Houston Apollos Defeat Sioux Falls Canaries 10-7

June 22 2021 The Houston Apollos scored in six innings and defeated the Sioux Falls Canaries 10-7. Houston collected 14 hits, including home runs by Yeiler Peguero, Daniel Aldrich and Blake Berry, while Sioux Falls finished with 15 hits and two errors.

Houston took a 1-0 lead in the first inning and added two runs in the second and three in the third. Sioux Falls answered with four runs in the second to take a 4-3 lead, but the Apollos regained control with runs in the fourth and sixth before adding two insurance runs in the ninth. The Canaries scored once in each of the fourth fifth and eighth innings but could not complete the comeback.

Berry went 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI. Aldrich had two hits and three RBI, while Dom DeRenzo recorded two hits, including a double and a triple, and drove in three runs. Peguero added two hits and an RBI, and Taylor Zeutenhorst scored twice with a hit and an RBI.

Alex Merithew earned the win after allowing one run on four hits in 3.1 innings. Ryan Richardson recorded the save with 1.1 scoreless innings. Colby Wyatt took the loss for Sioux Falls after allowing seven runs on eight hits in four innings.