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Sports down Cats in 10 innings

June 12, 2007

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The Shreveport Sports' Justin Humphries' left is met at = home plate=20 by teammate Chad Gambill after hitting a home run against Fort Worth on = Tuesday=20 night. (Greg Pearson/The Times)
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= Shreveport cooled off one of the hottest teams in = the American=20 Association on Tuesday.

The Sports beat Fort Worth, 5-4, in 10 = innings at=20 Fair Grounds Field getting a big game at the plate from Justin Humphries = and=20 J.P. Schmidt.

Chad Gambill's sacrifice fly in the 10th = inning scored=20 J.P. Schmidt from the third with the game-winning run. Schmidt was 3 for = 5 with=20 a double and four stolen bases.

His steal of third base in the = 10th set=20 up Gambill's sacrifice.

"Schmidt outplayed everybody on the = field," Fort=20 Worth manager Stan Hough said. "He saw an opportunity, took it and was=20 successful."

Fort Worth entered the three-game series winners of = seven of=20 its last 10.

With the chase for the South Division's first-half = title=20 getting tighter, every game in the series is a pivotal = one.

Shreveport=20 remains 1=BD games back of El Paso following the Diablos' victory over = Sioux=20 City.

Fort Worth loses ground on the Diablos. The Cats are 3=BD = back of El=20 Paso.

Along with Schmidt's performance, Humphries was 2 of 3 with = a home=20 run and three RBI. His three RBI gave the Sports its 3-0 lead after four = innings.

"It was a good win," Shreveport manager Bob Flori said.=20 "Everybody did their job."

Fort Worth rallied to take a 4-3 lead = in its=20 half of the sixth.

Shreveport starter Bert Snow allowed a double = and walk=20 to begin the inning, and the Cats made the most of it. Reliever Aaron = Cunningham=20 entered the game, but walked the bases loaded only bringing more trouble = on=20 himself.

Chuck Carter brought in one run with a groundout to = third. John=20 Allen brought in another with a sacrifice fly, and Kip Harkrider brought = home=20 the go-ahead run with a single for the 4-3 lead.

"We came back = well, down=20 3-0 and take the lead," Hough said. "I thought that was good, but we've = got to=20 be able to back that up with multiple innings."

Shreveport tied = it with=20 the first of Gambill's two RBI =97 a groundout to shortstop.

Fort = Worth had=20 a shot at the win in the ninth. Kelley Gulledge's double nearly scored = Jordan=20 Foster from first, but the Sports executed a perfect relay from the = outfield to=20 get Foster at the plate.

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