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Birds fly past Pelicans 6-2

Posted by Thunderbirds at Jun 9, 2023 10:51AM PDT ( 0 Comments )
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Your Thunderbirds took home a 6-2 victory over the Pelicans on Thursday night in Plano behind a strong outing on the mound, solid hitting and running wild on the bases.

Billy Coleman got the start for the birds. The big righty tossed a complete game surrendering two runs on six hits while striking out nine.

the Thunderbirds saw the ball well today with several hard hit balls and racked up five hits in the game. Ryan Karonka and Marc Boggio each had multiple hits each collecting two. John Menth added a triple to round out the offense. Boggio led the team with three stolen bases including a rare steal of home as they ran wild on the base paths with eight stolen bases.

The 7-0-2 Thunderbirds return to action next week against the Orioles.

Thunderbirds beat Modoc 8-1

Posted by Thunderbirds at Jun 2, 2023 10:24AM PDT ( 0 Comments )
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Your Thunderbirds used a dominant performance on the mound and a steady offensive output en route to an 8-1 win over Modoc Thursday night to move their record to 6-0-2.

Jacob Garcia earned the win for the Thunderbirds in his first start of the season. Garcia tossed 5 strong innings on the mound only surrendering 1 earned run on 5 hits and collecting 10 strikeouts. Marc Boggio tossed a solid 6th to close out the night.

Offensively, the Thunderbirds were led by Rob Carrol, Boggio, John Menth and Corey Steininger who collectively accounted for 8 of the 12 Tbirds hits on the night. Boggio had a single and a double, Carroll had 2 singles, Corey Steininger had a single and a triple and Menth added a single and a long home run to dead center. The birds scored runs in all but one inning on the night. Other Thunderbirds batters picking up hits on the night include Cliff Brade, Brent Smerczynski, Jody Nicewonger and Garcia.

Birds return to action next Thursday for an 845 contest against the Pelicans.

Tbirds ride 10-run 5th to stay unbeaten

Posted by Thunderbirds at May 19, 2023 9:43AM PDT ( 0 Comments )
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After being down 4-2 in the 4th inning, your Thunderbirds used a 10-run 5th to stave off the Pelicans 12-7 and stay unbeaten on the season moving to 5-0-2.

Offensively the birds racked up 10 hits on the night. Dustin Harrison, Mark Tiereny and Joe L. had two hits while Rob Carrol, Marc Boggio, Bodie Wilson and Jody Nicewonger each collected one hit apiece.

Brent Smerczynski picked up the win for the Thunderbirds to move to 3-0. The lefty tossed 5 innings giving up 5 runs, 1 earned, walking 4 and striking out 3 on the night. Boggio struck out 2 in his inning of relief to close out the game for the Thunderbirds.

Birds return to action next week against the Orioles for an 845pm contest at Historic Reverchon Park.

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Your Thunderbirds had no trouble on offense today, winning big over Modoc 11-1

NTABL Thunderbirds 30+ got on the board in the second inning and scored three runs highlighted by a 2 run Cory single.

The Thunderbirds notched five runs in the sixth inning. The big inning was driven by singles by Brent Smerczynski, Rob Carroll, and Billy McDaniel and a triple by Cory.

Billy Coleman earned the win for the Thunderbirds with a dominant performance. Coleman tossed a complete game, allowing one run on four hits and striking out six.

The Thunderbirds racked up 13 hits in the game. McDaniel, Cory, Carroll, and Don Massoud all managed multiple hits. Carroll, Cory, and McDaniel each managed three hits to lead Thunderbirds. Others Thunderbirds, collecting hits on the night include Smerczynski and Bodie Wilson.

The win puts the Thunderbirds record at 4-0-2 and they returned to action next week against the Pelicans at 8:45 PM

Thunderbirds shut out O's

Posted by Thunderbirds at May 5, 2023 8:37AM PDT ( 0 Comments )
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Your Thunderbirds used a steady barrage of offense and a dominant pitching performance to blank the Dallas Orioles 10-0 Thursday night in Coppell.

Brent Smerczynski earned the win for the birds in a complete game shutout effort. The lefty was almost unhittable on the night, only surrendering one hit while striking out 4. The no-hit bid was broken up with 4 outs remaining on a broken bat single to left.

The offensive charge was led by Jody Nicewonger, who collected 2 hits and 3 runs batted in. Nicewonger opened the scoring with a clutch two out 2-run single in the top of the second and the birds never looked back. The birds collected 13 hits on the night as a whole with Smerczynski, Ryan Karonka, Bodie Wilson, Nicewonger and Marc Boggio each picking up 2 hits. Other T-birds with hits on the night include Rob Carroll, Billy Mcdaniel and John Menth.

Thunderbirds return to action next Thursday for a showdown with Modoc at 6:30pm.