Sports big inning dooms Cats 8-3

The loss snaps the Cats` three-game winning streak and, combined with Coastal Bend`s win Monday, drops the Cats lead to three games in the South. Leading 3-2 going to the seventh, Shreveport scored five times on only three hits to break the game open. There were four walks and a hit batter in the inning. Tommy Bryant delivered a two-run single and Melvin Falu contributed an RBI single in the inning. Enohel Polanco`s run-scoring hit in the sixth inning had made it 3-2 Shreveport. Polanco had four hits in the game and an RBI. Bryant was 2-for-5 with two runs batted in. The Cats had scored runs in the second and fifth innings, each time to tie the game. Cats` second baseman Kip Harkrider was 3-for-4 in the game with two runs scored. Ken Lup had two hits and Shawn Williams had a single to extend his hit streak to 18 games. Former Cat TJ Hendricks (6-3) earned the win after allowing two runs on seven hits in six innings. Danny Valentin (3-1) suffered the loss allowing two earned runs in 5 1/3 innigns. Game 3 of the series is Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. Ryan Weems pitches for the Cats and Bert Snow will pitch for Shreveport. ---------------------------------------- Shreveport Sports vs Fort Worth Cats (Aug 07, 2006) ---------------------------------------- Box score (newspaper) Play-by-Play Line score ---------------------------------------- Box score (newspaper) The Automated ScoreBook Shreveport Sports at Fort Worth Cats Aug 07, 2006 at Fort Worth, Texas (LaGrave Field) Shreveport Sports 8 (15-15,41-37) Fort Worth Cats 3 (21-10,45-34) Player AB R H BI Player AB R H BI -------------------- -------------------- Fenwick, Ron 2b............ 5 2 2 0 Green, Terence 3b.......... 4 0 0 0 Polanco, Enohel ss......... 5 0 4 1 Harkrider, Kip 2b.......... 4 2 3 0 Self, Todd lf.............. 4 2 1 1 Foster, Jordan cf.......... 5 0 1 0 Gambill, Chad dh........... 5 1 0 1 Mota, Tony lf.............. 4 0 2 1 Corbell, Al rf............. 4 2 2 1 Williams, Shawn ss......... 4 0 1 1 Bryant, Tommy c............ 5 0 2 2 Zacuto, Kris dh............ 4 1 0 0 Easley, Austin cf.......... 3 0 1 1 Spencer, Matt rf........... 4 0 2 0 Falu, Melvin 3b............ 5 0 2 1 Von Behren, Jason 1b....... 4 0 0 0 Humphries, Justin 1b....... 4 1 1 0 Lup, Ken c................. 4 0 2 0 Hendricks, T.J. p.......... 0 0 0 0 Valentin, Danny p.......... 0 0 0 0 Kirkland, Aaron p......... 0 0 0 0 Carlson, Zane p........... 0 0 0 0 Cunningham, Aaron p....... 0 0 0 0 Montani, Jeff p........... 0 0 0 0 Little, Jeff p............ 0 0 0 0 Grybash, Dan p............ 0 0 0 0 Mercedes, Gerson p........ 0 0 0 0 Totals..................... 40 8 15 8 Totals..................... 37 3 11 2 Score by Innings R H E ---------------------- Shreveport Sports... 010 011 500 - 8 15 1 Fort Worth Cats..... 010 010 100 - 3 11 2 ---------------------- E - Hendricks,TJ; Green, T.(15); Spencer, M.(3). LOB - SHREVEPORT 11; FORT WORTH 12. 2B - Self, T.(12); Corbell, A.(18); Spencer, M.(10). HBP - Humphries, J; Mota, T.. SH - Harkrider, K. SB - Polanco, E.(11). CS - Polanco, E.(5); Mota, T.(5). Shreveport Sports IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP ---------------------------------------- Hendricks, T.J. W,6-3..... 6.0 7 2 1 2 4 1 1 0 0 24 27 7 6 104 Kirkland, Aaron ........... 0.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 6 0 0 22 Cunningham, Aaron ......... 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 5 Little, Jeff .............. 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 1 16 Mercedes, Gerson .......... 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 11 Fort Worth Cats IP H R ER BB SO WP BK HP IBB AB BF FO GO NP ---------------------------------------- Valentin, Danny L,3-1..... 5.1 9 3 2 0 7 0 1 0 0 23 23 5 2 103 Carlson, Zane ............. 0.2 0 2 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 5 0 0 25 Montani, Jeff ............. 0.1 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 13 Grybash, Dan .............. 2.2 5 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 13 14 3 2 48 WP - Hendricks,TJ; Carlson, Z.; Grybash, D.. HB - Kirkland, A.; Carlson, Z.. BK - Hendricks,TJ; Valentin, D.. PB - Lup, K.. Pitches/strikes: Hendricks,TJ 104/62; Kirkland, A. 22/15; Cunningham,A 5/4; Little, J. 16/10; Mercedes, G. 11/8; Valentin, D. 103/66; Carlson, Z. 25/12; Montani, J. 13/4; Grybash, D. 48/31. Strikeouts - Polanco, E.; Self, T. 2; Gambill, C. 3; Corbell, A.; Bryant, T. 2; Easley, A. 2; Falu, M.; Green, T. 2; Foster, J. 2; Williams, S.; Zacuto, K. 3; Von Behren. Walks - Fenwick, R.; Self, T.; Corbell, A.; Easley, A. 2; Green, T.; Williams, S.; Zacuto, K.. Umpires - HP: Jett Mitton 1B: Shawn Decker 3B: Cale Smith Start: 7:05 pm Time: 3:19 Attendance: 2153 Game notes: Tuesday probables: SHR Bert Snow (6-3) vs. FRW Ryan Weems (2-6) Carlson, Z. faced 2 batters in the 7th. Game: FRW08080 ---------------------------------------- Play-by-Play The Automated ScoreBook Shreveport Sports at Fort Worth Cats - Play-by-Play Aug 07, 2006 at Fort Worth, Texas (LaGrave Field) Score by Innings R H E ---------------------- Shreveport Sports... 010 011 500 - 8 15 1 Fort Worth Cats..... 010 010 100 - 3 11 2 ----------------------