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El Paso beats the Bees for the second night in a row

Brett Kennedy threw seven scoreless innings, leading the El Paso Chihuahuas over the Salt Lake Bees in a 3-2 win on Thursday.

Brad Wieck got Eric Young Jr. to fly out with runners on first and second to end the game for his second save of the season.

Kennedy (7-0) picked up the win after he struck out two and walked one while allowing six hits.

El Paso broke a scoreless tie in the top of the seventh when it put up three runs, including a single by Franmil Reyes that scored Forrestt Allday.

In the bottom of the ninth, Salt Lake saw its comeback attempt come up short after Ben Revere hit a two-run triple to get within one.

Revere tripled and singled, driving home two runs for the Bees. Taylor Ward singled three times.

The loss came one night after Luis Urias hit an RBI triple in the top of the 11th inning to help lead the Chihuahuas to an 11-10 win.

A.J. Kennedy scored the go-ahead run on the triple after he started the inning on second and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt. Later in the inning, El Paso added an insurance run when Urias scored on a forceout.

In the bottom of the inning, Salt Lake scored on a sacrifice fly by Michael Hermosillo that brought home Francisco Arcia. However, Colten Brewer struck Matt Thaiss out to end the game for his second save of the season.