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Grand Prairie used a five-run eighth inning to blow open a tight game and beat the Wingnuts 9-5 on Wednesday night in Grand Prairie, Texas.
Five of the first six AirHog batters in the eighth reached base, and all of them scored to give Grand Prairie a 9-3 lead. Wichita scored two in the ninth on a walk to Ryan Khoury and doubles by John Rodriguez and David Peralta. Rodriguez also drove runs with a two-run double in the fifth and an RBI groundout in the seventh.
The Wingnuts have have lost four of their last five games. They still lead the American Association Central by seven games, but Grand Prairie now has the league’s best record.
| Wichita | Grand Prairie | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Khoury ss | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Simon cf | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Smith cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Frichter 2b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J.Rdriguez dh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Myrow dh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Peralta rf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | A.Rdriguez 1b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Bergeron 1b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Porter 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McDonald 3b | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | McMurray c | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tellam c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lockwood rf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Mitchell 2b | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Thomas lf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrillo ph-2b | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Nishimoto ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Conroy lf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Totals 36 | 5 | 12 | 5 | Totals32 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Wichita | 000 | 020 | 102 | — | 5 |
| G.Prairie | 200 | 000 | 25x | — | 9 |
E— Khoury (5), tellam (2), Mitchell (1), Nishimoto (7). LOB— Wichita 10, G.Prairie 8. DP— Wichita 1. 2B— Smith (1), J.Rodriguez 2 (10), Peralta (11), Frichter (7), Lockwood (11). 3B — McMurray (3). HR — A.Rodriguez (9). SB — Frichter (5). CS — McDonald. S — Conroy.
| Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Hinson L,6-2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Walters | 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Simon | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| Martinez | 2/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G.Prairie | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Brownlee W,7-1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Morales | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miramontes | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
HBP — by Simon (Nichimoto). WP — Simon. Umpires — home, Ned Davenport; first, Chaz Stodola; third, Justin Post. T — 3:00. A — 4,865.
