March 13 2018 The Coastal Kingfish scored six runs in the bottom of the fifth inning and held on for a 10-9 victory over the Topeka Train Robbers. Coastal finished with 12 hits and three errors while Topeka collected seven hits and committed one error.
Topeka opened the scoring with one run in the first and built a 6-3 advantage after scoring four times in the third and once in the fourth. Allen White delivered the key blow in the third with a three-run home run, finishing 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBI. Roy Graf-Brennen went 2-for-4 with three runs, while Michael Howard and Eduardo Bosseloo each had a hit and scored once.
Coastal answered with six runs in the fifth to move in front 9-6.
Jordan Dicks had a two-hit game with two RBI, Carlos Guzman went 3-for-4 with two runs and one RBI, and Rex Jackson collected three hits and two RBI. Justin Greco added two hits and an RBI, while
Abel Arocho had two hits and scored twice. Each team scored once in the seventh, leaving Coastal with the one-run win.
Thomas Nelson earned the win for Coastal after working 0.2 scoreless innings with one strikeout. Jonathan Cole pitched three innings and allowed two hits and four runs, two earned, with seven walks and two strikeouts. Topeka starter Julian Parra allowed 10 hits and nine runs, eight earned, in five innings. Clayton Farris was charged with the loss after one inning, and
Eddie Grimaldo was credited with the save.
