Wingnuts open homestand with win over Laredo
Six different Wichita Wingnuts connected for RBIs in a 9-6 win over Laredo on Monday night in Wichita.
Wichita first baseman Dustin Geiger led the way, going 3 for 5 with a solo home run and an RBI single. Christian Stringer, Brent Clevlen and Leo Vargas all had two hits each as the WIngnuts opened a seven-game homestand.
Trailing 2-1, Wichita scored four runs to take the lead in the fourth. Laredo answered with four runs in the seventh to tie the score at 6-6, but Wichita added three more runs over its final two innings.
Relief pitcher Fabian Roman came on for the eighth inning and picked up the win.
Laredo | Wichita | ||||||||
ab | r | h | bi | ab | r | h | bi | ||
Morrison lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Stringer c | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Pulfer ss | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cox 3b | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Posso 1b | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clevlen dh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Denker 2b | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Mttlsdt lf | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Phipps dh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Geiger 1b | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Nieves 1b, 3b | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | Prig rf | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Mrtnz cf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Kain cf | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Koch c | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Dean c | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wilson rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Vargas ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Rondon 2b, ss | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
Totals | 32 | 6 | 8 | 6 | Totals | 33 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
Laredo | 011 | 000 | 400 | — | 6 8 0 |
Wichita | 100 | 410 | 021 | — | 9 11 0 |
2B—Morrison, Nieves, Koch, Stringer. HR—Geiger. HP—Morrison. SB--Morrison. LOB—Laredo 13, Wichita 9. DP—Wichita 2.
Laredo | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Artega | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
Winkler | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
DeLaCruz | 1 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Usui L,0-1 | 2/3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Guerrero | 1/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Nivar | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Capra | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
Boshers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ruff | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Pratt | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Roman W,1-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Reed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
T — 3:44. A — 2,921.
This story was originally published May 30, 2016 at 11:57 PM with the headline "Wingnuts open homestand with win over Laredo."