The Wichita Wingnuts broke a 5-5 tie in the top of the ninth thanks to an RBI single from C.J. Ziegler and an RBI double David Peralta on the way to a 7-5 win over the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks at Fargo, N.D.
It was the Wingnuts’ sixth win in a row.
Peralta finished 2 for 2 with three walks, two runs and three RBIs.
Former Wichita State star Aaron Shafer started and took a no-decision for the RedHawks, allowing five earned runs on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. Shafer walked four and struck out five. .
Wichita’s Matt Nevarez struck out two in a perfect eighth for the win. Shortstop Clayton Khoury went 2 for 4 for the Wingnuts.
Wichita | Fargo | ||||||||
ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
Khoury ss | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Eggleston lf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Kahaulelio 2b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Penprase ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rodriguez dh | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Jackson cf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Einertson cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Cruz 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Ziegler 1b | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Delgado 1b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
McDonald 3b | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Cota 2b | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peralta rf | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Jennings c | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Manriquez c | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Delgado dh | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Conroy lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Stovall rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals 37 | 7 | 12 | 7 | Totals36 | 5 | 9 | 5 |
Wichita | 030 | 101 | 002 | — | 7 12 0 |
Fargo | 010 | 220 | 000 | — | 5 9 3 |
E—Cruz 2 (3), Delgado (1). LOB—Wichita 10, Fargo 7. 2B— Enertson (2), Peralta 2 (4), Conroy (4), Penprase (2), Jackson (7), Cruz (2), Delgado (2).
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Hinson | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Simon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nevarez W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Dew | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Fargo | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Shafer | 5 2/3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
Dahman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Morari L, 0-1 | 2 2/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Fuqua | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Umpires — Home, Stegner; First, Riggers; Third, Bakke. T —2:54. A — 2,777.
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