SIOUX CITY EXPLORERS PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 817.739.3693
Website: xsbaseball.com
July 16, 2023
By Austin Thomas
EXPLORERS TAKE DOWN THE HAWKS
SIOUX CITY TAKES THE SERIES FROM FARGO-MOORHEAD
FARGO, ND– The Sioux City Explorers (31-28) toppled the Fargo Moorhead RedHawks (30-26) Sunday afternoon, defeating them 7-2. Explorers Matt Lloyd knocked two homers to help charge the offense while Sioux City starter Austin Drury (2-2) went seven innings, allowing just one run. The win helped the X’s take the series at Fargo and close the gap back to half a game for second in the division.
The game started with a bang when in the first inning, X’s Lloyd ripped a leadoff homer off Fargo starter Garrett Alexander (0-4), putting the Explorers in the lead 1-0. Sioux City then loaded the bases as X’s Tyler Rando and Jake Ortega scored on a Kyle Kasser double, making it 3-0 Explorers in the first.
In the second inning, Sioux City’s Jake Sanford was hit by a pitch to leadoff the frame, and Lloyd followed with his second homer of the day, extending the X’s lead to 5-0.
The RedHawks scored their first run in the bottom of the third with Fargo’s BJ Lopez scoring on a Correlle Prime single off Explorers Drury, cutting the Sioux City lead to 5-1.
The X’s got back on the board in the sixth when Explorers Rando came home on a Miguel Sierra double off RedHawks reliever Tristen Roehrich, extending the Sioux City lead to 6-1.
The offense stayed hot for the X’s in the seventh inning when they loaded the bases before Explorers Jake Sanford scored on an Ortega single off Fargo’s Roehrich, making it 7-1 Sioux City.
The RedHawks got one back in the eighth when Evan Alexander ripped a leadoff homer off X’s Kent Hasler, cutting the Explorers lead to 7-2, where it would stay the rest of the game as Sioux City won the series. The Explorers won their second series in Fargo and lead the RedHawks 4-2 head-to-head.
Sioux City will have three days off for the American Association All-Star break July 17-19 before returning home to face Lincoln July 20. Tickets for the season can be purchased online as XSBaseball.com, in person at the Lewis and Clark Park Box Office or by calling 712-277-WINS. You can catch all the X’s action on aabaseball.tv and on radio at KSCJ 94.9 FM and 1360 AM.