Amarillo’s walk-off single sinks Wingnuts
07/08/2012 5:00 AM
07/09/2012 7:27 AM
Harrison Kain’s walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Amarillo Sox to a 3-2 win over the Wichita Wingnuts on Sunday at Amarillo, Texas.
Kain went 3 for 4 with one RBI and Matthew Tucker went 2 for 4 for Amarillowith a home run in the first inning.
Amarillo starter Ryan Mitchell went 6 2/3 innings, giving up two earned runs and striking out nine.
Steve Carrillo led Wichita at the plate, going 2 for 4 with a double and a home run.
Jared Simon (1-2) took the loss for the Wichita Wingnuts, going just 1 1/3 innings.
| Wichita | Amarillo | ||||||||
| ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
| Khoury ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | White ss | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| McDonald 2b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Tucker rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Rodriguez dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Opitz 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Avila 1b | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Alberts dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carrillo 3b | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Buschini lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peralta rf | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Espinosa 1b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Smith cf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Abeita c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tellam c | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Rau 3b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Conroy lf | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Kain cf | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Totals 36 | 2 | 11 | 2 | Totals34 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Wichita | 000 | 001 | 100 | — | 2 |
| Amarillo | 100 | 100 | 001 | — | 3 |
E—Peralta (2). LOB—Wichita 11, Amarillo 7. 2B—Carrillo (5), Espinosa (12). HR—Carrillo (2), Tellam (1), Tucker (4)
| Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Hinson | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Aizenstadt | .2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walters | .2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon L, 1-2 | 1/1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarillo | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Mitchell | 6.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Lare | .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Littleton | .2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Johnson W, 2-0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Umpires — home , Josh Nolen; first, Asa Howard; third, Trent Delmont . T —2:43. A —2,436 .
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