Sioux City Uses Early Offense to Beat Houston 7-2

May 19 2021 The Sioux City Explorers defeated the Houston Apollos 7-2, scoring five runs in the first inning and two more in the third to build an early advantage. Houston scored both of its runs in the fourth inning, but Sioux City held the Apollos scoreless over the final five innings. The Explorers finished with six hits and no errors while Houston collected five hits without committing an error.

Sioux City received home runs from Nick Samson, J. Walker and L. Milligan. Walker drove in two runs, Samson added two RBI and M. Ghelfi also had two RBI. Milligan went 2-for-4 with two runs, a triple and one RBI. Samson and Walker each scored once, while L. Tolbert and N. Samson each reached base twice with a hit and two walks.

Houstons Ian Yetsko hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning. Mike Annone went 2-for-3 with two doubles and scored one of Houstons runs, while Yetsko added one hit and two RBI.

Tyler Beardsley earned the win for Sioux City after allowing four hits and two earned runs in 5.1 innings. He struck out four and walked two. J. Velez, D. Hrbek, N. Gercken and M. Kuhns combined to finish the game with 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit while recording five strikeouts. Houston starter Ridge Ackerman took the loss after surrendering six hits and seven earned runs in 2.2 innings.