Kingfish Rally Past Train Robbers 12-6

March 25 2018 The Coastal Kingfish defeated the Topeka Train Robbers 12-6 after scoring five runs in the sixth inning to pull away. Coastal collected 11 hits and overcame a five-run second inning by Topeka, which finished with five hits. Both teams committed one error.

J. Dicks led the Kingfish offense by going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and a walk. C. Guzman had two hits and two RBI, while R. Jackson scored twice and added a hit and an RBI. D. Bivins also drove in two runs, and T. Nelson contributed a pinch-hit RBI double.

Topeka took a 5-2 lead in the second, but Coastal answered with three runs in the third and two in the fifth before breaking the game open in the sixth. The Kingfish scored twice in the first inning as well. M. Howard and R. Graf-Brennen each had one hit and scored twice for the Train Robbers.

A. Dunn earned the win for Coastal despite allowing five runs in four innings; all five were unearned. He allowed three hits, walked three and struck out four. J. Melton recorded the save with three innings of one-run ball, allowing two hits while striking out five. Topeka starter J. Parra took the loss after giving up seven runs on eight hits in five innings.