08/06/2006 9:03 PM - KANSAS CITY, Kan. - Craig Hurba's eighth-inning grand slam gave the Kansas City T-Bones (33-37, 11-11) an 11-9 win over the Schaumburg Flyers (40-30, 9-13), capping a wild evening at CommunityAmerica Ballpark and closing out a successful weekend that saw the T-Bones take three of four games from the East Division's first-half champions.

Trailing 7-6 entering the bottom of the eighth, the T-Bones rallied for five runs to seize control of the contest. Kansas City evened the score on Robbie Knapp's slow roller to first that was mishandled by Chris Weekly to bring J.D. Foust home. After an Eddie Pearson single that loaded the bases, Hurba belted a Dan Jackson offering over the center field wall for his second home run of the game and, more importantly, an 11-7 Kansas City lead.

Schaumburg plated a pair of runs in the top of the ninth, but James Morrison worked out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam to preserve the 11-9 victory and earn his second save of the season.

The win capped a huge day for Hurba (3-for-5, 2 HR, 5 RBI) and put an exclamation point on a roller coaster of a game for both clubs.

The T-Bones were on the attack early, with Hurba and Darryl Lawhorn hitting back-to-back homers off Schaumburg lefthander Rick DeHart to give Kansas City a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the second. With two men out in the inning, Greg Jacobs delivered a two-run single to center to bring home Doug Dreher and Zach Norman and stake Kansas City to a 4-0 lead.

Tempers flared in the bottom of the fourth inning, resulting in a bench-clearing brawl that led to four player ejections. Following a Chad Sosebee lead-off homer that gave the T-Bones a 5-1 lead, DeHart delivered a pitch that sailed behind Jacobs, prompting home plate umpire Sean Randall to warn both benches. Before another pitch could be thrown, words were exchanged between DeHart, Jacobs and on-deck batter Charles Peterson and both benches emptied. After the dust settled, Peterson, Jacobs, DeHart and Josue Lopez were ejected from the contest.

The Flyers mounted an offensive charge of their own, using a pair of two-run homers from Ben Van Iderstine and Rob Marconi to even the score, then taking a one-run lead in the top of the eighth inning on Rob Watson's RBI triple.

Logan McElwain (1-2) picked up his first career victory despite surrendering two runs (one earned) in his inning of work.

Jackson (5-3) was tagged with the loss after giving up five runs in the eighth.

Next up, the T-Bones travel to Joliet for a five-game series beginning Monday evening at Silver Cross Field. The two clubs will conclude last Wednesday's suspended game at 6:05 p.m. prior to Monday's regularly scheduled contest, with RHP James Morrison getting the call for the T-Bones and RHP Kevin Cheppenko toeing the rubber for Joliet. In the night-cap, RHP Greg Bicknell will oppose LHP Luis Villarreal.

Game Notes: The victory was just the third Sunday win of the season for the T-Bones...Greg Jacobs extended his home on-base streak to 39 games with his second-inning single.