the 4th inning before scoring three times to open a 4-1 lead in the 5th. 2B Justin Wylie made it 2-1 with a sac fly before C Chris Herrmann hit a solo homer and RF Micker Adolfo added an RBI double.
The ‘Dogs loaded the bases with nobody out in the 5th inning, and scored once on a sacrifice fly from RF Connor Panas to make it 4-2. Lincoln again loaded the bases with nobody out in the 6th and scored when CF Nick Anderson hit into a double play.
Kansas City made it 5-3 in the 7th inning on a solo homer from LF Jan Hernandez.
The ‘Dogs cut into the deficit in the 8th inning when 1B Jason Rogers bounced into a run-scoring double play.
The Monarchs secured things with a six-run 9th inning. Up 5-4, 3B Cameron Cannon hit a sacrifice fly to make it 6-4. Kansas City added two more on back-to-back singles from DH Odubel Herrera and Wylie – which extended his on-base streak to 32, the longest active in the league.
Up 8-4, Herrmann scored two more with a double before he eventually came in on Adolfo’s second double of the inning.
LHP Abdallah Aris allowed four runs on seven hits over 5 and 2/3 innings, while RHP R.J. Freure gave up a solo homer to Hernandez. RHP Matt Cronin pitched 1 and 1/3 scoreless innings while RHP Nic Laio allowed six runs over 2/3rds of an inning.
The series continues Wednesday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and pregame coverage begins at 6:35 on KFOR FM 101.5/1240 AM.
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