Missions Chase Storms Away With Brooms
SAN ANTONIO - As lightning flashed in the distance throughout the game the San Antonio Missions' offense provided a few lightning strikes of its own. The Missions fought their way back to prevail over the Omaha Storm Chasers 9-5 Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. The win gave the Missions their
SAN ANTONIO - As lightning flashed in the distance throughout the game the San Antonio Missions' offense provided a few lightning strikes of its own. The Missions fought their way back to prevail over the Omaha Storm Chasers 9-5 Sunday night at Wolff Stadium. The win gave the Missions their fourth series sweep of the season.
Omaha started the scoring as they plated a pair of runs off
The Missions took the lead in the fourth inning when they posted a five-run frame highlighted by Grisham's three-run blast.
Derby settled down as he held the Storm Chasers scoreless for three innings before being roughed up in the fifth. Omaha tied the game with a trio of runs in the frame as the first five batters all reached base.
San Antonio regained the lead in the bottom of the sixth inning as Gosewisch and Grisham belted back-to-back bombs with one out. Grisham's blast carried 419 feet as the outfielders did not flinch when the ball left the bat. San Antonio added an insurance run in the eighth as Grisham singled, stole second, moved to third on an error and scored on a groundout from
The Missions begin a four-game series with the Nashville Sounds Monday night at Wolff Stadium. Left-hander
Post-Game Notes
-With the win, San Antonio improved to 58-36 on the season.
-With their five-run fourth inning the Missions now has 12 different innings this season with at least five runs scored. Four of them have come against Omaha.
-Cory Spangenberg's double in the sixth inning gave him 23 for the season to match a single-season career-high, matching his 2013 season.
-The Missions have scored at least eight runs in four straight games for the first time since April 8-11, 2000 when they scored at least 10 runs in four straight games.
-Trent Grisham's two-homer night was his second multi-home run game this season and second of his career. He also hit two on June 10 with Double-A Biloxi against Double-A Biloxi.
-Mauricio Dubon extended his hitting streak to nine games with a base hit in the sixth inning.
2019 is the 118th season of baseball in San Antonio and first as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Single game tickets are on sale now at the Wolff Stadium Box Office or online at samissions.com. Season seat memberships are available now by calling 210-675-PARK (7275).