Everything was going the Thunderbirds way and the offense was electric as they exploded for 24 runs on 24 hits Thursday night against the Pelicans.

The Thunderbird offense scored 4 runs in the first , 15 in the second, 4 in the third and 1 in the fourth as every player had at least 1 hit, a run scored and a run driven in on the night. John Menth led the attack with a 4 for5 performance with 3 runs scored and 5 runs batted in. Rob Carroll, Marc Boggio and Bodie Wilson each had 3 hits and and Brent Smerczynski, Dustin Harrison, Don Massoud, Jeff Whanger and Ryan Karonka each had 2 hits. Jody Nicewonger added an RBI single with a run scored for the birds as well

Smerczynski picked up his 2nd win of the year for the Thunderbirds throw the first 3 innings , walking none and striking out one. Wilson and Boggio each threw a scoreless inning of relief, giving up no hits and striking out 2 and 1 respectively.

Your NTX Thunderbirds return to action Thursday 4/7 for an 8:45pm contest against the Roughriders at McInnish #10