Sky Sox rally in ninth inning to beat 51s 9-7
WINNING/LOSING PITCHER: Sky Sox, Coty Woods (3-1); 51s, Robert Carson (1-1)
■ HIGHLIGHTS: At Cashman Field, the Sky Sox (38-30) won it with three runs in the ninth inning after Las Vegas scored six in the eighth to tie it 6-all. ... In the ninth, PCL batting leader Corey Dickerson (.378) hit a tiebreaking RBI double and Ryan Wheeler hit a two-run homer off 51s reliever Robert Carson. ... Las Vegas (35-33) answered with a run in the bottom, but left the tying runs on base when Francisco Pena lined out to shortstop Charlie Culberson to end it. ... The 51s’ Zach Lutz hit a tying three-run homer in the eighth. ... Wilmer Flores had two RBIs for the 51s. ... Dickerson also hit an RBI triple in the Sky Sox’s five-run fifth. Culberson and Ben Paulsen hit back-to-back homers to start the inning. ... Drew Pomeranz had 11 strikeouts and held the 51s to three hits in 6 2/3 scoreless innings, walking two. ... Las Vegas starter Chris Schwinden allowed five runs on nine hits in five innings. ... 51s manager Wally Backman and left fielder Eric Campbell were ejected for arguing balls and strikes following the sixth inning.
■ NEXT: Sky Sox (RHP Jeff Manship, 3-5, 5.80 ERA) at 51s (RHP D.J. Mitchell, 2-3, 8.27), 7:05 p.m. today, KBAD-AM (920)
