RailCats jump on Wingnuts early in 9-6 win
Gary piled up eight runs in less than two innings off Wingnuts starter Scott Kuzminsky on the way to a 9-6 win on Thursday afternoon in Gary, Ind.
The RailCats’ four two-out hits in the first inning built a 3-1 lead. In the second inning, a walk, four consecutive singles, a wild pitch a sacrifice fly and another single amassed five more runs and ended Kuzminsky’s day.
The Wingnuts cut the lead to 8-5 with a four-run sixth. Joash Brodin and T.J. Mitteldsteadt had doubles and Dustin Geiger homered in the inning. A solo homer in the eighth by Geiger made it 8-6, but Gary pushed across a run in the bottom of the inning to restore the three-run lead.
Former Emporia State pitcher Shawn Talkington made his pro debut with 3 1/3 scoreless innings for the Wingnuts.
Wichita | Gary | ||||||||
ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
Ray cf | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Jones cf | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gonzalez ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Mitchell 2b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Espinosa dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Martinez dh | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Padgett 1b | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Pulfer 3b | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Brodin lf | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Taylor lf | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Mittelstft 2b | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Pugh rf | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nester c | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Vaughn c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Geiger 3b | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Rogers 1b | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Dean rf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Schroeder 1b | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Brockett ss | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Totals | 36 | 6 | 9 | 6 | Totals | 34 | 9 | 14 | 8 |
Wichita | 100 | 004 | 010 | — | 6 |
Gary | 350 | 000 | 01x | — | 9 |
E— Taylor, Rogers. DP— Wichita 2, Gary 1. LOB— Wichita 6, Gary 8. 2B— Ray, Gonzalez, Brodin, Mittelsteadt, Pulfer. HR — Geiger 2 (5). SB — Gonzalez. SF — Espinosa, Pugh.
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Kuzminsky L,1-1 | 1 2/3 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Talkington | 3 1/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Mincey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shuman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Yevoli | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Gary | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Cummins W,3-1 | 5 2/3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
O’Neill | 2/3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fontana | 1 2/3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Loomis S,7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
HBP — by Yevoli (Mitchell). WP — Kuzminsky.
T— 2:57. A— 3,049..
This story was originally published June 18, 2015 at 5:00 PM with the headline "RailCats jump on Wingnuts early in 9-6 win."