The old baseball saying goes, the last three outs are the hardest to get. The saying could not be more spot on in tonight’s matchup, as on five separate occasions the Chihuahuas had the chance to close out the game, but the New Orleans Zephyrs rallied back from eight runs in the ninth inning to tie the game for three more innings.
It was not until the bottom of the eleventh inning that Chihuahuas pinch hitter Ryan Schimpf drilled a walk-off two run homerun to win the game 10-8.
“What had been working against [Ryan] is he had been sick for the last two days in Las Vegas and was not able to play,” club manager Rod Barajas said.