Wichita Wingnuts

Wingnuts take 2-0 lead in playoff series

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The Wichita Wingnuts will play the final three games (in necessary) of their playoff series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The Wichita Wingnuts will play the final three games (in necessary) of their playoff series at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium. Fernando Salazar The Wichita Eagle

The Wingnuts used a four-run third inning to take control and beat Gary SouthShore 5-2 on Thursday night in Game 2 of their American Association playoff series in Gary, Ind.

The Wingnuts lead the best-of-5 series 2-0. Game 3 is 7:05 p.m. Saturday at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium; if needed, the fourth and fifth games will also be in Wichita.

Brennen Salgado led off the third with a double, the only extra-base hit in the inning for the Wingnuts. Christian Stringer drove in two runs with a single.

Alex Boshers pitched the first five innings and got the win. Four relievers each added a scoreless inning.

The box score can be found here.

This story was originally published September 7, 2017 at 10:20 PM with the headline "Wingnuts take 2-0 lead in playoff series."

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