Lemurs shut down Wingnuts 7-1
Laredo pitchers limited the Wingnuts to four hits in the first eight innings of the Lemurs’ 7-1 win on Wednesday night at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
Laredo starter Matt Sergey held Wichita to four hits in six innings while striking out nine.
Laredo took the lead in the fifth inning, parlaying a walk and an error by Wingnuts third baseman Zack Cox into three runs. Travis Denker hit a two-run homer in the sixth to make it 5-0.
In the ninth, Wichita reliever Richard Ruff walked four batters – two of them with the bases loaded – as the lead grew to 7-0 before the Wingnuts finally scored a run in the bottom of the ninth.
The teams complete their four-game series Thursday night.
Laredo | ab | r | h | bi | Wichita | ab | r | h | bi |
Morrison lf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Stringer 2b | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rondon 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Cox 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martinz cf | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Clevlen dh | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Phipps dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mittlstdt lf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Koch c | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Geiger 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Denker 3b | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Prigatano rf | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Nieves 1b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kain cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Wilson rf | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Dean c | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Pulfer ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Vargas ss | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 34 | 7 | 7 | 5 | Totals | 33 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
Laredo | 000 | 032 | 002 | — | 7 |
Wichita | 000 | 000 | 001 | — | 1 |
E— Nieves, Cox 2, Prigatano. DP— Wichita 1. LOB— Laredo 5, Wichtia 9. 2B— Morrison, Martinez, Prigatano. HR — Denker (5). SB — MArtinez, Dean. CS — Martinez, Kain.
Laredo | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Sergey W,1-0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
de la Cruz | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Nivar | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wichita | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
Medina L,0-3 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Pratt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ruff | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
T— 2:51. A— 2,067.
This story was originally published June 1, 2016 at 10:16 PM with the headline "Lemurs shut down Wingnuts 7-1."