Stokes, Miller, Damewood pace Wings for a win... Post date July 15th, 2007

...The Wings took on rival Niagara Falls last night in a Western Division showdown. Only a half game seperated the teams going into last evening. The Wings holding the slim margin on the Power for the last playoff spot. The Power started the scoring early plating one runner in the top of the first, but the Wings answered right back in the bottom of the first as Andrew Damwood (University of Texas @ Tyler) belted a shot over the right field wall for a two run homerun. The game see-sawed back and forth as the Power took a 3-2 lead in the fourth, but the good guys came right back in the bottom of the fourth and scored the tying run as Brendan Stokes (Northeastern) walked, and was sacrificed over on a bunt by Brock Miller (Gardner Webb). Nick Spears (Francis Marion) picked up an RBI single to drive in Stokes making the score 3-3. In the bottom of the fifth the Wings added two more runs as Damewood lead off with a double and advanced to third and scored on two wild pitches. Stokes again drew a walk in this inning, and adavnced to third on a wild pitch and a Miller basehit. Cory LePlante (Minnesota St.) picked up Stokes from third on a nice SAC fly to center with one out. The Wings now had the Power by a score of 5-3. The Stokes and Miller duet had a few more runs in them in the seventh. Stokes started the rally with a two out single, and Miller followed suit. They both advanced to second and third on a wild pitch, then were driven in on a LePlante single. The Wings would go up 7-3. The Power would add two runs in the eighth making the conest 7-5, but that would be as close as they could get as that would be the final score. Ed Paul (Francis Marion) earned the win pitching 5 2/3 innings and giving up no earned runs. Kyle Bellamy (Miami) came in in the ninth to shut the door on the Power, earning his ninth save on the year.�